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, 
  

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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.

Adobe Illustrator in 30 days tutorial: Days 1-5

This was my first week using Adobe Illustrator. I've completed one tutorial through the course of this week. I used Illustrator to draw basic images such as circles and squares and more complex images like a clover and a rabbit. This tutorial was done to help familiarize ourselves with Adobe Illustrator and all of its tools and settings. The tutorial I used can be found at vectordiary.com

Tools and Skills Learned

• Pencil and Pen Tools: I used the pencil and pen to draw the more complex shapes and images.
• Shape Tools: I used the shape tools to create the simple shapes like the rectangles and circles.

Self Reflection

At first, I did not like Illustrator very much because its very complicated.  I enjoyed our photoshop projects a lot more.  As i progressed in the tutorial, I began to become familiar with the tools being used.  One of my problems was that the tutorial was vague and hard to understand at some times.  This forced me to be independent and attempt things on my own.  Although I didn't enjoy this project very much, it prepared me for future projects in illustrator using the pen and shape tools. 

Participation/ Project- 9/8