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.
