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Friday, 29 July 2011

He's smiling now but alas we all know what happens......Drawing with type

To demonstrate an understanding of 'type-on-a-path' I chose Illustrator - Type on a Path Tool to draw an illustration relating to a nursery rhyme.

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. (Carl Sagan)

Producing a DL size flier (Adobe Indesign) which promotes you town/city including a map (Adobe Illustrator) and showing wrapping text around an object.

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Want to give a Map a '3D Look' well ... here's how ...

This task required using Illustrator to trace a map.  I used six different layers and a number of tools such as the gradient mesh tool to add a 3D effect.  Check out this tutorial on using the Gradient Mesh Tool:  http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/gradientmesh/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNKdu4xUQVo&feature=related

Monday, 11 July 2011

Resizing Images using Photoshop





Resizing images using shots of people's faces was trickier than I first thought but with some research into understanding Image Size I eventually suceeded.  I have included 3 variations on a theme.