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Tag Brush     Every artist should have a tag brush that they include on their work. As a digital artist I created my own tag brush. I used my logo, the pen tool, different overlays, and the brush tool to create the tag brush. The overlays added the "street art" effect to my tag brush. I am looking forward to utilizing this in future projects. It will defiantly help give my art more pop.

 Photoshop Homework 1 Video 1: Pen Tool     The first video goes over the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop. I have experience using the pen tool in Photoshop and Illustrator, so I do not think it will be a challenge for me. This tool is very useful because it allows us to modify shapes into a desired shape. I really liked how the video is short, which allows the creator to explain the topics simply. The pen tool is very useful and important and I am glad I am learning more about it. Video 2: Brush Tool     Video 2 explains how to use the brush tool. I personally have used the brush tool quite a lot in my previous work. It has helped me add more personality and detail to my pieces. The brush tool has come pretty easy for me when working in Photoshop. I think that the brush tool makes adding details to your work simpler. I really like how the creator of this video covered not only the simple aspects of the brush tool but also the more complex aspects. The more you know...

Poster: "Are you REALLY ok?"     I created a  propaganda poster utilizing skills in Adobe Illustrator. This poster included a self-portrait and expressed a cause that I care about. I started by taking inspiration from posters like the one below of Che Guevara. I like how this poster utilized minimal colors that draw the viewers' attention. After viewing other posters for inspiration, I searched my photo library to find an image of myself that conveyed the message I was trying to tell. I came across a recent image of myself posing in the heart of my hometown city. I feel like the image by itself conveyed happiness and confidence, which is what I wanted it to convey. I then took this image and imported it into Adobe Illustrator. From there I "Created an Outline" of the image. This feature tells the computer to create outlines of my image and leaves out the minor details. This created the desired minimal, but loud effect I wanted on my image.      I then ...

 Logo     Below is the logo I created for my personal brand. It is a simple butterfly with different color variations. I chose to do a butterfly because it best encompasses who I am. I am a very reserved person, but I am very unique. Similarly, a butterfly is reserved but unique in its many colors. I like butterflies because they do not move in a "loud" way. They move quietly but take up a lot of space visually and emotionally. Everyone wants to see a butterfly. A butterfly is not loud like a lion with its jarring roar but approaches its life with a calm-like aura. I aspire to be like a butterfly in that sense.     I created this logo in Adobe Illustrator. I started off by looking at similar logos for inspiration (as seen below). I then sketched out what I wanted to produce. For the sketch, I kept it very loose and free to mimic the energy of a butterfly. I then turned my sketch into a digital, black-and-white copy.       From there I added d...

  Calligram : Roots To  Success      Below you will find my calligram titled "Roots To Success". It includes a letter I wrote to myself in 20 years. This piece expresses the current state of life and wishes the best for my future self. I expressed that the things I am doing now are paving the way for success in the future. The brown leaves represent the "buds" I am fostering now. The green leaves represent the good things that will "blossom" because of my hard work. I also included my original letter, my original drawing, and the image I took inspiration from.      To create this calligram the main tool in Adobe Illustrator that I utilized was the "Pen Tool". This allowed me to create the tree drawing. After I created the tree drawing I used the "Type on a Path Tool". This allowed me to insert my text in the shape of the tree. I used the color brown for the roots and green for the leaves to try and accurately portray real roots and leav...

 Adobe Illustrator HW 1      V ideo #1:   Pen Tutorial          This video goes over how to use the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. I liked how the person recreated really unique shapes. I have used  Illustrator for about 3 years, so I have experience with using the pen tool but I still have some trouble with certain concepts. With work I did in the past, I have only used the pen tool for simple functions. Some of these include straight lines and circles which are easy for me. I have yet to really create complex shapes before. However, that is something that I would like to learn. I think that will be a useful skill I need to know. It will make things easier for me to know how to make a shape by myself rather than searching for a pre-made PNG on the internet. I am excited to learn more about the pen tool in class.      Video #2 :  Text Tutorial          This video went over how to use the ...

  I/W/W/B     Almost everyone in these modern times uses a smart device to access information. They can use the Internet or the World Wide Web, but many need to learn the difference between them. They may also use Wi-Fi to connect to these different services. After they are connected to the Wi-Fi, they may connect to their headphones using Bluetooth. Many of us are so used to these services but don't actually know what each of them is. All of the services have similarities but also have many differences.     The beginning of the internet is said to be January 1, 1983, but there we many things that were done before that to make it a reality. Both scientists and engineers put their smarts together to come up with this complex system. During the 1900s, Nikola Tesla thought of a system that could connect the world wirelessly. He cleverly came up with the name "world wireless system." It was not until the 1960s that Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider came up with the idea...