Today we had our second introduction to the software, Adobe illustrator. In this session we created two illustrations; one being a Rocket and the other, a Pear. We were learning new techniques as we went along.
We started our session discussing; "Is it possible to create an illustration with a maximum of six shapes?". Not thinking this was possible, I quickly learnt otherwise!
These are my notes from this workshop.
Basically This section where we created our Rocket, involved a mixture of techniques; Things like adding two or three different strokes onto shapes creating depth. This is what helped us create our shape with a minimal amount of layers, keeping it simple, yet effective.
This next task, where we created a our illustration of a realistic looking pear was managed by using a tool called the "Gradient Mesh" tool. To start, we drew out our pear using the pen tool, then after selecting the gradient mesh tool, we made our "mesh" bend, and fit to the shape of our pear.
To finalise our illustration we picked out colours from an image of an actual pear to create a realistic look and found and blended in, a pattern on top to give our illustration a bit of texture.
All in all, I found that this workshop wasn't only fun, but really informative, I learnt quite a lot of new techniques and I can say I'm quite proud of the work that I have produced.
