Turtle type project

Triangle vector project

Cartoon Devin

      The strongest part of the piece is the line work along with the use of dodge and burn, this adds extra effect to the 2-D drawing.  It adds a sense of movement to the piece rather than it just standing still.  I could add more of a color contrast however to make the art pop just a tad bit more
      The tools I used were the pen tool for the outline and the shape of the piece, along with the direct move to change the places where each part was.  Also I used the eye dropper and bucket tool to create the color and to make the piece look alive.  To make the piece really pop Ms. Cabral used the dodge and burn tools to add highlights and shading to the artwork.
      The easy part would have to be both drawing the cartoon and coloring it, all together those took probably about 20 minutes and very little effort. The harder part would have to be outlining the cartoon in Illustrator, that part took a lot more effort and double the time.
      I demonstrated how to use the pen tool properly by outlining the cartoon with little to no mistakes.  Also I demonstrated how to color a portrait using Photoshop and the eyedropper tool to pic certain colors and play around with the hue and shadowing. Mainly learning to use dodge and burn were a big part and creating a living effect on the portrait.
      If I were to do this again I would give a background or something else to the picture to make it seem like I'm not just floating in the air. Also I would try to use the dodge and burn tool myself so I don't look like a newby.  All in all my effort is like a 7/10, I could've worked a little harder on the color and shadows. 

Pen Tool Exercise

Polaroid Project

    My Polaroid project was based off of this picture of my dog Cole.  I would have to say that the strongest portion of my piece would be the collage of Polaroid pictures itself, the shadow effect coming from underneath the photos and the placement of them gives it a realistic look to it.  However, I could improve on the dog prints and lettering, the prints look too animated for my liking so changing them to make them look more like water color portraits instead of a stamp would be cool in my eyes.

    The tools I used were the move, free transform, crop, eraser, and the curves tools. Obviously the move and free transform tools were used to place the images and back-ground into the right positions for the best possible look. I used the eraser and crop to help mold the Polaroid pictures into the right frames and order for one on top of the other.  The curves was used to brighten the image and give it a more vibrant look. 

    The easiest part of this activity was positioning and placing. Once all the images were the right color contrast and size, it was really easy just to smack it all together. The hardest part was creating the pile of Polaroids. The only reason being that is was time consuming to crop and erase each section and figure out which picture was on top of what.

    I was able to create a good looking "pile" of Polaroid pictures the look realistic as if i took them each separately and threw them on the counter. I also gave a cool looking back-ground and quote which brings the project together. If I were to do this again I would only change the back-ground picture making it look more like a table or bed instead of a color explosion. My effort was about an 8/10, I could have given a little more effort into the background and paw prints.