Web traffic info map - Tokyo subway

Here is a link to a design by a firm called information architects correlating web traffic to differnet locations on the Tokyo subway map.

http://informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-4-final-beta/

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Jessica Pecoraro - Initials Object

This was definately the most challenging so far, the initials were fun to draw, but the surfboards seemed almost impossible. For the initials JP, I mostly used the pen or pencil tool and played around with the brushes. For the surfboard I used the pen too and the bucket, as well as the sprayer. I feel the initials look pretty cool and the surfboards are just okay.

Jessica Pecoraro - Anchor

The first anchor I drew with the pen tool, then I copied and pasted the other two but played around with the different types of brushes.

Jessica Pecoraro

I mostly played with the brushes, but also used the warp tool and the effects to change the orinal picture to the negative looking black and white. I think its turned out pretty cool.

In my process I tried a bunch of different versions of my initials. I liked the more organic looking ones so thats what I went with. I used the pen tool in Illustrator to create one side of my initials. I then copied that side and reflected it to make the other side. I scaled that side down a little bit then added both sides to form one shape. I tried to make it look like a spade and I think I did an alright job at that. Since it looked like a spade I figured I'd use a deck of cards as my object. I basically used a bunch of shapes stacked on top of each other. I used the pen tool to draw some things as well.

project 2

I was having trouble deciding on an image to choose as my illustration so I did symbol and an object and combined them. I took a peace symbol and a mask and tried to make the symbol appear in the negative space of the two masks. I think this illustration could be used in tee shirt design and poster design with some tweeks and type.

Project 2 Baileigh Armes

My initials are 'B' and 'A'. I tried different types of type faces to see what kind of design I could make. Eventually, I decided to use the paint brush and make the design my own. I used the pencil tool to make the headphones and then used fill to color them in. I chose headphones because I would love to design a pair of my own one day. Maybe this design will be seen again. :)

Kari Single- Proj 2

Project 2- Initials and Object Composition

I chose a Sunflower for my object because of their "sun-like" appearance and the positive characteristics that the flower represents. I used the pen tool to create each individual petal with its shadows to give the object the appearance of a impressionistic painting. The seeds were drawn and made into a symbol and then spray painted to achieve numerous seeds. The leaves also display my initials which are a "K" and an "S".

The second initials on the top represent the simplicity in life I like to achieve in my everyday duties.

Adam Bentley Project 1

I chose scissors as my object. The first two I just put a pattern behind the scissors. The first pattern I went for was mostly straight lines and the second one I went for the wavy look. On the last one I tried capturing the reflection of the metal on the scissors. It was a challenge but I thought I did an alright job of catching the reflection. I used mostly the pen tool for everything plus some circles for some things.I'm happy with all of them but my favorite is the last one.

Nikki Chiavuzzi Project1

I wanted to do a camping axe because I liked the idea of taking some hostel and playing with it in a black and white cartoon effect. After playing around (the outer two axes) I decided to finally add some groteque details. I added texture, made more parts of the axe black, and drew in the blood. I'm very pleased with the final (center), though it needs some touch ups.

Project 1

For this first project I chose to illustrate an airbrush pen. I liked the texture of the chrome on the airbrush. I sketched about thirty thumbs of this same airbrush and then chose the best three. I'm happy with my results and was stoked to get more interaction and knowledge with Illustrator.

Baileigh Armes Project1

For the first project, I chose to illustrate a ray gun.

I wanted to find different ways to hint that there is a ray gun without actually drawing the full figure.

PROJ 1

Project 1- Image Sublimination
In this project, we were to select an image of our choice and draw the object using only black and white shapes. The objective was to create the object using as little shapes as possible and also to create 3 different versions.

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