Day 4- Working with Illustrator January 28, 2008

The signifier in this picture is the lamp, which could signify different things to different people. For me, it conjures up an image of home and warmth, perhaps reading in a comfy chair. It also signifies light and hope; the large scale of the lamp to the table is symbolic of the importance of these ideas (of light and hope). For some people, the lamp could simply signify a lamp, and the bright colors could add to its symbolization of happiness. 

Day 2! January 16, 2008

 I like to play with gradients and patterns, so I used some of the pre-packaged ones when we first started playing around with the shapes. Then I noticed that the patterns/gradients I’d selected were all orange and turquoise; I decided to stick with that color combination because I like complimentary colors (I think that’s what they’re called?). By clicking around I found how to change the line width/color, transparency, and a couple other cool things. I found the warp tool and used that, too… on a square, a star, and I think a rounded-square type object. I really like the explosion thing in the background, which I found under the shapes menu.

Day 1: Setting up the Blog January 14, 2008

   I call this… “Abstract Grass and Sun”

aka i don’t know how to use Illustrator yet.