Recently, we've begun working with Adobe Illustrator. In working with Illustrator, there are multiple struggles I’ve come across. The biggest issue at first was simply that it was different than Photoshop, which was what I was used to. Sometimes the way you did certain things you could also do in Photoshop was different. This made Illustrator a little hard to learn at first, but I was able to get used to it fairly quickly. One of the later problems I encountered was using completely unfamiliar tools. In creating the image above, I made use of some of these tools. I used the mesh tool to create the shading on the burger. It took me awhile to figure out how to use it, but once I figured it out, it didn’t take long for me to get the hang of it. The pen tool, on the other hand, was a different story. I managed to create the cheese and lettuce with it, but it took a while. It wasn’t hard to figure out how it worked, but it was, and still is for me, at least as of this post, hard to use. Hopefully as I work more with Illustrator, I will get used to it.
While some parts may be hard, I find Illustrator an enjoyable program to use. I like how I’m forced to use only shapes, which makes me think outside the box when trying to create something. It’s interesting to see what you can make in such a program. Illustrator could be used in pre-production of a game or film. It can be used to create concept art, which is something I hope to do with it. Overall, Illustrator is an interesting, and highly useful program. While parts may be hard, I enjoy using it.
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AuthorI'm interested in film and animation. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools.
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