Grid LINES

This exercise was really cool! I learned how to make and follow grid lines. I do, however, think it is weird that to make verticle gridline you have to click on the horizonal axis, and to make a horizontal gridline you have to click on the verticle axis. Either way, it is going to be a very useful thing to use from here on out. I also think it is cool how you can alter font like we did to the "d" in "Grid Systems". I worked with Anthony on this project since we came into class when the professor was sick, and we learned how to do this together. We went through a lot of trial and error to get this right! ALSO LOREM IPSUM!!! OMG! SO WEIRD! WHAT LANGUAGE IS THAT?!?!!? If anyone knows, please tell me!!

EL

Symmetry

S     Y     M      M     E     T     R    Y

I really like when things are balanced and even. This exercise showed me how I can use symmetrical shapes and asymmetrical space to show balance. This project seemed pretty easy. It mostly just improved my skills on illustrator, like how to make a perfect circle! I don't know what else to say about it, it was pretty plain and simple.

EL

The Abstract: Crooked Man

That is what I would like to call this piece. This guy really creeped me out,; he seemed crooked, and sexual, and scary, BUT the assignment was to recreate the painting in a more abstract way in Illustrator, so I did. I felt like I kept making him bigger and bigger and I still could not fill the box he is in. So I decided to add some parallel borders on the corner to box him in more. As you can see, I changed the colors too. I wanted this abstract piece to pop more than the colors that we were directed to use. I like purple, its a nice color close enough to blue; I pictured this as a royal robe. I did the pink color to represent his skin. He is showing a lot of skin in the painting, so I showed a lot of pink in the midsection, which I perceived to be his torso, body area. The pale yelloe block under his head is a pillow. White was too drastic, so I chose this soft pale yellow to make it seem like a soft pillow (even though it had hard, straight lines). I put a lot of thought into this piece, outside of what we instructed to do.

E.L.

Erin Lackie, Who??

I really liked this project because I was able to get creative and express myself and who I really am. I am very girly. I like to be neat and organized. I am loud. I am bubbly. I am very open. Everything in this piece is totally me! I like pink and purple and white. I like straight lines and circles. I like making things stand out. I really like talking, so I put a lot in the center at once.

I also liked this project because it helped me get into the swing of things with InDesign. I am not super familiar to Adobe, so this is definitely something new, and I am always open to new things! I really liked the class critique because now I feel more open with the people in the class and I respect their constructive criticism. The best part is that this was not only an introduction to the course, but also an introduction of ourselves at the same time. Wish it was graded, WE ALL DID GREAT!! 

E.L.