Cartoon of Me

For our first real project in Adobe Illustrator we had to create a cartoon of ourselves. How the project worked was using pencil and paper we would draw ourselves to use later as a model, afterwards we would take this and create an outline in illustrator. Once the outline was complete we would transfer it to photoshop where it was colored, shaded, and completed. All and all I think that my project turned out well enough, having both its stronger and weaker points. Picking the strongest aspect of the piece would definitely be the very general outline of the body I made in Illustrator. The proportions of the body are reminiscent of actual proportions and they don’t have too many rough edges like in real life. On the other hand in the fine details I more or less failed. Observing the claw like hands and the right elbow it just does not seem to fit negatively impacting the work.

Being the first project we’ve had in Illustrator some new difficulties were attached, also with photoshop being involved there was a familiar easy part of the project. In Illustrator using the pen tool for the first time to get decent lines for the outline of the project entailed a large amount of trial and error and redos making all around the most difficult part of the project. The easiest part of the project was, like said earlier, was in photoshop. To get the initial color of the cartoon all I needed to do was select a color and paint it where needed which did not take much effort or time making it very easy.

The objective of the project this time was to learn and utilize the pen tool, select tool, and direct select tool. The pen tool was used to create the lines observable in the cartoon , making the skeleton of the work almost. The select tool of the three was used the least but was still used. When I wanted to move the outline of the pen tool to get a better look at anything or anything else there it was. The direct select tool was heavily used. When I drew a line with the pen tool afterward I would use the direct select tool to select a segment and move it to the proper place to look good. Even though I think the cartoon turned out alright I would change a few things. The first change I would make are the detail errors I talked of earlier such as on the hands and arms.