For my final project I chose to do custom Japanese themed paint jobs for my car. I chose fish and the great wave for the first one I did. This one could still use a lot of work in the little details. As I went along I got better at the techniques. The second one I chose to do a Japanese red dragon representing storms and wind which is why i chose the dark grey colors. The dragon could still use some detail in the face and scales but overall im happy with it. And the last one is the cherry blossoms. This one I believe came out the best and is also my favorite.

Cayman Islands Passport Holders.

My final project was a passport holder. I went with the Cayman Islands Theme. 

I used the colors and symbols that best represent the island. I wanted my designs to be targeted to kids, and adults. Over all I feel like I have a better understanding when using illustration. 

Final Project - Joshua Vazquez

Thumbtack

i did a guitar and a pick with my initials
i thought teh guitar would be a challenge
the guitar is a special design made by steve vai

BTF fool

Project 2

My main goal for this project was to focus on the object of a hookah and try to make the metal look realistic. I broke it down into shapes and used solid fills of black, greys and whites. To create the smoke in the background i messed with different shapes on different layers and changed the opacity. Then I warped them with the twirl tool. I chose the colors so that you could tell it was smoke but was more exciting.

Initials Project

During my initials project, I utilized a previous drawing that I had completed back in Drawing and Perspective. This object was a imaginary spacecraft that was eventually reproduced in Illustrator with a large amount of the pen tool. The ships themselves are completely built in module form and was completely composed in Illustrator. The particle effects, environment, and lighting was rendered entirely in Photoshop.

Project 2 - Object & Initials by Aneeca

A anchor  is my chosen object for project 2. 

I just kept things simple as I am new to illustration. 

In the first illustration I used more shapes to build my object and in my second illustration I used the pen tool. I used a curly type for my initials along with the divide tool. Gradient and decorative tools in illustration was also used to put together my designs.  

Project 2

In the first image i wanted to give a more of an artsy feel to a portrait so i made Jessica Alba's face look like it was melting with paint. I used certain colors so that I could show the depth of field to the image as well. In the text part I wanted to combine the serif and San serif type together and make more of an abstract feel to it. So that you would have to look at the image to realize that it is two K's making up the picture. I made up another one as well but with this one instead of the abstract feel to it I combine the two types together and if you look closely you can see that the types together makes up like four K's all together. 

Project 2 - Initials and Logo

My idea was to make my initials look as if they've been destroyed or demolished. I used a wrecking ball for the logo, giving the theme for my project.

Interlocking Rings Tutorial

Follow the link to a tutorial that teaches you how to create interlocking rings using the Pathfinder tools in Adobe Illustrator

Click here

Online Tutorials - Pixel Perfect

The tutorial featured in class today was from a program called "Pixel Perfect with Bruce Monroy".

While the program typically deals with Photoshop techniques, he does have a few good Adobe Illustrator tutorials.

Here is a link to one of his tutorials:
http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/gmesh

Here is an OpenType tutorial from Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator/articles/ill11openty.html

Project 1 - Graphic Translation - My lil Butterfly

I used a butterfly for project 1. I started off with regular thumbnails and completed my final three using the pencil tool in Illustrator. I just kept things simple using the shapes and lines given from the original image of a butterfly that I selected. 

Project 1 10/15/08

For Project 1 I used a wine glass to simplify in Illustrator. What I was trying to do was to give the feel of a wine glass but take so of the elements out. I did not want to give it a a look like more vector images have, like the straight edge look. I tried to give it a look that looked more as a photograph. Another thing that I was trying to develop was giving the images shading as if I was using levels of grey in it as well. I did this by making rigid shapes that ranged from little to big. this allowed the image to have depth in it. 

Project 1- Chocolate Covered Strawberry

My image was a chocolate covered strawberry. I started out with the one in the middle and did as much detail as I could while still simplifying the form. I didn't like the seeds on the strawberry so I changed them in the second one and then the final version I chose to leave them out completely. Even without them you can still tell that its a strawberry covered in chocolate. 

Assignement 1 - Fall 08

This blog is a forum for my class in Digital Illustration at the Art Institute Tampa to share their work and comments with each other via the web. The first assignment was to create three vector based, stylized interpretations of a simple object in black and white.

To my students: You should have been added as contributors to this blog. If you have not been added please email me at dmascari@aii.edu and request that I add you as a blog contributor.

• Log in via http://www.blogger.com/ or your Google account (if you have one)
• Prior to our next meeting post the web version (.jpg, .png) of your stylized image, and a short description of your inspiration and techniques used.
• The title of your post should contain your name.
• The image should have a width of 350 pixels and the height adjusted proportionally from your original.
• Please maintain a professional attitude and use appropriate language in your comments and posts.

Happy Blogging,
Dan Mascari

Digital Illustration- Project 1

iPod Skins (final)

final project

Final Project

TILLMAN_Corporate Logo

Jessica Lastre's Amazon Plumbing

This is my Corporate Identity for Amazon Plumbing Services. I used a frog that is native to the Amazon Rainforest and chose it because it looked "fat and grumpy" which is what most people think about when they think of plumbers. Who wouldn't be grumpy if it was their job to unclog toilets?

As I Be

Buffalo Exchange Logo

project 3 logo

I'm really happy how this turned out the colors work really well its more vibrant than just the green but it works really well with the green at the same time. I'll have to go back and change the spacing of the letters the O and the S are a bit to close and possible make the B more fatter over all is simple and easy to read from a far and would be easy to reproduce and cost affective.

Jessica Lastre's Initial Composition

This is my final object/initial composition.  For my object, I used a baby bottle.  In a sense, it signifies the pain from growing into the adult world, leaving your childhood behind.  To the right of my object, my initials float above the flattened pool of red that is also copied and flipped below it. My initials are a play on negative space, contrasting the dark background. I feel that both these compositions are strong enough to be presented on their own. I also feel that they can be represented together as a unifying piece.

Leah's Initials

Leah's Key and Dog Tag

amanda's dandelion

amanda's Inititals project

Honey Drizzler & JP Crowned

I paid close attention to layers while building this composition from a combination of scanned sketches, pen-tool work, shape manipulation and multiplication and layered gradients. I was aiming for a stylized rendition in photorealistic honey color . . . again took Mr. Mascari's advice to dim the background pattern to allow provide the object with greater definition.

In executing this project I utilized typography techniques, the pathfinder and pen tools, worked with a gradient within a greyscale color palate. I took Dan's advice to increase the transparency of the background to allow for the monogram to stand out on its own - looks much better!

TILLMAN_INITIALS

I decided to arrange my initials so that the letters are insinuated. I had a more complex version of the letter 's,' but decided to keep it simple with three shapes. The letter T is an enlarged font that I divided. Had I spent more time, I would have added more detail to the padlock. I didn't want the letters to look flat on the padlock, so I gave them an engraved effect.

-TILLMAN