Project 2 - Amber King

Project 2

What challenges did you experience using the drawing tools? Which drawing types did you prefer? 

Deciding what to use to do different things when making the alien was challenging. I tried to use as many different things as possible so sometimes it felt like there were too many options.

What deco tools did use? Were you able to create the objects you wanted?

I used the tree brush as instructed. I wanted to find a way to use a deco tool to add to my alien but ultimately I didn't like what I came up with so it didn't get used.

What did you draw using the pen tool?

I used the pen tool to draw the boulders and the alien's nose. I wanted a nice smooth curve and it was the best tool for that.

Please describe how you created your alien.

I started with an oval for the head and pulled out the top edges to get the shape I wanted. I did something similar for the body. I made sure to use the same stroke style for everything to give it cohesion. I used the pen tool to create the nose and ovals for the whites and then pupils of the eyes. I used the pencil tool for the eyebrow/antenna things and the legs with ovals for feet. I changed the stroke style but kept the color and made a pencil stroke for the hairs. For both the stroke and the body fill I used a radial gradient. For the body I had to use the Gradient Transform to move the highlight where I wanted it.

Please discuss how the layer order and folder management assisted you in managing your project.


It was a little strange remembering to use the layers, but by the time I was working with the alien I was wishing I'd used three or four layers for that part alone. I rarely find myself using folders for layers in other Adobe programs and I'm starting to think I should.