Week 5

This past week in class we learned a little bit about Adobe Illustrator. I used Illustrator in my Media Literacy class last semester for one project. Last semester I became familiar with the vector-based graphics that are used in Illustrator. I think that it's very interesting how a mathematical formula can be used to create shapes of any size without becoming grainy or "pixely" in appearance. I hope that we learn more about Illustrator in Intro to Digital Media this semester. I feel as though there is probably much more to the program than I can imagine.

Our assignment this week was to construct two self-portraits. I used photos for reference for both of my projects. I could not believe how time consuming constructing my images were. About halfway through developing my first image I decided to lookup key board commands on the Internet for the eyedropper tool and selection tool. Using the keyboard commands cut my work time considerably. Illustrator can be a very tedious program, but I am happy with my results and i am interested in hearing what my classmates have to say about my work.