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 Howdy, After watching several introductory videos for Adobe Illustrator, I wrote up an overview of  what I learned from each of the videos. Illustrator Tutorials - Pen Tool Beginner's Guide This video provided a basic overview of how to use the pen tool and when to use it. It seems simple enough to use in principle, effectively just connecting points together to create lines and shapes. Creating curves are the same idea but with added control points to affect how the line will curve. Although it will be a difficult learning curve getting used to how to position control points to get a desired result. I will use the pen tool when I want to create my basic building blocks of shapes and lines. One thing the vide suggests is worth noting is breaking complicated shapes into smaller ones to be more manageable (and easier to fix).   Learn Illustrator in 5 MINUTES! Beginner Tutorial This video provided a basic overview of the essential knowledge to get started using Illust...

    My canvas piece was a variation of the character Isaac from The Binding of Isaac. The game has a very simple art style while still having distinct character designs, which is why I chose it. To create a variation on it, I included the evil eye symbol as part of the game involves becoming increasingly morphed and deformed. I created Isaac through using Adobe Dreamweaver to create a series of shapes (primarily circles, quadratic curves, and Bezier curves). In total, it took me about 8 hours to create from start to finish.     Given that it was my first exploration into working with Dreamweaver, I was really proud of how this turned out. It was pleasantly surprising how fun it was to manipulate code into something recognizable. It was daunting at first, but realizing that it was essentially just geometry reframed how I approached it into something a lot more manageable. I was particularly satisfied with how the eyes came out to create this mix of sad and eerie look ...