PatriciaCreativeIllustrations

  Reflection on my work in the second term    This term went quickly. I expected  that this term would  be stressful, and I would have to write many posts on my blog.  I mainly focused on creating my major project, which was branding for a florist shop. I have finally started learning new software -  adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator. This was very demanding for me because I hadn’t used these programs before.  I watched many tutorials on the internet,  I read instructions and tried to recreate what these graphic designers were showing but achieving satisfactory results was nearly impossible as to capture every step of the video, I had to pause every minute. I had been failing for a long time and I almost lost my motivation. I had constant doubts and I was nervous because it was so painful for me to learn on my own. I wish that I had had a chance to learn this programs before I enrolled on the course. I honestly cannot wait to learn about these programs professionally, step by step.

In the lesson, we had a art lecture about biography of David Bowie. He was a singer, songwriter and actor born in Brixton, London in 1947 as David Robert Jones. He was one of the most influential musician of the 20th century. Reference / Image Reference:  David Bowie (n.d) About Available at:  https://www.davidbowie.com/about  [accessed: 16.03.2022]

Photoshop is an incredible program that allows us to remix our pics, swap backgrounds, fix flaws and imperfections, mix up colours, add effects, add details everything in a few clicks. Photoshop has many powerful tools which could edit, mash-up and blend photos and graphics, change colours and effects and give our images the better interesting and creative look that everybody will adore. We can create an unexpected and creative project. We have to grab inspiration from everything  Personally, my favourite tool in this program are: Magic Wand Tool Magnetic Lasso Tool Pen Tool Spot healing brush tool Gradient tool  My new Motto as a future graphic designer - illustrator : Go wherever your imagination takes you. Be inspired by everything you see, hear and feel that is around you.  I boost my skills and learned the basics of Adobe Photoshop and adobe illustrator by watching many tutorials.      

In this post, I will write about my website on Wix. I looked at all my navigation bars:  1) HOME PAGE 2) PORTFOLIO PAGE 3) CONTACT 4) ABOUT ME  5) FEEDBACK Checklist:  All pages on Wix are working and there are no issues. I changed the copyright date reads from 2021 to 2022. All my links and social media are working and are connected I proofread and spell check existing content to do not make mistakes. HOME PAGE PORTFOLIO PAGE I have added second project which is RED BLOSSOM ABOUT ME PAGE On this page, I haven't changed anything. I left it unchanged because in my opinion looks right.  CONTACT PAGE On this page, I haven't changed anything. I left it unchanged because in my opinion looks right.                                            PORTFOLIO PAGE - PROJECT - FLORIST BRANDING - RED BLOSSOM For the project, I used various software: Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. While adding pages/galleries I considered the layout and user experience of my website. I wasn't

During this lesson, we were told to draw after reading this sentence down below ‘ You can see a face it is a man's face, grizzly and marked, his mouth is but a black slit and his hair a nest of dirty matted strands, his eyes are emerald green, piercing and shining, looking right at you, seeing into you…’ We had 20 minutes for this exercise and we draw the image on an A4 piece of paper. firstly I read the text carefully to be sure what I have to draw.  I drew a man with emerald green, shiny eyes staring at me. His mouth is black and hair in a mess.  

 HOW I DID MY MOCKUP : Place Embedded TO SAVE - I clicked CTRL and S

Mockups are fantastic they help bring design to the life. Mockups are full-size models of a design or device used for presentation or other purposes. This shows off how the design will actually look when it will be put out into the real world, depending on the skills and time I could go for the process of creating my own mock-ups using dedicated graphics software such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.  Sometimes might be better of using more basic tools for example:  place it -  https://placeit.net Mockups-design -  https://mockups-design.com ........ they are powerful platforms that offer an incredibly diverse Mock-ups library that I could use in combination with an online generator that does all the work much easier.     

Photoshop is an incredible program that allows us to remix our pics, swap backgrounds, fix flaws and imperfections, mix up colours, add effects, add details everything in a few clicks. Photoshop has many powerful tools which could edit, change and give our images the better look. Personally, my favourite tool in this program are: Magic Wand Tool Magnetic Lasso Tool Pen Tool Spot healing Brush tool Gradient tool  Go wherever your imagination takes you. POSTER 2  POSTER 3

 

 Business card design

In this blog I would like to write about Feedback which I recived from Suzy. She looked at my Wix website and checked if everything is working . She replied on several questions which are below. I remember - critical feedback is key.   The Homepage     Is the homepage pleasing to look at?       yes Does the homepage clearly show both visually and with text what the website is about (i.e represent the students progression route?)    yes Is there a navigation menu on the homepage?    yes Is the navigation menu clear and easy to use?    yes Are there social media links on the homepage?    yes Do all the menu links and social links work correctly?    yes Do you have any comments or suggestions in regard to the homepage?    yes   The About & Contact Page    Is the About page pleasing to look at?   yes  Does it contain an image or design?    yes Is the about me/biography well written?   yes  Does the about me/biography really tell you about the person and their work?  yes  Do you have an

I have chosen and downloaded few fonts from  www.dafont.com  site and wanted to compare them with my logo   Learning shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop

Today I have created a logo by using the Adobe Illustrator program. The logo is composed of a red ink pen drawing that represents an outline of flowers and the curved name of the shop which is Red Blossom above the flowers. I decided to include a few advertising products:  - a white logo t-shirt - a beige linen bag with a gold flower logo on it - business cards  - a gift card  - poster I have created the branding for a florist shop. This task was  My final logo I created using my drawing on the right-down corner. I scanned my drawing and added it to Photoshop  I used Pen Tool to create a vector Paths - lines  When I selected the line with the Effect on it , after I chosen Object - Expand Appearance and this allowed me to convert the line  shape of the effect