For this project I learned how to create pixel art on Adobe Illustrator using the grid and the paint bucket fill tool. My character is a human/sheep hybrid named Elwood who works on a farm. She is dressed in a soft cotton dress and a denim apron and she has a magenta bag that she takes with her everywhere and fills with trinkets. I wanted my colors to appear earthy yet still bright and colorful, and I attempted to make her hair have the same appearance as a sheep's wool. I had a bit of difficulty setting up the grid, and finding colors that went together.
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I ended this game with 32 nodes to spare, and I thought it was very helpful. Before this game, I had very little with the pen tool, and it was always a struggle to use. The game taught me the very basics of the tool and then gave a series of 14 (?) images to complete with the least amount of nodes possible; once the image was completed, the game would tell you the ideal solution of nodes and asked if you would like to try again. I finished the game, but it took a while because the website did not save my progress. This helped improve my skills with the pen tool by providing images that escalated in difficulty as they continued. The one I had the most difficulty with was the final large one, as I could not get the circle to fit right despite re-doing it at least 5 times. The easiest one was the image that looks like two golf clubs with flags and it was a lot of fun to work on. I think this assignment was helpful and did a good job familiarizing me with the pen tool through the use of tracing complex images.
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May 2024
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