Open Lab-Illustrator

Topics

  1. Open Lab
  2. Submission and Marking

Quote

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it's just not that good. It's trying to be good, it has potential, but it's not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn't have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I've ever met. It's gonna take awhile. It's normal to take awhile. You've just gotta fight your way through. -- Ira Glass

1. Open Lab

This is the first "Open Lab" of the semester. In case you are stuck for ideas, here are possible things that you could do (pick one only):

  1. Try the four icon challenge (inpired by Kyle Tezak) to represent a story or a movie. Do not copy and paste icons from the noun project. You will receive a zero.

  2. Design a minimalist poster to represent a blockbuster movie (one that other people would be familiar with). Look up "minimalist poster" on Google to understand what "minimalist" style looks like

  3. Use the pen tool to trace an image of something. Suggested things to trace: yourself, a pet, a family member, or a famous person

  4. Create your own version of a superhero

 

For all of the above, the goal is to learn Illustrator. For instance, picking four icons from the noun project and submitting as the four icon challenge will not be considered an acceptable submission.

 

The above are just suggestions. If you feel inspired to do something in Illustrator, then let me know what you would like to explore. This lab is about giving YOU the chance to learn what interests you.

Please remember to cite all sources. For instance, if you trace an image, show me the original and where you got it. If you find inspiration from something online, then tell me what you used.

 

2. Submission and Marking

2.1 Submission

A new learning journal project created in Behance. It must be added to the CS205-Winter2022 team. The deadline is the start time of your following week's lab.

Your learning journal for this week should contain:

  1. A project name for Lab 2 and a brief description of what tool was used and what you did(ie. for this lab, it might be something like  Lab 2: Illustrator and ...... fill in the dots with your exercise)
     
  2. At least two images: one image of your final Illustrator work environment, and the other image of your final product.
  3. A learning journal entry which will contain:
    1. a heading image that summarizes your project
    2. a description, which contains the goal of your project or the "why are you doing it"
    3. a story, which describes the process that you went through to complete your project. This can be the different stages that your project went through.
    4. design info, which indicates what you used to complete your project. For illustrator, this could be colours and font used. For photoshop, this could be images used. For audition, this could be sounds used.
    5. gratitude. Thank the reader and give credit to any sources of video, audio or images that you have used