Week 4 | August 20th, 2019 | Prasad Joshi

In week four of imaging we were introduced to more tools such as the image tracing tool, the clipping mask tool, the brush tool, ad the different symbols in our ilustrations. We were also taught how to make our own brush. This is how my exprimentation looked like in class:

I learned that the image tracing tool, can make things way easier for an artist to trace things, although the pen tool allows more control and dexterity.

Since I enjoyed creating my first cartoon character, I went home and created two more. I traced Ord from Dragon Tales and Princess Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Recently, Disney casted a black woman as Ariel, and a lot of people had a lot to say about it. Some showed support, some showed hate. I chose to support this amazing casting for Ariel and decided to create a modernised and a more representative version of the Disney princess Ariel.

This time, I learned to close my paths, and make more layers to keep my illustration more organized, so that it’d be easier for me to fill in the body with colors. I am quite happy with how it turned out. I hope that in the future, when I learn more tools and get more accustomed to illustrator, I will be able to add more detail to my illustrations.

Later on, we learned how to use the clipping mask tool and create different effects. I chose to depict a different image that related to each word and painted a picture in the viewers mind.

As homework, we were told to create another movie poster, I decided to make a poster on the wonderwoman 2 movie.