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Module 03

“It’s through mistakes that you actually


can grow. You have to get bad in order
to get good.”
– Paula Scher

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P R O J E C T 1 | S H A PE S: R E FI N E M E N T T H U M B N A I L S
1. This was a sketch that I added to
from last weeks assignment. I like
the depth that the lines create
by using in the horizontal line
and then angling the lines on the
bottom of the sketch.

2. With the sketch I again played a


bit with a sketch I liked from last
week, trying to make it a little
less “confetti” and add a bit more
2 of a focal point.

3. I like the simplicity of this sketch


and the rhythm the simple
pattern and repetition creates
without everything being
symmetrical.

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P R O J E C T 1 | S T E P 2: D I G I TA L S K E TC H S E T 01

DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED


1. contrast 1. focal point 1. focal foint

2. scale 2. scale 2. contrast

3. movement 3. isolation 3. scale

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P R O J E C T 1 | S T E P 2: D I G I TA L S K E TC H S E T 02

DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED


1. contrasl 1. movement 1. repetition

2. pattern/rhythm 2. pattern/rhythm 2. visual weight

3. scale 3. scale 3. scale

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AC T I V I T Y | A D O B E I L LU S T R ATO R : L AY E R S , S E L E C T I N G , A L I G N M E N T, A N D M O R E

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P O N D E R | M O D U L E 03

My favorite thing to eat at a restaurant is Do any of your digital sketches look like your elements without making each sketch look like a busy
thumbnail sketches? mess.
a well cooked steak (a steak cooked well,
My first digital sketch in the first set looks very similar to
not to be confused with a well done my thumbnail. My second set
steak!) AND steak fries. They always go start off already a little different Adobe Illustrator
is an invaluable tool
together. I often order the same thing then the thumbnails.
for graphic design. The ability to create
when I go out to eat because why get When creating the digital layers, group, align, and move forward or
something new when you already know sketches, did you think about
back are key to creating a good design.
you like it?! design or how to use Adobe
Illustrator?
DIGITAL SKETCHES Since the digital sketches were
CONCLUSION
What design principles do you keep coming back to? done in Adobe Illustrator I did think about Illustrator
In conclusion I enjoyed this assignment and digging
Why are you drawn to these specific principles? while working on them I suppose... When I was creating
deeper into the sketches and design elements. I feel
the thumbnails I did somewhat as well, or at
I think scale and trying like some elements I understand well and can create.
least longer for the ability to ctrl-z when I made
to use movement are my Others I feel like I understand well, but don’t know how
a mistake in pen. Which is super frustrating after
go-to design principles. to represent it well myself. And even others still I find I
I enjoy the use of scale sketching it all out in pencil first! am still struggling to differentiate. I still feel like getting
and I like trying to create all of the shapes into one sketch often makes it just feel
movement. ALIGNMENT ACTIVITY jumbled and crazy, but that is probably because I am
What is your favorite new thing that you still trying to figure out how to place and space each
What did you discover learned completing this activity? shape. I enjoyed creating new sketches and hopefully
about your compositions they are better then last weeks. I also enjoyed the part
I loved how we could select an element, a
from making variations? of the assignment in Illustrator - once I figured out all the
large circle for example, and then tell it to find
I discovered that I like shortcut keys.
everything like that. That is so helpful. I also
them simple. There were liked the alignment tools that allowed items to
several that I added to I’m not really sure why this is my favorite, but I be horizontally aligned or vertically aligned.
from last week and they like the movement in it and the different areas
just start to look too crazy that individually grab your eye.
What do you need more help with?
when I’m adding in more
I still don’t understand how to show many of the
shapes.
principles. I understand them if I’m looking at examples,
but I’m not sure how to recreate them, especially without
being able to use pictorial compositions. I also feel
that I still need help understanding how to add all the

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