To start of, tonight we had to whip up some color wheels in illustrator using the pathfinder feature and some use of the swatches. Following that, the fun stuff began. We have three weeks to produce an A3 sized vector image of a head of whoever we choose as long as they are human. I […]
Not much to chat about today. Tonight I submitted my Design Sketches for Commercial Design, aka Drawing. Besdies the core tasks, I drew a couple of other items in line: a chilly and a spider. I did not take pics of them so I’ll have to post pics once I get my submission portfolio back. […]
Had a much easier time with Illustrator tonight. The night was spent doing a graded assessment again. This time we made use of the pathfinder function. I found it much easier going than the pen tool. Behind the cut is week one’s assessment – using the pen tool to draw fonts. Also, I’ve put the […]
Got myself an A2 cutting mat from the Reject Shop today for $7. I am excited about the mat as thanks to having 1cm grid all over it, it makes it nice and easy to cut stuff out with a scalpel. Today in between working on my food item composition (see below), I spent much […]
Tonight we were tasked with drawing some food items – a cylinder, a boc and a bag. I chose a bottle of iced coffee, a bag of spud chips and a box of microwave popcorn. After some initial thumbnailing and some false starts, I have penciled in much of my planned detail. Originally I was […]