Name Paths

                            Name Paths

                   To make my name paths I first used the text tool to type my name. Then under modify at the top tool bar I clicked on convert to paths. Then I un-grouped the the text and moved the text around to give each letter space. On the internet I searched textures and I saved 6 images whose color was blue or was a shade of blue. I opened the picture in a new document then copied the image. In a letter I right clicked and pasted the image inside. I did this to all the letters each with a different texture. Afterwards I made the letters close and grouped them back together. I made the canvas gray because it makes the blue stand out.After grouping the letters and changing the canvas color I cropped the canvas to be a bit bigger then the text.

Butterfly

                                                                      Butterfly: 

     To make my butterfly I first started by making a square over the canvas and making the square brown with a wood texture. The layer above that I made a smaller square with oilslick texture and a green fill. The main background was a smaller square with the fill light blue.
     To make the grass I made small ovals using the Elipse Tool and stretching the ovals using the Sub Select Tool. Instead of using a gradient I made the ovals have a pattern of Grass-Large. I copied one oval and pasted many more then grouped them together.
     For the butterfly I started with a oval then used the Free Form Tool to give the butterfly shape. I made the oval light brown with a grass texture. For the wings using the Elipse Tool I made circles and using the Free Form Tool I gave the circles a wing shape. For the top wings I made the gradient satin and made the colors pink and light blue. Over that using the Line Tool I made lines and made the fill the same light blue as the gradient pattern. For the bottom wings I made the gradient satin and made the colors purple and yellow. Over that using the Line Tool I made lines and made the fill the same yellow as the gradient pattern. All wings had a texture of grass. The butterfly had antennas which were made using the Line Tool then using the Free Form tool to bend the antennas. The eye was made using the Elipse Tool then using the Free Form Tool.
    To make the flower I started by using the Elipse Tool and I made a circle with a solid brown fill and a grain texture. The flower pedals were made using the Elipse Tool and stretching them using the Sub Select Tool. The pedals were purple with a grass texture. The stem was made using the Pen Tool and had a light brown fill. I made the leaves using the Elipse Tool. Then using the Sub Select Tool I stretched the oval out. Then using the Free Form Tool I made the indents in the leaves. Using the Scale Tool I made the leaves small so they were proportional to the rest of the flower.
    For the sun I started by using the Elipse Tool. I made the circle with a linear pattern with the colors orange and yellow. I then gave the circle a zoom blur filter.
   Using the Text Tool I made my name. I made the font color bright blue so it stands out against the dark green. The font for the text was Lucida Handwriting.
   
    

Emotions

 

Grief:  

     For grief I made dark gray clouds with rain, a puddle of rain and a ripped umbrella. This for me is sad weather and I used this to represent grief. For the clouds I used the circles tool and stretched the circles by using the sub select tool. For the rain I used circles and stretched the the circles. The puddle I made by using the circle tool then using the free form tool I made the run off and the edges. The splash was made using circles with no with but will a black stroke. The umbrella was made using the free form tool then using the line tool and pentagon tool to make the holes and shape of the umbrella. The handle was made using the L tool and the wind with the pencil tool. A cloudy and rainy day is sad and you feel grief. You can't really be outside unless you want to be soaking wet so there's really nothing to do on a cloudy and rainy day which is sad.

Happiness:

     For happiness I made a sun in the bright blue sky. Who isn't happy on a sunny day? For the sun I used a circle a made the gradient linear and the colors yellow and orange. The sun rays were made     with the pencil tool and filled with the fill tool. The canvas color I changed to light blue to look like a clear summer day sky. When you have a clear sky and bright sun you feel happiness. You want to be running outside enjoying the summer sun.

     Rage:

     For the emotion rage I made fire with a box that had a black pit of darkness in the middle. To make the box I used the square tool and rotated the square using the scale tool. The circle in the middle was made using the circle tool and I made the gradient of the circle radial and made the colors black, yellow, orange, and red. The fire was made using the pencil tool and I filled the fire with the colors orange and red. The heat waves were made using the pencil tool and the canvas color was changed to black. The square with the circle in the middle represents a dark pit of rage building and building. The fire is what helps build the rage.

 

                     

     Fear: 

    For the emotion fear I made a spider web with a spider egg in the middle oozing venom. The canvas color I changed to dark green and the spider web I made by using circles, pentagons, and lines. I made the spider web gray. To make the venom puddle and I made a circle with the gradient starburst and the colors yellow and green. The venom drops were made using the circle tool and stretching out the circles using the sub select tool. The gradient was starburst and the colors green and yellow. The spider egg was made using a rounded rectangle and I used the sub select tool to give the egg a shape. The gradient is contour with colors green and yellow and using the line tool I made yellow lines across. Using the smart polygon tool I made the fill black and using the L tool made legs to look as if the egg was hatching. Spiders cause fear to me so I made a spider web with a spider egg dripping venom and the spider hatching from the egg to represent fear.

   Surprise:

    For surprise I made a confetti cannon. I made a confetti cannon because a confetti cannon blasting confetti are used for surprises and if someone just blasted a confetti cannon I would be surprised. To made the cannon I used the rounded rectangle tool and made the gradient satin and the colors light blue and black. The mouth of the cannon was made using two circles. The gray circle as the outline and the black circle to make the cannon look hollow. The wheel was made of two circles. The black one as the tire and the gray one as the rim. Using the pencil tool I made a string and filled it black. For the fire I used the pencil tool as well and filled it orange and yellow. The confetti I made using the square tool. I made bunch of confetti. The confetti was 3 different blues, aqua blue, dark blue, and sky blue. 

 

Sample Text_2012

   To create my sample text I used a text box and typed my name. I then clicked on the text and under text at the top toolbar clicked on convert to paths. Using the sub select tool I changed my font and made the letters look as if they were sort of the same style. I made the U have a gradient of Satin with colors blue and black. The L has a gradient of Folds with colors light blue and dark blue. The I had a gradient of Starburst with colors green and black. The S had a gradient of Waves with the colors orange and black. The E is red and pink with a gradient of waves. The final S is dark gray and light gray with a gradient of ripples. The canvas color which made the letters stand out a bit was a very light blue.

Cornucopia_2012

   To create my cornucopia above I used the circle tool to create a small circle. I gradually made the circles bigger until I got to the last one. Inside the last circle I made a smaller circle to make the cornucopia look hollow. Using the oval tool I made oval and rotated them using the scale tool so the outer part looked like it was weaved and I added leaves behind the weaving by copying a picture from the internet and sketching it.
     For the carrots, turnips and strawberries I made circles and using the sub select tool stretched them out, carrots being the longest then turnips and finally the strawberries. The carrots I just made orange and made small rectangles for the stems. For the turnips I made the gradient radial and made them purple, red, white and made the stems with rectangles. The strawberries had small black circles for the seeds and small oval for the stems.
     For the pumpkins and squash I made ovals and made the one at front in the middle. The pumpkins I made orange and the squash I made green and white using the gradient radial. The stems were made with rectangles.
     The tomatoes were circles and stretched in with the sub select tool and had ovals for stems.
     The corn was made of ovals for the corn husks and small circles as were the grapes. The grapes' circles were bigger and different color.
      To make the eggplants I used two ovals, a small one on top and a big one on the bottom. The stems was made of ovals. To look as a complete figure I took off the stroke.
      The sunflowers were made of long ovals and a small circle for the center.
      All objects had a texture of either grain or burlap and the background was made using a square with a gradient of elipse and the colors of orange and gray.

Nameplates

                      Professional Nameplate

      For my professional nameplate I had a canvas with a resolution of of 200 pixels/inch, a width of 300 pixels and a height of 200 pixels. I changed my canvas color from transparent to a light aqua blue (#66FFFF). I then added a text box in the middle of the canvas typing my name and using the scale tool so my name fit most of the canvas. I left the font color black and using the stroke options I used airbrush as the stroke category and textured was the stroke name. The texture was grain and the airbrush color was a violet (#3300FF).

                       Mid-level Nameplate

     For my mid-level nameplate I had a canvas with a resolution of of 200 pixels/inch, a width of 300 pixels and a height of 200 pixels. Instead of using the canvas as a background I created a rectangle the size of the canvas and made the rectangle blue (#3366FF). I made solid the fill category, hard the edge of the fill and grain the texture. The outside stroke was Quill and the texture was vein. The outside stroke was a very light greenish yellow (#CCFF99). I then added a text box on top of the rectangle and typed my name. Using the scale tool I increased the size of the name then used the skew tool. The letters were a font preset color and I changed the colors and the fills of gradient and waves.

                     Basic Nameplate

For my basic nameplate I had a canvas with a resolution of of 200 pixels/inch, a width of 300 pixels and a height of 200 pixels. Instead of using the canvas as a background I created a rectangle the size of the canvas and made the rectangle dark blue (#000099). I made the fill for the rectangle solid and the texture DNA. I made the outside stroke light blue (#3366FF), the stroke was fluid splatter and oilslick as the texture. I then added a text box and typed my name. Using the scale tool I increased the size of my name then used the skew tool. The font of my name is dark blue (#000066). The font had a fill of solid and a texture on onyx. I used negation as my blend and glow as one of my filters. The glow was a greenish yellow (#99FF00). The stroke was unnatural, the stroke name was 3D and that texture was oilslick.

Optimizing and Exporting Graphics

                                                Optimizing Graphics

            You optimize graphics so when you change the graphics into a JPEG or GIF file the quality is still of the graphic is still there while the time it takes to load the graphic doesn't exceed a long time. To optimize graphics open up the program Adobe Fireworks. On the right hand side there are different panels and one is named Optimize and Align. In the Optimize and Align panel you can change the smoothness and quality of a graphic. The smoothing lowers the quality but the time it takes to load the graphic decreases. You can change the graphic to different GIF and JPEG files.

                        Exporting Graphics

          To export graphics first optimize your graphic as you wish. Then save the graphics as the file you want such as a JPEG or GIF file. You export graphics so you can post your work on blogs or the internet. After you optimize then export your graphic no one can change the graphic you created.
 

       

Art Terminology Definitions

Hue: Hue is the attribute of colors or the complexion.
 Hue is another word for color. Navy and Royal Blue are examples of hues of Blue.

Chroma: How pure a color is or the intensity of the color. Light Gray has a low chroma because it looks faded and old. Fire Red has a high chroma because it's very intense, bright and pure.

Tint: A variation or shade of a color. You can get different tints of a color by adding white. The white will make the color lighter and a different tint.

Tone: The value or color quality of a color. Tone is the lightness or darkness of a color. Adding both black and white changes the tone of a color. The tones change as you either add more white then black or more black then white.

Shade: How dark a color is. Adding black to a color can change it's shade. The black will make the color darker and a different shade.

Complementary Colors: Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel or show the most chromatic contrast. Red and Green are examples of complementary colors. They are opposite of each other on the color wheel and show most contrast.

Analogous Colors: Colors on the color wheel that are closely related or next to each other. Blue and Green are next to each other on the color wheel. Yellow and Orange is another example of analogous colors.

Contrasting Colors: Also known as complementary colors contrasting colors are colors placed opposite of each other on the color wheel.  Red and Green or Blue and Orange are examples of Contrasting Colors.

Texture: The physical or visual feel of an object. Sandpaper is an example. Sandpaper  looks and feel rough and bumpy which is it's texture.

Graphic Design Principles: Graphic Design Principles has six parts. First being balance, then proximity, alignment, repetition/consistency, contrast and finally white space.

Balance: A design principle concerned with the elements in a work of art dealing with the even and unevenness in proportion and design.

Symmetry: A balance in which elements in a piece of art are arranged on each side of an imaginary line. An example of symmetry is having a square on each side of an imaginary line. The squares have to be the same size and same area on the opposite side.

References:

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hue
• http://www.colorcube.com/articles/theory/glossary.htm 
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tint
• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tone 
• http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shade
• http://www.yourdictionary.com/complementary-color
• http://en.mimi.hu/finearts/analogous_colors.html
• http://www.cfisd.net/dept2/curricu/elart/Glossary.htm
• http://arthistory.about.com/cs/glossaries/g/t_texture.htm
• http://www.artincanada.com/arttalk/arttermsanddefinitions.html

Graphic Formats

PNG:  Portable Network Graphics with a acronym of PNG was created as a free replacement for GIF. The acronym PNG is pronounced "Ping". Commercial software cannot include PNG without paying license fees to Unisys the owner of  PNG. 1 to 48 bit images is all PNG handles. To create a PNG file click save as on one of your files and then save your file under PNG.

 GIF:   Graphics Interchange Format with a acronym of GIF is a popular and very efficient picture format. The acronym GIF is pronounced "Jif" as the format's creator pronounces GIF. GIF animations are very popular on the web because they work on all browsers and they are small without needing a special plug in. There are two "flavors" of GIF, the newer 89a and the old 87. To create a GIF save a file on adobe fireworks or paint then click on save as and save the file under GIF.

JPG/JPEG: Joint Photographic Expert Group is what JPG/JPEG stands for. JPG/JPEG is the most efficient image storage method. JPG also known as JPEG is a file format for digital graphics and images. When JPG files are saved they use the method of lossy compression which means as the file size decreases the image quality does too. JPG files have the extension of .jpeg or .jpg. 

TIFF:   TIFF also known as TIF stands for Tag Image File Format. TIFF is a very popular professional graphics format that originally was only a 24 bit program until version 6 came out.  TIFF currently supports data up to 48 bits and is supported on all platforms such as Mac and Windows. TIFF was made by Aldus but Adobe Systems later acquired it and now holds it's copyright.

References:                        

• http://www.dansdata.com/graphics.htm
• http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/Definitions/g/Jpg-Files.htm
• http://www.ntchosting.com/multimedia/tiff-tagged-image-file-format.html#What_is_TIFF