Week 3: Constructing with Illustrator

In today's class we practiced more in Illustrator; with the pen tool by tracing an image of a goat. and we were taught how to use the Pathfinder.

original image

vectorised image

the Pathfinder tools!

Week 2: Hide and Reveal

Our task every week is to produce and illustration based on the word of the week. This week's word is "Hide and Reveal", and the final product would be a monochrome paper cut out, using figure ground, and positive and negative shapes.

On Monday in Mr. Ernesto's class, we were asked to sketch out some ideas and present them to him. We learned the importance of process, and thumbnail sketches (or formats) as a tool for deciding on compositions.

On Thursday, Mr. Hafiz introduced us to the basics of Adobe Illustrator, and got ourselves familiarised with all the tools, and most importantly the pen tool.

experimenting with the duplicate and shape tools in Illustrator

original image to practice with the pen tool

my vectored image

At the end of the class, we scanned in our sketches from Monday to vectorize them for our paper cutting templates.

initial sketch (I traced over my hands and scanned them in)

[maze stock image taken from here]

vectored design

developing the design

overlay of maze pattern

vectored pattern

finalised design!

 This image will soon be printed out as a template to be used in my paper cutting!