Pencil

In exploring graphic design this week we started a project called pencil. This project was a three-part project. The first project we made the pencil and can just how the instructions say to. The second part of the project was to make a pencil but this time make it your own. Our last and final part of the project was to create two things that go together, for example a cellphone and ear buds. To create this project we used Adobe Illustrator for the whole project.

THE PENCIL AND THE CAN

      The first part of the project for me was the easiest because all you had to do was read the instructions on the paper and do exactly what it says. We first had to make the pencil, which was really easy. After we made the pencil we moved on to making the can of the pencil. The can of the pencil was a little trickier then the pencil. Creating the can was harder because the live paint tool wasn't working at first, but then we realized to color it in we had to have the can be a shape.

MY OWN PENCIL DESIGN

The second part of the pencil project was to make a pencil again, but this time has it be your own design and creation. For my pencil what I did was I had my color be kind of like a rainbow sort of. I still used the instructions that were given to us for the first part, but instead I made the pencil a little longer so it looked more realistic. This part of the project was just as easy as making the pencil the first time.

MY CREATION 

The final part of the pencil project to me was the hardest part of them all. What I did for my final part was I did a cellphone and ear buds. The cellphone was the easiest to make out of the two. It was easier making the cellphone because all it was is a rounded rectangle inside a larger rounded rectangle. The part to me that was tricky was making the ear buds. To make the ear buds I had to use the shape tool specifically the ellipse and the rounded rectangle tool. I also got to use the pencil tool for the first time this year. Creating the part of the ear buds where they connect was actually really easy. All you had to do was use the arc tool and create two lines and connect them at the bottom. After I made the two “wires” connect I used the pencil tool to make the rest of the ear buds where it is connected to the head-jack.

WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS PROJECT

Creating this project was fun, but a few times I had to ask my peers for some help. If I asked for help on the can because I didn’t understand how to make the bottom of the can rounded. I also asked for help when I couldn’t figure out how to use the live paint bucket. Once my peers has helped me I understood how to do the project so I then could help other students who need help on the project.