ILLUSTRATOR: Text On a Path 2

First, I went to the "Pencil Tool" and drew a random design. Then I clicked the
"Type Tool: text on a path." I clicked the design and type "mulitmedia design." Then I changed the fill color to a pink and the stroke color to a lime green. I changed the stroke size to make the lime green stand out. Finally, I changed the font to "Comic Sans Ms," bolded the font, and made the font as large as possible.

ILLUSTRATOR: Text On a Path

First I clicked "Line Segment Tool" and chose "Spiral Tool." Then I drew a big spiral. Next, I clicked on "Type Tool: Text on a path tool" and clicked on the spiral. I typed my first, middle, and last name. Then I highlighted the text and changed the fill color to an orange and changed the stroke color to a light blue. Then I make the stroke size a little bit thicker so the blue can stand out. Finally I changed the font to "Comic Sans Ms" and put the font size as large as possible.

ILLUSTRATOR: Clipping Mask 2

First I got a picture of a roller coaster because I love riding roller coasters. I saved the picture and then I went to Adobe Illustrator. Then I opened the picture up on Adobe Illustrator and made the picture bigger. After that I clicked on "Type Tool" and clicked somewhere on the picture. I typed my name "Danielle" in big letters. Then I changed the font color to white. Then I clicked the "Selection Tool" and selected the image and the words. Finally, I went to "Object" on the tool bar and clicked "Clipping Mask:Make." Then it left the word "Danielle" with the picture within the letters.

ILLUSTRATOR: Snowflake

First I drew a polygon in the center of the page. Then I changed the color of the polygon to a nice blue and outlined it with a lighter blue. Then I drew another polygon and put it on top of it and kind of rotated it 45 degrees clockwise. Then I went to "Window" and clicked "Pathfinder" and hit add shapes and it combined both shapes together and it sort of made an outline of a snowflake. Then I made a rectangle and I copied and pasted it 3 more times. I had a total of 4 rectangles. I put the 4 rectangles on the polygon. Then I went back to "Pathfinder" and clicked subtract shapes and it took away the rectangles and left me with this cool looking snowflake.

ILLUSTRATOR: Combining Shapes

First, I drew a rectangle in the center of the page. Then I changed the color to a nice orange. Next, I drew a star and put it over the rectangle. Then I selected both shapes and went to "Window" and chose "Pathfinder." Then I hit the "Subtract" icon and the star subtracted within the rectangle. Then I drew a polygon and put it right in the center of the star. After that I clicked the rectangle and drew two skinny rectangles. I dragged them on top of the polygon and made them cross each other. Then I went back to "Pathfinder" and subracted it and it left an X on the polygon. Then I drew another polygon and put it on the right top corner of the rectangle. I went back to "Pathfinder" and hit the "Add" icon and it merged into the shape. After that, I drew another star and put it in the polygon and then I drew a spiral and put it on top of the star. Then I selected the star and the spiral and went to "Pathfinder" and hit the "Add" icon and it combined those two shapes. Then I selected them again and went to "Pathfinder" and hit the "Subtract" icon and it made a weird shape. That's how I ended up with that weird design.

ILLUSTRATOR: Clipping Mask

First I got a picture of something I was interested in which was a bass guitar. I saved the pictured and then went to Adobe Illustrator. Then I opened the picture on Adobe Illustrator and made the picture bigger so it can take up the whole screen. After that, I clicked on the "Type Tool" icon and clicked somewhere on the picture. I typed the word "Bass Guitar" in very big letters. Then I changed the font color to white so you can see it. After that I used the "Selection Tool" and selected the word "Bass Guitar" and I rotated it so the words would go along the shape of the guitar. Then I went to "Selection Tool" again and selected the image and the words. Finally, I went to "Object" on the tool bar and clicked "Clipping Mask: Make." Then it left the word bass guitar with my image within the letters.

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Hi! My name is Danielle Pickett and I will be using this blog as a portfolio for my Multimedia Design class. I will be posting my projects and examples along with a brief description of what I did. Please check back to see my work!