Adobe Illustrator: Sketching with the Pencil Tool & Blending

Good Morning,

I created a pet rescue image by using the pencil tool and "free" hand drew out the dog.  I used a drop shadow and put some background color to bring out the dog's face.

The next image is of some caladiums that were also drawn out free hand using the pencil tool.  Had a little bit of issues with the stems, but I think they look pretty cool.  Lake Placid, FL is very famous for their caladiums.  They are beautiful plant that only come out once a year and they grow from bulbs.  So the next time you purchase caladiums, they may just come Lake Placid.

Adobe Illustrator: Chapter 19-Create Type

Good Morning Everyone,

I created an image using different "type" tools to give the image below.  I used the direction tool to give a square text box a little bit of style.  I used the ellipse tool to make a circle and used the "area" type tool to type inside the circle.

Here are three "Recycling Logos" that I created by following the directions in the book.

Adobe Illustrator: Drawing Straight Lines with the PEN Tool.

Hello everyone,

Here is some projects that I created yesterday and today, of course with more to come.

This paper airplane was created by drawing straight lines and connecting them and making triangles.  So this photo and the one below has been created using nothing but triangle.  Used some gradient to give it some "style".  

The image below is of the paper crane.  I changed the size of the image above and copied onto the T-shirt and changed the transparency to look like it is actually on the shirt. 

Adobe Illustrator: Tracing with the PEN Tool

Hello everyone,

I traced an image of a Scottish Terrier and placed that image on a T-Shirt.  Used the "Pen Tool" to trace out the dog and copied it and added a text box for "Scotty Tartan Mills".  Please enjoy.

I created this before putting on the T-shirt.

Adobe Illustrator: Vertical-View Diamond Trace

Hello, 

I took this diamond and traced it and duplicated it.  I used gradients to give it a "diamond look" and added some "stars" to give it some light shine areas.  Once that was created I chose a background of New York City and pasted my diamond onto the background and gave it a somewhat transparent look; which is the second image below.  Then I created a "stamp" with the second image.  Please enjoy!!

Half diamond for which I used to create a full diamond by tracing and duplicating it.  

Poster

Stamp

Adobe Illustrator: Diamond Solitaire Necklace

Hello Everyone,

I created a diamond necklace using the Polar Grid.  Used gradient to give the effect of light reflecting and used the star tool for the three bright spots.

Here is a variation of the above image. Emerald and diamond ring.  Pretty Cool!!!

Illustrator: Shamrocks Nd Pepper Mill

Good Afternoon,

I created a shamrock and  made a St. Patrick's Day card.  I used the "heart" template and reduced the size of the image and copied two more and made the stem of the shamrock from two circles and a square.  I used a gradient and this is the results of that creation.

I had a choice whether or not to make a suit of cards or a pepper mill.  I chose to make a pepper mill using circles, squares, and ovals with many different colors and this is the end result:

At first, I thought it would be difficult to create, but I found that it wasn't.  

Photoshop: Book Cover-Filter and Shape Tools

Howdy,

I created a book cover for a hypothetical novel.  I used layers, mask layers, and selection tools to blend a lake house and the map of Maine onto a new white background.  I then created a new layer for the book cover and added text boxes with different fonts to create the end results below.

Photoshop: Restoring Old Documents and Actions

Hi,

I just finished with an old marriage certificate that I found.  I used many actions to get the end results.  I had to lighten up the image with desaturation, then sharpened up the image, then added a white background layer and used an eraser to try to erase the dark areas.  Then I transformed the image using a Sepia Filter, added a wood frame.

Original:

Finished image.  I moved the hue up a little to give it a "green" effect instead of the "copper" effect of sepia.

Photoshop: Layer Masks

Hello,

I created a Moroccan Menu, using layers.  I used a patch tool to clean up the images that were used and then added those images as layers.  I also used a "black mask layer" to insert another image of a city in Morocco.  Also used 3 text boxes with different fonts to give it the appearance below.   With all the images there are a total of 3 images combined in this current image:

Photoshop Project: Kumquat Pie Recipe

Hello,

Here is another Photoshop project.  This one is for a Kumquat Pie.  I found an image of Kumquats and selected a bunch and inserted onto a white background.  I used two text boxes and different fonts to give the directions on the pie.  I changed the size of the canvas to be able to put a border and change the white background to the colors you see below.

Adobe Illustrator: Hearts

Hi,

Here is some hearts and I will be showing an image that shows how I did the hearts.  Two circles with a square:

Now here is the finish product for a valentine's day card:

I used many effects that you see and put them all in 3-D form to give them some pizzazz.  Pretty cool!!!

Adobe Illustrator: Chapter 6-Geometric Objects

Hello everyone,

I did a couple of projects dealing with shapes.  I did my best with the Greek column.  I used many shapes to show what Adobe Illustrator has to offer and this doesn't even scratch the surface.

The next one is an announcement for a Greek play.  There again, I did my best with the Greek column.  I used text boxes and different fonts to give it the effect that you see-please enjoy!

Shelly Cashman Photoshop CS 4: Appendix A and Appendix B Assignment.

Hello,

This is an assignment that is due in our Digital Design class.  This document discusses the attributes of putting together a project and how to plan for it.  There are many steps and guidelines in putting together a project.  What is your project?  Who is the target audience? and other questions that can get your on the right track of doing a successful project. Here is a link to the assignment that had to be completed.




https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RYNVup4rpGxGqKqTzELszE3B_NrzctMt8byLeTrhDI0/pub

Graphics and Visual Communications Management, Chapter 1

Hello,

Here is a link to a file that was published to Google Docs.  The document that we read was on the use of fonts and what size of font is appropriate for a document, especially a business document.  If the font looks "fun", then it is not appropriate for business like the font "Boopee" The document also talks about line spacing and what is acceptable, especially for business purposes.  If the font size is small and if there isn't any line spacing, it will be very difficult on the reader to read and cause eye strain.  Proper document set up will help the reader be able to read the document and understand what the information is being relayed.

Please take a moment to read.  Thank you.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ck4b75VjkhIGZBFbEDkx-g-vRqA9RwO5M3My7nh-5A/pub

Adobe Illustrator: Diamonds! The Polar Grid

Good Afternoon,

Today, we worked on how the polar grid worked.  We clicked on the "Polar Grid" and it gave us a circular image with lines through it.  Well, we want something that is going to look like a diamond.  So we created a polar grid and inserted two squares of equal size, but rotated one to get it to line up to look like a diamond on the grid.  We used the Line Segment tool to draw lines to connect the square boxes to the polar grid.

Example:

We put the this onto a black background and used it for a logo for a security company.  Here are the results:

I liked the effect of the star on the word "diamond" and this was created using the "Star Tool" and added the radius and the points to make the image that you see.

Adobe Illustrator: Industrial Object

Hello Everyone,

We created an industrial object in our class today and it was pretty cool how to make a few plain objects look like pipes using gradient.  Gradients are used to give an object a 3-D effect.

We used shapes to give the effect that you see below.  The ellipse tool and the rectangle tool were used to draw the pipes and the circles.  We also used the ALIGN panel to center the objects where they needed to be to give this effect.

The circle in the middle are actually three (3) perfect circles, but by using a gradient gives it a 3-D effect.
Pretty cool!

Photoshop Chapter 6: Panels

Hello everyone,

Name:

Michele Keller

Student Number:

10

Photoshop: Chapter 6: Photoshop Interface

and Textbook Blog

The native file type for Photoshop is PSD, so you may often see the abbreviation PSD to refer to Photoshop.

PART 1: READ Chapter 6 from Photoshop CS 6 Visual QuickStart Guide, then:

1. Answer all questions below, briefly but completely.
2. Change the color of the answer to BLUE.
3. Copy this information and paste in a new post in your DIGITAL GRAPHICS blog.

Tools Panel: Photoshop has so many tools, it collects them under tool buttons on the Tools panel. Look on pages 102-104 for the Tools panel; you will see that the second button down (the selection tool called the RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL) has a little black triangle in the lower-right corner. In Photoshop, if you click on this, you will see the box appear that contains other selection tools. Briefly describe the  purpose of the following Photoshop tools:

1.      Elliptical Marquee Tool (NOTE: Photoshop calls the “marching ants” in a selection a marquee):  Creates oval and circular selections.

2.      Magnetic Lasso Tool:  Creates free-hand selections that snap to high-contrast edges in an image.

3.      Quick Selection Tool:  Selects shapes that it detects in the image.

4.      Magic Wand Tool:  Selects pixels that are similar in color to the one that’s clicked.

5.      Crop Tool:  Crops the image (unconstrained or fixed ration).

6.      Eye Dropper Tool:  Samples colors from an image.

7.      Ruler Tool:  Measures a distance or angle, or straightens the image.

8.      Healing Brush Tool:  Corrects flaws based on a sampled area.

9.      Content-Aware Tool:  Re-positions or extends an area of an image.

10.  Brush Tool:  Applies brush strokes.

11.  Mixer Brush Tool:  Simulates traditional paint strokes, allows colors to mix and smudge.

12.  History Brush Tool:  Restores pixels from a history state or snapshot.

13.  Background Eraser Tool:  Erases a sampled area to transparency.

14.  Gradient Tool:  Creates soft blends between two or more colors.

15.  Sharpen Tool:  Sharpens edges and details.

16.  Smudge Tool:  Smudges colors.

17.  Dodge Tool:  Lightens pixels.

18.  Burn Tool:  Darkens pixels.

19.  Pen Tool:  Draws curved or straight-edged shapes or paths.

20.  Horizontal  Type Tool:  Creates horizontally oriented editable type.

21.  Vertical Type Tool:  Creates vertically oriented editable type.

22.  Ellipse Tool:  Creates oval shape layers or paths.

23.  Hand Tool:  Moves a magnified image in the document window.

24.  Zoom Tool:  Changes the document zoom level.

25.  Set Foreground Color Tool:  Displays (and lets you change) the current foreground color.

Other Photoshop Panels: Briefly describe the  purpose of the following Photoshop panels:

1.      Actions panel:  A recorded sequence of commands that can be replayed on one image or on a batch of images.

2.      Adjustments panel:  You can use this to apply flexible color and tonal edits and corrections to an image.

3.      Brush panel:  This is used to choose brush tips and custom brush settings for tools, such as the Art History Brush, Blur, Brush, Burn, etc.

4.      Channels panel:  Lists and displays the thumbnails for all the color channels in the current document.

5.      Character panel:  You can choose attributes for the type tools on this panel.

6.      Color panel:  This is another way to choose color.

7.      Histogram panel:  You can view a graph of the distribution of tonal (light and dark) values in the current image.

8.      History panel:  Shows the history of edits made in an image during the current work station.

9.      Info panel:  Provides up to the minute data about your document.

10.  Kuler panel:  Pronounced “cooler”.  It is a free, Web-hosted Adobe application that lets users create and upload color groups, called color schemes.

11.  Layers panel:  This shows all the layers that were put on the image.  It also shows what layer that you are currently working on.

12.  Navigator panel:    You can move a magnified image in the document window, change the document zoom level, or target an area for magnification.

13.  Paragraph panel:  When creating or editing paragraph type, you can use the paragraph panel to apply paragraph-level settings.

14.  Properties panel:  Adjustments to layers can be conducted on the Properties panel.

15.  Styles panel:  Each style in Photoshop is a unique collection of layer settings.

16.  Swatches panel:  Stores predefined and user-defined solid color swatches, which are applied by various tools, filters, and commands.

17.  Timeline panel:  You can compose a sequence using audio clips and video files.

                       

PART 2: Photoshop & Illustrator Textbook Blog The Quickstart textbook authors, Elaine Weinman and Peter Lourekas, maintain a Photoshop and Illustrator blog with “tips, tutorials, and design concepts” to supplement the Quickstart Guide books. You will subscribe to this blog and follow it during the class term (you may unsubscribe when the course is over, or you may decide to continue following this blog to learn more about Photoshop and Illustrator after the class is over). 1.      Follow these instructions to find and follow the blog: 2.      Go to: http://elaineandpeter.com 3.      Scroll throughout the page to see the latest postings. 4.      Previous Postings: Notice the previous months listed on the right; click several of them to see other graphics postings. (You can also use the CATEGORY dropdown list or the SEARCH box to find specific topics of interest.) 5.      Subscribe: Scroll down the page and look for the Subscribe via Email to receive new post updates. Enter your gmail email address to subscribe, then click SUBMIT. 6.      WORD PRESS: Scroll to the very bottom of the blog and look on the right; do you see this blog is powered by WORD PRESS? WORD PRESS, like BLOGGER, is a free, popular blogging tool. (If you would like to find more about WORD PRESS, click on the POWERED BY WORD PRESS link. Note: WORD PRESS must be downloaded in order to use it, while BLOGGER is a cloud blog application.)

Textbook Blog Post: SILHOUETTES   From the Quickstart blog, scroll down to find the SEARCH box. Enter the word SILHOUETTES (be careful to spell this correctly! Or just copy and paste from this document.) then click the Search button. Scroll down through the post and click on the CONTINUE READING link. 1.      Explain the technique described in this posting and ways in which you could use it: All that is needed to be done is to click or drag across a shape that has a distinct edge, and the tool stops the selection at the first color or shad boundary that it detect.  To add the selection, click or drag again in an unselected area (no need to hold down the Shift). 2.      Scroll down to find the cup of coffee silhouette pasted on the café tables. Click the image, then save it, and paste it here:

Coffee Cup Image:

Other Photoshop Blogs: From GOOGLE, search for PHOTOSHOP BLOG. Look through some of the results and click on several blogs. Choose one posting that you liked and provide this information: 1.      Blog Address (copy from address bar at the top of your browser window): http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2013/04/space-out-with-adam-kennedy-and-his-fire-hydrants.html 2.      Blog Posting (describe the technique discussed in the blog posting): This blog explained how this individual tool took a photograph of a rusty fire hydrant turned it into an imaginary planet.  Way cool.  Please go to the blog address above and you can see how it was created.  There were a lot of layers and selection tools used to created the image of a planet.  The blogger suggested that anyone working in Photoshop to use adjusting layers instead of applying hard adjustments and using layer masks instead of deleting pixels.  He will use the images that he creates in his cinematography class.