Maddie's Amazing Art!- Adobe Illustrator

What I created for the shape project.

This week we learned about shapes, colors, and how to use Adobe Illustrator. The first thing we did in Illustrator was create shapes. First, we were taught about color theory. We learned that, for example, green makes us think of freshness and is used for a lot of cleaning products as a result. Red, on the other hand, is eye-catching and gets people's attention. For my shape project, I went with a yellow-green color scheme, giving it a bright and sunny look reminiscent of citrus fruits. I overlapped my shapes together in a zigzag, linear fashion. And, in the end, it did end up looking very appealing.

This graphic design I created is the cat's meow!

After that, we were encouraged to be creative and make a picture with Illustrator using the shape-creating and shaper tools. I decided to make a cat, as cats are my second-favorite animals (second only to snakes) and my favorite thing to draw. I was debating with myself over what color to make the cat, but I finally decided on a black cat. Instead of going for a realistic approach (which I often do when drawing cats), I decided to do a more simplified and cute design reminiscent of the Japanese kawaii art style. I used a half-circle for the body, triangles for the nose and ears, paintbrush lines for the eyes, regular lines for the whiskers, ellipses for the legs, and several combined shapes for the tail. After that, I created a background for the cat, involving a green rectangle for the grass, a dark blue rectangle for the sky, a white circle with a smaller blue circle on top for the moon, and multiple stars using the star tool. I am rather proud of my cat, as it looks appealing and very adorable. I am very glad that we got to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator, because so far I am loving it.