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GRAPHIC
ARTDowntownProject
ALL ABOUT ME
GET TO KNOW
THE AUTHOR
MEET THE GRAPHIC ART CLASS
CHRISTIAN ROSALES
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ADOBE
ILLUSTRATOR
Adobe Illustrator...I have heard of it before but Ive never usedit. So didnt know what to expect coming in to this class. I
thought it would be my hardest class, but its actually easy.
Well there is a lot that you need to know and there are time
when I had to go to the lab over the weekend to work and n-
ish a project. When I rst opened up Illustrator, my professr
told us to familiarize our selves with the tools we would
be using over the course of the semseter. Our rst warmup
was to write the number ve in various ways. First with tick
marks, then the actual number, then the word ve. We kept
doing that continuously until we were comfortable with Il-
lustrator. For those of you who dont know what it is or have
never used, I suggest that you give it a try. Who, knows, it
might be a fun experience for you, just li ke it was for me.
I really enjoyed using Illustrator, it was really fun! DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIVESTICK MARKS, THE NUMBER, AND THE WORD.
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5 TEAPOTS
Amy Duffy
Roxy Wasiunec
Text by Christian Rosales
Images by Amy Duffy and
Roxy Wasiunec
Here are pictures of some of the students drawing teapots
out of the number 5. Sounds wierd right? It was pretty
hard to do. But as you can see, they eventually got it. I
think Amy did a really good job(top). Both of hers really
capture the shape of the teapot. . Roxy did a good job
also(bottom right).
TEAPOTS OUT OF THE NUMBER
5??????
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DRAWING
WITH
LINES
Text by Christian Rosales
Images by: Allison Horn, Amy
Duffy, Giovanni Diaz, Jordan
Juarez, and Nico Krajecki
These are differnt lines drawings that were done in class.
As you can see, the students used lots of lines to draw
these objects out. This method is called carving out theobject. I will talk more about this method when I talk
about my teapot drawings. The darker lines in the pictures
indicate what area of the object is darker then the rest.
This is showing that the object has value. I will also talk
about this more in my Value Drawings Article.
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VALUE
DRAWINGS
TEAPOTS
the darker areas. I wanted you guys to
be able to see the volume of the object
and to see a shadow on the object.
Basically, you should see the light and
dark areas of the pictures.
CONCEPT: Pretty much just to seethe that the pictures have volume, well
if they were real.
CRAFT: I drew various item youcan drink out of and captured the vol-
ume by shading it in. I used paper,pencil, and my desk lamp. I used a
medium gray to ll the whole picture,
then where ever it was dark, I made
that area darker. Where ever the light
hit the object, I just left it white.
COMPOSITION: Again like thelast post, I show contrast. However,
this time your eyes are drawn more to
With these teapots, I decided to start out by rst
getting a basic outline of the teapot. As I got milar with
that, then I went on to draw the teapots
by using a number of lines that go in various directions. Us-
ing a number of lines to draw an object is called carving out
the object. By carving out the object using lines, I am show-
ing the value of the obeject, much like the pictures on page 8.
This was all done in Adobe Illustrator. I know some do look
like crap and I apologize. I was getting used to using some-
thing I have never used before.
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CUPS !
Reminds me of Christmas!
Much like the value drawings, I drew these cups by carv-
ing them out by using a various number of lines that go
in different directions. Then I went into adding darker
colors like red for instance. Yes, I know this does look
Christmasesque but it does kind of look like the cups
could be life like. But t he look I was going for was that
they look man-made.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
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GOING
GREEN
Allison HornGiovanni Diaz
Lovette FernandezNico Karjeci
Robert Furlan Tom Zwarycz
Text by: Christian Rosales
These are some of my classmates shape drawings. We all had
to take our pictures and play with the color green. As you can
see we all had our different versions. Take Allisons picture for
example (top left), she played around with the gradient pattern
and it turned out great. It almost gives a 3D effect to the picture.
With Nicos (middle right), he made the background dark and
the objects brighter. I like it because the objects, like the shoe,
stand out. And Toms (bottom right) he used the different hues
of green ( dark to l ight) he even went as far as using yellow i n
the mix. Above all, these all look really cool.
LOOK AT WHAT OTHERS DID WITH THEIR
PICTURES
CHECK OUT THE NEXT PAGE!
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WHO LIKES
SHOES???
Ro
Alliso
Text by Christian RosalesImages by Roxy Wasiunec, Alli-
son Horn.
Tese three decided to do their Illustrator proj-ects on shoes that they have:Roxy: she did hers on Nike running shoesAllison: hers is on the Converse that she wears
I personally like Allisons because o the color shechose. She did a great job with the gradient pat-terns so that the picture looks lie-like.
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SKY
SCRAPPERS
Images and text from Shawnita
Montgomery
Craft: Adobe Illustrator, the brush tool, color and colorgradients were used in t hese images.
Composition: I want the viewers eyes to focus on the dif-ferent colors and the different strokes being used in each im-
age. I also want the t o see how thick the lines are compared
to the others.
Concept: Buildings of different colors and different strokes.
Craft: In each photo I use an i mage of buildings (takendowntown, Chicago) and Adobe Photoshop. Specically the
pen tool was used.
Composition: I want to viewers eyes to fall on the shapesbeing added with in the images. I want them to see both
the colors and the shapes of each image as they change and
increase in details.
Concept: The concept is multiple building and the sky.
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HOME SWEET
HOME!
Images and text from
Tom Zwarycz
In this work, I imported an image taken from my phone
(Nexus One) into Adobe Illustrator. The original image can be
seen above. After importing, I traced over the image creating
boxes and other shapes that represented parts of the original
image. I used the line and rectangle tools in order to create
these shapes. I then used the eyedropper tool capture the cor-
rect color and used the gradient tool to add depth and shade
where needed. Actual screen shots of the progress of this
work can be seen below. Each days work is separated into
different layers in the Illustrator le in order to easily locate a
specic shape if needed. This project took a combined total of
about 9 hours from start to nish.
COLOR:
Craft: To variate the colors of the objects, I used the
pointer tool to select certain objects. I then used the
color swatches and different color pallets to change the
color and feel of the work. Again, this is still using the
same program, Adobe Illustrator. I also used gradients
where needed to show depth and shade.
Composition: In some works that use color, I use light
tints of each color to make objects stand out more,
such as windows and bricks. This trick emphasizes
more on the center object or point of interest and less
on the background.
Concept: The whole idea with adding lighter colors
allows me to control what the viewer will see rst and
where the viewers eye will go next. If I make a certain
object stand out by giving it a high contrast, the viewerwill look at that object int the work rst. I also used
color to change the whole mood of the picture, for
example, when I made the photo look like it was taken
in the dark or on the scorching sun.
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ALL
ABOUT
ME
Whats up!
Im Christian Rosales and a Freshman and Saint Xavier University. My major is undeclared,
but Im leaning towards Psychology. From middle to high school to
present day, Ive always been a good student.
I get mostly As. I always do my homework and am very studious. Many of my past teachers
have said that Im respectful and a pleasure to have in the class. Although, I dont really partici-
pate in class and sometimes turn in incomplete work or nothing at all. However, Ive changedthat and I make sure that my work is complete and turned in on time. I pay attention in class,
but will occasionally start falling asleep. Other than that, Im sure that I will be a positive ad-
dition to your class. I help my classmates when they need it and will make that class enjoyable
not only for me but everyone. This will be a fun semester!
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DOWNTOWN
PROJECT
So from here on out,
things are going to get interesting!
CRAFT: First, I create folder for an image then I open
Adobe Illustrator, create a new document. Now I make
sure the image and document are in the same folder. Next,
I place the image into the document and make sure that I
can see the whole image. I do this by using the magnify-
ing glass to zoom in or out, then using the black pointer
tool to re-size the whole image. After all that, I use the
pen tool to trace the image. However, I start from the
background to the foreground. I try to be careful on the
edges, but where ever I can see layers, Ill be sloppy. After
all that fun stuff, I put the layers in order, and now i have
created my work of art.
COMPOSITION: Since I am drawing from the back-
ground to the foreground, of course, the foreground is what
to u see rst. But what I really want you to focus on is the
picture itself. Basically notice that how something layers
another thing.
CONCEPT: The picture is taken from the day I went to
the Art Institute of Chicago.
This right outside the entrance.
A NIGHT DOWNTOWNIN FRONT OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO!
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DOWNTOWN
CONTINUED
CRAFT: Using the pen tool, I traced the outlines of the build-ings and the sky. then moving from background to foreground,
I traced a taxi, the street, and a person walking. I did all on
Adobe Illustrator. Each outline was a different layer with a dif-
ferent color to represent what it was in the actual picture.
COMPOSITION: The rst thing that want you to see iseither the taxi because it is yellow and it stands out. However,
it could be the second thing you see because it is on the far left.
The next closest thing that you would see is the person walk-
ing. But in the future i will make the colors darker to match the
actual picture
CONCEPT: A Night Downtown
DOWNTOWN
REVISION
CRAFT: So as you can see, tdifference between this week a
I used the ellipse tool in order
roundness of the lights. Im sl
the depth of the picture by show
lights on the right fading in to
and by showing the side of the
the right. I even moved the nig
the building in the middle up m
that they are in the distance. I
an orange tint to the whole pic
looks more like it is at night. H
this you ask? Well, I made a ncovered the whole picture, gav
ll, and set the transparency to
20 percent.
COMPOSITION: I took oon the left and added the bus.
bus is there, it has become the
the picture. I still have to nis
and more details here and there
is my new focal point out of th
it is the li ghtest in color.
CONCEPT: My concept is sA Night Downtown. Overtime
begin to see what it is. Dont w
getting there!
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PLAYING
WITH
COLOR
THE COLOR BLUE! I HAVE GONE GREEN !
One of the pictures had be all about the color green.
I chose the objects that would get a certain shade
of green. I got the green colors from the swatches
window. The colors vary from yellow green to dark
green. I even changed the color of the stroke to green
as well and used the same color options.
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MORE
COLORS
Here is just d
to use color or bright yoyour art wor
played arouous color coI really like tto the lef babright colorme o a rain
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PLAYING
WITH
STROKE
These are just t
ferent versions
stroke in mHow did I this?
simple. All I di
up the brushes brushes library,
many styles to
chose the grung
I chose which o
ed to put a strok
that I put a strok
change to stroke
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WILDCARDS!!!! SHAPES GONE WILD!!!!!
These are wildcard variations about my downtown project.
I decided to think outside of the box with these. I played
with both color and stroke to create these crazy looking
pictures. I personally like the bottom one on the next page
because the buiding outlines go outside of the picture and in
the background it looks like the sun is setting .
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by: Christian Rosales
DRAWING
WITH
SHAPES
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SHAPE
VARIATIONS
by. Christian Rosales
CRAFT: So, using AdobeIllustrator, I took my original
picture and went crazy with it.
As you can see with version
1, I changed all the colors. I
did this by using the swatches
window and opening up the
swatches library. I picked
color combinations and went to
town. In version 2, I play with
both color and stroke. For the
stroke, I opened up the brushes
window and chose arrows. I
did the same with version 3, I
just added more , like t he back-
ground is a gradient color.
COMPOSITION: In ver-
sion 1, I chose colors that werevery bright so that the picture
pops out at you and just draws
your attention to all the vari-
ous color combinations. For
me, my eyes go directly to the
building on the left because of
the three colors that were used.
For version 2, the arrow gives
this cool outline and shows
where the line starts and ends.
When I look at the picture, I
eyes go to the middle building.
The white arrow outline stands
out more than the others.
With version 3, the rst thing
i see is the white circle in the
background. It kinda of seems
like a the sun setting in theevening.
CONCEPT: This week, forme, is going to be called: Cre-
ative Freedom.
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THE WONDER-
FUL CLASS OF
COMPUTER
GRAPHICS
These are pictures of my classmates and me.
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