SOFTWARE SESSIONS
PHOTOSHOP
MARQUEE TOOL
Tasked with creating a dog using addition and reduction tools on rectangles and ellipses, this was my third attempt. Although, I’m still not entirely happy with the cleanliness of the lines, the process that resulted in this taught me that there is an order that is most effective for pieces like this, starting with a base and working up in the same way you would with traditional methods.
MULTIPLY TOOL
This was my second attempt, initially I chose harmonious colours, but found that this didn’t allow for the same tonal distinction that complementary colours such as this red and green do.
I enjoyed implementing the skills I had learned with the Marquee tool, and how this intersected with the tonal effects from overlaying colours using the multiply tool.
SCAN & COLOUR RANGE
I used a 6B pencil for the outline and then POSCA pens for the inside texture/base.
I struggled slightly as the pen that I used for the face was grey, which Photoshop struggled to pick up, but this exercise has taught me to therefore use bold, dark pens for the most effective use of the colour range tool next time.
I have also learned how to use the scanner, which has come in very useful in other aspects of my work.
INDESIGN
BOB DYLAN CD BOOKLET
Playing about with found images and text in creating a CD booklet for a chosen Bob Dylan song (It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding).
I struggled initially with the formatting of images on inDesign, although once I understood that the image itself interacts separately from its frame, it was fairly simple from then on.
ILLUSTRATOR
AARON DRAPLIN-STYLE LOGO
I think that I made this overly complicated for a Draplin-style logo, although I did learn how to bend vectors, albeit needing practice.
UNCONVENTIONAL BUISNESS LOGOS
I feel, having gone back and done these again, that my ability with illustrator has improved, with the shapes in these looking largely cleaner than the Draplin-logo from before.
BADGES
I feel this is the cleanest illustrator design I have managed so far, and I liked how the simplicity of it worked effectively in a small scale pin badge.