It's haaaaaaard. I'm not used to using it. I've only used it once. I figured it would give me cleaner lines by using vectors, compared to Photoshop on a graphics tablet where my hand shakes. I know there are ways to clean up lines on Adobe programs but I don't know what they are and don't have TIME!!! My print slot is 4PM Thursday - gotta finish!!!
I also don't really like the line quality in Illustrator. it's too uniform and I realised that I prefer having different weights of line that look hand drawn - like a brush changes weights as you move it across the paper. Should have drawn it in Photoshop or even just by hand! The problem I foresaw drawing it by hand though is that I can't change it if it goes wrong like I can using digital - I'd have had to do a lot more planning and roughing on A2 sheets I think to get it right, and I didn't see myself having time. But who am I kidding, may not even finish it on Illustrator!!
It took my a fucking age to calibrate the graphics tablet to my laptop - multiple reboots and deleting Wacom files and re-installing. I'm so TIRED.
Poster's coming along okay, hopefully I'll finish before 4.
I'm not sure what colours to go for. I'm using two, and hoping they'll cross over to make a third darker colour. I thought I'd use pink and yellow like so:
(Ben Rider)
These colours are pretty happy, and I want the image to be fairly playful despite some of the self-deprecating jokes in the picture. These colours would symbolise my growth and fairly happy condition at the moment, having enjoyed and grown during first year!
However, I then started thinking purple and green:
(Maya Hayuk)
These colours work so well together (and would make a great dark colour for the linework) and I love lilac and mint green as colours. But they're both cool colours and I think that would make the image too sad?
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