Monday, December 20, 2010

Project Description: Mr boothby explained how to do most of this by "taking" our computers and actually explaining and going step by step to show us what to do. We created stacked text,  and many other forms of letters to form words and other objects.

New Skills, Processes, and Tools Learned: I used many tools, such as different fonts and colors and live trace. Live Trace was very interesting in the way it turned photos into shapes and we can cut out anything we wanted.

Self Reflections: I did a good job on this, however i did not understand how to do the figure-ground reversal. I asked my friends to help me but they were busy doing other things. I know it looks really bad, and it is really bad, but i tried and i didn't understand it at all. This was very hard for me to do.

Part/Proj: 8/10

Illustrator Days 8-12

Project Description: In this project,  I created various designs and shapes using the illustrator tools. I didn't use any tutorials because Mr. Boothby explained it to us.

New Skills, Processes, and Tools Learned: I learned how to use swatches to a level new. Also, I experienced to use gradient most by myself this time, with a minuscule amount of help with this tool from my classmates. I also used the pen tool again.

Self Reflection: I honestly believe this is one one the better projects that i did. I completed most of it by myself with a little help from my friends. I did have a little trouble with some aspects of this project, but overall I thought i did well.

Part/Proj: 9/10: I believe i completed this assignment, without much help. I was proud of myself for completing most of this alone. Overall I thought this was a good project for me.