Text Paths

To create my name using paths I first started with using the text box to make my name and changed the font to Algerian. Then I went to the internet and found 5 different wood textures that are around the same color. Then I put the textures on to a canvas and I started with with the first texture and my the first letter of my name. I copied the first texture and pasted it inside the T. Then I did the same process for the rest of my name except with different textures. To compliment the textures and color of the texture I chose a black background to bring out the textures more. The final step I did was crop the image to make the canvas smaller.

Butterfly

  

Butterfly:

To create my butterfly I started by putting a black box to cover the canvas to be the outer edge of the frame. Then I made a maroon box to cover the black box but left a little bit of space to show the black. The maroon box has a bevel to show depth of the frame. Next I made the sky and grass. I did this by putting a light blue box over the maroon box with a gradient of radial. Then I made a rectangle to cover about a fourth of the sky to make the grass, I added a texture of grass so it looks more like grass. I made the sun by using the ellipse tool to make a circle and I changed the color to yellow and added a gradient of ellipse and changed the center to orange, then I added a glow to make it look like heat rays from the sun. Next I made my flower by using the ellipse tool to make a circle for my sun flower, then I made the center brown and added a texture of small dots to look like the center or a sun flower. Then using the ellipse tool again I made an oval and filled it yellow, then using the sub-select tool I stretched the top of the oval to make a point. I copied and pasted a bunch of pedals around the center of the flower to make a whole flower. Finally I made my butterfly. I started with the body and I made an oval with the ellipse tool, then used the sub-select tool to stretch the bottom of the oval to a point. Next I started with a large circle and used the reshape area tool to make the circle look like a large wing. I added a gradient of folds and made the color black and green. I copied the wing I made and I right clicked on the copied wing and went to transform and I flipped the wing horizontally and placed it on the opposite side of the butterfly. I then made a smaller circle and used the reshape area tool to make a smaller wing. I used a gradient of radial with a green and black color. Then to make another wing I did the same as when I made a copy of the large wing. I made two small dots on each small wing to add more design to the butterfly. I also made antennas by making two lines at the top of the head and used the free form tool to arch the antennas. 

Emotions

SURPRIZE: This image shows the emotion of surprize because the gradient of radial makes the image stand out, with different shades of blue to show surprize. It shows that surprize is showing on the inside and outside of your body.

 ANNOYANCE:For this image I put different size circles all over the canvas, I filled all of the circles with pink (the color of loathing), added a black stroke with that was size 3 and added a gradient of ellipse. It shows annoyance because all of your problems are like sticking together and gathering and you can't get rid of it.

SADNESS: I started with a gray background with a swirl texture, then in a new layer I created rain drops to look like tears with a blue fill and an ellipse gradient. I made an oval at the bottom of the image so it looks like a puddle and I added a ripple gradient. This shows sadness because the tears won't stop and it just makes a puddle of sadness.

 RAGE: This image shows rage because red is a color of rage, and black is a dark fearful color to fit in the image with rage. It shows that the red of rage is mixing with the darkness inside you. I put a gradient of Starburst.

FEAR: I created this image to show fear, green is the color of fear and the black in the center shows a dark scary color. I added a cone gradient with a texture of onyx of 32%. The bright green is a light color of fear and turning into a darker green then to black.

Sampletext_2012

To create my sample text i used a text box to start out with and typed my name in Elephant font, then I added different colors to each letter of my name. After that I went to the text bar and went to the convert to paths option to change the shape of my font. I made all the letters look like one theme so my name doesn't look unprofessional.

Cornucopia_2012

• To start my cornucopia I started with smaller circles and made them larger and put a circle that is a little bit smaller than the largest circle inside the largest circle to make the cornucopia look hollow. Then I started on my fruit and vegetables. 

• First I started with corn, to make the corn I made small circles and copied a bunch of them then grouped them together to make look like corn kernels, after this i make two large green ovals to look like leaves and used the scale tool to turn the leaves to fit the corn.  

• Next I made the grapes, I did the same process as the corn except changed the color of them, grouped them like grapes, and added an ellipse gradient to make the grapes look shiny. 

• For my flowers I made a circle and made it have a brown color like a sun flower has and I made a small oval to make a petal and made copies of that petal and used the scale tool to rotate each petal around the circle to make a flower. I then grouped all of the pedals and the circle together so the flower becomes one whole figure and i made copies of the whole flower and used the scale tool to make different sizes of the flower.

• To make a carrot I made an oval and used the sub-select tool to stretch the bottom of the carrot to make a point. I then made 3 small ovals and gave them a green  color to make them look like leaves.

• I made an apple by making a circle and added an oval for a leaf and made the apple red and the leaf green.I did the same for my orange except added a fold gradient and changed the color of the orange to green.

• For the eggplant I made two ovals but one oval is bigger and wider than the other to make the bottom, I put the small oval on top of the big oval and took the stroke off the ovals to make it look like one object. 

• The leaf I made was a picture used from the internet, I copied the image and put the image on a new canvas and traced the leaf and filled it with with a red and orange color to make it look like Autumn leaves.  

•  My pumpkins and squash are all the same shapes, I started with 5 circles and arranged them so that they look like pieces of a pumpkin or squash. I put a black steam on one pumpkin and squash and put a green steam on one of my pumpkins.

•  I made my potato by making a brown oval and put a parchment texture.

  

Nameplates

 

     For my basic nameplate I had a 300x200 pixel canvas with a 200 pixel/inch resolution. I added a green box to cover the canvas and added my name in blue text. I then skewed my name to make the letters get bigger as you look at each letter. Then I added a drop shadow to make the name appear below my original name. I also used an Elephant font.

         For my midlevel nameplate I used a 300x200 pixel canvas with a 200 pixel/inch resolution. I put a blue box over the canvas to make the blue background. I changed the font to Berlin Sans FB Demi and changed the font color to a bright green. The I went to the Fill Category to change the fill to a Satin Fill. I also changed the text Blend Mode to Dissolve to make the text have a dissolving feature around my name.

         For my professional nameplate I made the graphic so it looked as if my name was splashing into water. I used a 300x200 pixel canvas with a 200 pixel/inch resolution, and covered the canvas with a light blue box to make it look like water. I then put my name in Algerian text with an Orange font. I then added a fluid splash and changed that color to a brighter light blue. Then I added a drop shadow to make my name seem like the sun is shinning over it to make a shadow into the water.

Optimizing and Exporting Graphics

         To optimize a graphic in Adobe Firefox you would need to the Optimize and Align bar to change the quality of the graphic. You can change the image into a 4-up to make four different images of the graphic. You can change the saved setting to multiple GIF's, or choose between two JPEG's. You can then change the quality of an graphic to make the graphic have a better color quality. To export a graphic you can save the graphic to the public drive and change the file type to either GIF or JPEG depending on what you choose for your file settings. Then you can go to your blogger account and click on the Insert Image icon and select choose file and then find your image and add it to your blog.