Anti Bullying Stickers
Our first assignment this term was to create 3 different anti-bullying stickers for the Anti-Bullying Coalition. The first sticker had to say "One kind word can change someone's entire day". I chose to make the colors on the sticker very bright. I also put a border of yellow flowers on the sticker because when I think about what a good day feels like I think about bright flowers. I gave a golden stroke to the text and a glow to the words "kind" "change" and "entire". The second sticker we got to choose the quote we used so I decided to use "Throw kindness around like confetti". I liked the quote because it was short, sweet, and light-hearted. I found a png image of confetti to put behind the text. I made the text look golden by using bevel and emboss and inner shadow in fx. I found a decoration and did the same thing with it and placed it underneath the text. For the final sticker we were given the quote "Before you speak ask yourself: 1: Is it true? 2: Is it kind 3: Is it necessary?". I decided to use a thoughtful teal color scheme with hints of gold. I found a floral background and slightly darkened the image. Then I typed out the text and added a light blue glow to it. Then to fill the rest of the space I put a heart at the bottom with the same blue glow.
SB Logo
The athletic director of our school asked us to make a vector drawing of the school's SB logo. He needed this to use on the scored board for the basketball games at school. I found an old image of the SB logo and traced over it with the pen tool in illustrator. I gave the logo a blue color and added a silver stroke around the letters.
Apple
To learn how to do vector drawings, we drew an apple in illustrator. First we found an image of an apple online and traced over it with the pencil tool. We colored it red. Then we added details such as shades and highlights. We changed the color of the leaf and the stem and even though we were not told to, I created a bite mark in my apple. Then we delete the original image underneath the drawing.
Community Service
To create the community service banner I started with a royal blue outline. Then I found an official looking font and type "community service". I put the AI file of the Raider logo on each side of the text. Then I made a squiggle, duplicated it so it was symmetrical and colored it blue to give the text an underline.
Marble
To create the marble background, I first created a bunch of different shapes of different sizes and colors. Then I used the twirl tool to blend the shapes together. To make the marble softer looking and give it a better flow I used the radial blur and the inner glow. After the background was created I made a clipping mask to make a marbled letter. For the rainbow letter, I just used the rainbow tool and picked a rainbow gradient.