Okay, this is my first project blog (and my second blog ever), so here I go. First I had hit a few snags in my project (but I still got it done to the best of my ability). First I had to use my parents computer to look at the syllabus and assignment instructions on account for some reason my computer wouldn't let me look at it. My second problem was understanding the instructions to the project. But thanks to a little ingenuity and a reply from the instructor over the email, I managed to do what I did and get my project done.
Anyway for the merge drawing I did what we did in class, make one full moon (mine was orange) and make a smaller full moon of a different color. I dragged that smaller moon over inside the edge of the bigger moon, deselected it, selected it again and then hit delete cropping a big circle in the middle of my orange moon to make it look like a crescent one. As for my primitive shape, I selected the oval primitive tool, selected the #FF0000 fill color and #FF3300 stroke color. My stroke was set @ 6.80 while my start angle was 67.92 degrees and my inner radius was 75.65. I then held shift as I drew my little open pac-man facing down making him a perfect circle (-like empty monster thingy). Then I used the free transform tool to rotate him 45 degrees counter clockwise revealing that it is a C. For my Object Drawing I selected the polystar but chose to let the fill and stroke colors remain (cause I like them so much). I then selected the Object Drawing Button. I then selected the star style, 7 sides and 0.25 point size. I did the same thing I did with the C (without rotating it though) and made its dimensions proportional. i then lined the three images up vertically and made them into a little totem pole (haha) on the left side of the stage. But to get out of Object Drawing Mode, I had to select the polystar button again before turning the Object Drawing button off.
Then to the far right of my totem pole I began using my pen tool with a solid #00CC00 colored stroke. And with it I made what looked like an envelope only I put Bezier curves on the bottom. Then I used the sub selection tool to drag the envelope fold-point to the bottom of the envelope's front. After that I began my Gradient object by using an empty oval. Then I put a few lines for surface texture. I then went to the paint bucket tool and invented my own Gradient using the radial style and the colors #FF0000 & #990000. I then used the paint bucket to fill the circle before I selected and deleted the circle's outer line. I then used the Gradient transform tool to enlarge the center, lighter color and drag it to the upper right corner of my circle. When i was finished, I saw my version of Nike's red-rubber ball.
I then selected the brush tool, the #000000 color and the 3rd largest brush size. I then draw two of these ^. I then selected the pencil tool and drew a cute face using smooth pencil mode. I then used the straight pencil mode (I know that isn't right, I'm sorry) and made whiskers for my kitty face. (Kitty Ear Mode! ^^) I then re-sized and distorted the image using the Free Transform Tool. And like with my first totem pole, I rearranged these images and made them another totem pole at the right side of the stage.
After that, I made a new layer for the text. I then locked the previous layer and set its visibility to false using the eye and lock buttons. But to remember where they were, I put two lines on the second layer so I know how long my lines have to be. I then selected the type of text I would use in the text menu: Color #003300, Australian Sunrise font, Faux Bold Style, Size 14. I then typed a paragraph based on a noir/fantasy-based idea I came up for my comic book stories. Then I copied and pasted the paragraph twice and modified it using the Free Transform tool. And then I deleted the boundary lines before locking the layer and turning off its visibility.
After that I created one more layer for my symbol. For my symbol, I decided to use a Double-C using the oval primitive tool (with one C inside the other). My first one (the big C) had a solid stroke (4.85) color of #FFFF00 and the #000066 fill color. For the smaller C I switched the hexidecimal colors and put that on the inside of the bigger C (I used the free transform tool to modify the sizes of both C's). I then selected both Primitive shapes and used the f8 button to convert them into a single symbol which was then stashed in the library as a movie clip. I then deleted the first symbol on the stage before selecting the Deco Tool (Drawing Effect: Symmetry Brush, Module: My Symbol, Advance Options: Rotate Around) and created a circle of 8 of my symbols. I then placed that layer behind the other two and turned those back on. Regretibly I don't know how to shut off those squares in the center, so I sent my project to the SWS.
You may have noticed that I didn't use any squares, but that's because I didn't know what to do with them (what to make out of them). And if those Primitive tools didn't make the primitive shapes, then I'm sorry. I tried looking in Chapter 2 for more on Primitive shapes, but that was all i could translate for it.
Personally, I'd rather not use the primitive Shapes or Object Drawing modes because I can do more with Merge Drawings. I also prefer using the Basic Oval/Rectangle, Pencil, Brush, Line and Paint Bucket tools for the very same reason. But I'll experiment with more of these other tools and new features I suppose.
So basically, that's my project in a not-so-small nutshell. I hope I haven't taken up too much space on the blog board.
- John Tyler Burns
PS: LOL Go Hazuki and Kouhei! (Tsukihime MoonPhase.)
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