Illustrator to Photoshop

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Here is my Illustrator to Photoshop piece. I still think I like Illustrator better than Photoshop, even when combining them together. I did some paste intos for the stars and that cupcake background.  I did enjoy doing some retouches to the image by using Photoshop. I think I just like being able to create my own work in illustrator compared to Photoshop where you are refining and changing an image.

Final Photoshop Project

This is my photoshop project! I am really happy with how it came out. I think my favorite one is the CD or the front of the CD case. For the front of the CD case I just used gradients and layer masks to incorporate Beyonce, and the two different flower backgrounds. I think it looks really pretty. For the actual CD, I just selected and pasted into the CD with a pattern I found online. I always find it hard to choose a good font, but I think that this one is the best. I decided to continue with my flower theme and for the back of the CD case, I just pasted into the case of the pattern and Beyonce.

Pen Tool

I used the pen tool for this. I found a cartoon online of a peace sign and traced it using the pen tool. It really amazes me what you can do with the pen tool. I also really like tracing images. I found the word "peace" online and traced that as well. 

Squares

I am very pleased with how my 9 squares came out. I think this really helped me get a basic understanding of tools used in Illustrator. The only square that really bothers me is the the top left square. For some reason the last one I copied on that pattern I made didn't continue and now it looks out of place. I wasn't too sure how to fix that. My favorite square is the one of the two birds kissing or the clouds. 

Color Wheel

When I duplicated the color wheel, I liked making each section of the wheel a different shade of the color. When i first started working on this I was just going to make colored pencils, but then I was goofing around and rotated and copied them so they sort of look like a flower.

Pencil

Here is my first work with Illustrator. So far I've been really enjoying Illustrator and I like it much better than photoshop. I like how you can create basically anything and it is all your own work. I'm excited to learn more on Illustrator.

I also enjoyed using the mesh tool, I really like how it makes objects have more texture to it.

Logo On Illustrator

Here is my logo I created on illustrator. It's really fun learning all the tools in illustrator and how there are differences and similarities with photoshop. I'm not sure if I like how I made the "L" and "M" a lighter blue or if I should just keep the text all color.