informationn update

for my manual - i have added info about using eyedropper tool, and also layers, just to bulk it up a bit, and so its not all about pen tool. adding a bit more detail.

there is info about pen tool cursors, shortcuts, how to use pen tool, eye dropper and use of colours, and layer and layer management. i hope what i have done is okay...

it then has about 4 pages on the illustration i created using pen tool, and my progress then my final illustration.

so really two pages are my illustration...the front cover and the second last page....that better be right?

backgroundsssss

so im pretty much complete with my illustration, but i just dont know what to do for the background. i have been experimenting with colours, i think i am just going to keep it simple and geometric.

my first thoughts were to go with maybe a purple...but i dont think that really works. and the other colours were too fleshy.

so then i thought about the colours of the illustration that i want to stand out - RED, and then thought about the colour wheel (complex thought process haha) and then decided to go with green, because it is reads complimentary....i hope it works...?

progress

so progress is coming along for task 3. i am starting to get my information into my layout, it is just hard to know what instructions to put in - like with pen tool you can take it from a complete beginners perspective or a bit more advanced. to be honest i think that it is quite a boring assignment.

but here is a screenshot of my layout progress - still need to arrange and change fonts and make it more interesting.

this is my illustration so far. pretty much blocked all the colour, will just have to add a bit more depth with more shapes. i dont know what to do for my background...

task 3 progress

when taking screen-grabs - make sure you convert to CMYK in photoshop.

also avoid scaling up, but making things smaller is fine.

font: 9 for text

10-14 for titles

after chatting to amy about where im up to i am feeling quite on track - obviously there is alot to do but i know what im up to.

this lesson i have just started my cover illustration using pen tool. blocking out all the shapes. (below)

now i just have to fill with colour, and add all the shadow shapes which will take awhile. i also have to sort out what im going to do for my background...whether i have one etc or make it like a magazine...

also have to start working on my instructions and definition of pen tool for my document.

possible techniques

some of the techniques we have gone through in class and can use for task 3:

Pen tool and line work

Brushes

Strokes

Transforming objects

Blends

Blending modes

Mesh

Selection tools and retouching

Patterns

Symbols

i kind of want to use the style i did for my "for the better" poster. but what is it?? blocking shapes using pen tool? ahhhhh. maybe ill have to incorporate 2 techniques...

DONE

I am really happy with how my posters turned out. I think it is hard to edit them towards the end because you have looked at them for sooooo long, that your eye cant really see the whole picture. But from the responses form my family etc I think that I am really happy with them.

My favourite one is for the better - i like its simplicity and monochromatic colour scheme, also probably because it was the last one i did. I think my for fun one really depicts the concept clearly, with my full bloom, i think i could have been not so literal with my interpretation of the theme. But its handed in now.

A few last minute changes included adding a background to full blooom, changing fonts and moving text around. I found it quite difficult for the text not to appear as just a chunk of text but as important information. If it was my poster information I would have made it alot shorter and more concise. i.e. the date, location and what it is. less words. more boom.

But overall happy with the outcome, and happy to have handed it in.

Now for Task 3......... yay?

almost doneee

so these are my posters so far. i think the text on "for fun" needs to be worked on a bit, with the layout - kind of looks like a chuck of words. my favourite one is for the better, but i think i have just been looking at the other two way too much!

have been working on my research pdf - but a bit confused about what to write about...