Adobe Illustrator Spaceship Tutorial

My Spaceship

This is my second completed tutorial using Adobe Illustrator.  The class followed an online tutorial by an experienced illustrator on how to make a cartoon spaceship.  This tutorial can be found on dennisdesign.com.

Tools and Skills Learned

• Shape Tool- I became more experienced using the shape tools for the body of my spaceship and the stars in the image.
• Stroke, Gradient, Transparency, and Shading- I used these tools to create the shading, outline, and color gradation of the ship.
• Pathfinder Tool- The pathfinder tool helped me with subtracting and adding shape areas to create my wings, flame, 
  

  and window.

  
  

Self Reflection

I enjoyed this project much more than the first because it required a little more creativity.  I had fun creating something more complex than just a simple shape  My experience from our first illustrator practice sheet project helped me to complete the spaceship.  My only problem with the spaceship project was that the tutorial was very vague.  Since the tutorial was vague, it forced me to ask questions and become independent and solve my own problems.  Other than that, this project was a lot of fun and has helped improve my skills in Adobe Illustrator!

Participation/ Project- 9/9. I worked hard on this project and the result came out very well.