Blend Tool!

I've already finished a project and have it ready for a post!  Our task was to look up an Adobe Illustrator tutorial for beginners, follow it, and post the result.  My tutorial was on the Blend tool.  Here's the tutorial:

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/illustrators-blend-tool-a-comprehensive-guide/

It doesn't explicitly give you a tutorial on what to do; rather, it teaches you of all the applications of the Blend tool.  I used these to create this City at Sunset!

I hope that's the Sun's path and not just multiple Suns.

I really like this picture.  It's really smooth, and the Blend tool worked quite well.  The most difficult part was trying to manage the Sun so it looked good.  If I re-did this, I'd try to manage the highlights on the buildings more.  This project taught me how to use the Blend tool, obviously.

I think the tutorial was pretty good.  It didn't exactly explain how to use each function explicitly, but the pictures helped figure out what function of the tool did what.  I think this tutorial would be good to use in the future.

Animation and Illustrator!

I return with three new projects done in my computer art class, all of which I really like!  First off, I have my first animation- a walk cycle- in the form of a gif!


Click on the picture for the full-size, better quality version!

I'm really happy with this project.  The animation is really smooth, and everything worked as I wanted it to.  The most difficult part was adjusting each of the original four frames to be like its inverse frame.  If I re-did the project, I'd make it so the jacket and pants are separate so it doesn't look like he's in a onesie.  This project helped me learn how to make gifs in Flash.

Next, we created gradient flowers in Illustrator, a program that uses vector images rather than pixels.  I decided to give mine stems and a background!

Ooh, pretty....

I think I did quite well on this project.  As usual, everything worked fine, and the only difficult part was learning how to export just what was inside the image frame.  If I re-did the project, I may add some clouds in the background.  Doing this project helped me learn how to use the bloat and pucker tools in Illustrator.

Finally, I have a duck that I traced with the pen tool in Illustrator!

♪ Rubber ducky, you're the one... ♪

Again, I think this one turned out well.  Everything I tried to do worked out well.  It was a little difficult adjusting the shapes to look good.  I would probably make the sun more clear if I re-did this project.  In all honesty, I didn't learn anything from doing this project, since I already knew how to use the pen tool from having used it to make the stems in my flower.

Thanks for watching my blog!  Stay tuned for the next update!