First, for value, I added a gradient over lay and made blue fade into a nice green. Second, I gave the circle on the bottom left some texture with a blue color. I then added another circle on the top left to represent shape. I added Lines to the top left because I thought it …
Movie Poster
Before: For my the texture I added black mamba snake skin into the background. I then applied gradient over lay to give it value and contrast. The word "MAMBA" also has a gradient to give it value and contrast. For size, I made Kobe big to make him "pop" more. For colors, I made the …
Border Paths
For the first one, I was just clicking and connecting the dots. On the second one, I clicked and dragged to give the line a curve. As well for the third one, I was clicking and dragging down to make a different kind of curve. The last one was a combination of the last ones, …
Guided Notes
About Me
My names is Abraham, and this blog is here to provide you with a close look of my journey through Graphic Design and Illustration. I chose to put my time into Graphic Design and Illustration, because I feel that it could be something interesting that I could learn and use in the real world. I …
Multiple Me
First I put the images in photoshop into a stack. Once I had all of my images and layers, I gave them all masks and I changed my foreground and background colors to black and white. I then used the brush tool to start erasing the boy away. I clicked ctrl I or command I …
Final South Park Character
This is my finished south park character. I made the the head, body, and clothes using different tools like the Pen Tool, the Eclipse Tool, the Direct Selection Tool, and the Text tool.
Gang of Ninjas
For the heads of the ninjas, I used the Ellipse Tool, and for the body of the ninjas I used the Rectangle Tool and the Rounded Rectangle Tool. I made an oval and a circle, then I subtracted from the shape to make the faces of the ninjas, and used the ellipse tool to make …
Hippo!
First, for the nose of the hippo I grabbed the ellipse tool and made an oval. I then copied the oval and used the Direct Selection Tool to create the hippo's head. To create the ears, I made another oval, stretched its lower node down, and used Offset Path to make the inner part of …
Border Paths
Before After For the Greek border, I grabbed the Pen Tool and clicked from point to point to be able to make straight lines. The straight lines were used to create the whole border. The Greek Key border was a bit more challenging. I had to click and drag up and down diagonally to be …
