My Opinion Towards Some Colors

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What's your favorite color? Why is it your favorite? What do you have in that color?

I was asked these questions and more during my graphic design class. We're spending a lot of time talking about color, and we have to write a blog post about our favorite and least favorite colors. So without further ado, let's get going.

My favorite color is blue! Almost half of everything I own is blue. My bedsheets, lots of my clothing, notebooks, and even a couple plushes are true blue. I like blue because it's a soothing color that looks great with almost every other color- Blue is the New Black. I love blue so much, I even dyed my hair blue! Blue is everywhere in our world. Lakes, rivers, and the ocean are all blue. The sky is blue on clear days. I use blue a lot in my drawings. And I spend a lot of time on Twitter, where most of the buttons and icons are a nice, sky blue- including the little bird logo. If I could change something to blue, I'd change my bedroom carpet color from dirt-brown to a nice blue color. It would fit much better into my primarily green and blue bedroom! Sadly, not a lot of food is blue aside from blueberries (which are more of an indigo color, to be specific), and most blue food isn't usually appetizing to me... but some food companies use blue in their logos, and I'm a fan of that! Blue Bunny Ice Cream for the win!

While I love all shades of blue, I do have a few favorites. Blue-gray is one, a slightly dark shade of blue with a hint of gray. Another one is sky blue, a lighter tint of blue that I literally see EVERYWHERE. My third favorite is Prussian Blue, a very dark shade of blue that isn't used often but deserves more attention. I also like royal blue, simply because it's the color of my hair. :)

My least favorite color is cream, or off-white. For some reason, if I see an off-white car, I immediately think that it's dirty and needs washing. It's simply an unattractive, boring color that reminds me of an unwashed white t-shirt. It could be seen as a tint of brown or brown-gray, which are a few other colors I dislike.

However, cream is the color of Vanilla ice cream, so I'll let that slide.

Thanks for reading,

Tate

What's It Like To Draw a Bird 20 Times?

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This week in Graphic Design, we were given the task to draw one object out of a given four (those four being a house, tree, flower, or bird). BUT! There was a twist...

We had to draw it 20 times! *EXPLOSIONS*

I chose to draw a bird for many reasons. One being that I love drawing birds in general. Another being I can only draw two or three types of trees and flowers. The final reason being I couldn't draw a house to save my life... Instead of drawing the same bird in twenty different styles, I drew twenty different types of birds, ranging from flamingoes to a mighty phoenix. One of them was even a bird Pokemon, hehe. I had way too much fun doing it- I'd gladly draw twenty more birds any time of the day!

After we finished the sketchbook assignment, we had to pick one of the drawings and recreate it in Adobe Illustrator. I chose to draw the bird Pokemon, so here it is.

And before you say anything about it, yes, I am fully aware of how terrible the background is. I'm still adjusting to Illustrator, so cut me some slack. I decided to pick a forest-y green for the background to match the little grassy owl. And while others were creating their objects with shape tools, I decided to wing it (BIRD PUN) and freehand the whole thing! It was certainly a challenge, and coloring it was no walk in the park either. Darn you, eraser tool!

Even though this project was fairly challenging, I still had SO much fun doing it- both on paper and digitally. Even fixing the colors was enjoyable, and it was one of the things I had to do the most!

Thanks for reading,

Tate

(Background, I'll never forgive you.)

The Illustrator Experience

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A short while ago, I learned the basics of Adobe Illustrator. And when I say basics, I mean that we learned the most basic, fool-proof parts of Illustrator. The very first thing we learned was Shapes and Colors. We were given the task to create five basic shapes- A circle, rectangle, square, pentagon, and star. It was simple enough to use these tools- I accustomed to the controls very quickly. We then had to color the shapes- which was even easier than making the shapes. Select the shape, make sure that stroke was deactivated, pick a color, you're done. I'd say that the hardest part of the project was trying to switch between the tools. It took me almost ten minutes to realize that you had to keep the mouse over the icon in order to get the other shape tools.

The second project was to create a basic logo using the shape and text tools. I made a starry background with a bright burst in the middle, with a line of text at the top reading "Dream Big." I was originally planning to create a skull with wings, but I wasn't advanced enough to learn how to make that. Overall, making my logo was pretty easy and I was very happy with how it turned out.

The third project was learning to use the shaper tool to make a vaguely pac-man like design. Using it was easy enough, but trying to color every shape at the same time and add the blue background was infuriating.

In conclusion, Illustrator is a tool that takes some time to get used to- but once you learn the basics, it's as easy as making a couple colored shapes in Microsoft Paint. I think I'll have a lot of fun using Illustrator in my Graphic Design class.

Thanks for reading,

Tate