Buried Alive

Since I haven’t used Illustrator in the past, it took a little bit of getting used to. However, I have used vector based programs in the past, such as Flash and Paint Tool SAI. This was definitely useful knowledge to carry over into Illustrator.

Something that took a bit to understand was the Pathfinder tool, but once I got the hang of it, I began to truly appreciate it. It is super useful when it comes to simple things like making a curve span across more than one shape.

One thing I found interesting about this logo was that some shapes were very similar to each other, but different enough to stand on their own. This made the recreation process a bit easier, as I could just copy and paste the shape, and then of course change it slightly to make the different variations.

Overall, I think the sports team logo was a good project to introduce someone to Illustrator, and help them learn it. I feel much more confident using it now that I generally know what I’m doing. I can now use Illustrator for many other things, including art!

Here is the final result:

As I get close to finishing my website mockup, I’m doing final touchups and checkups. Before I get ahead of myself, I’ll share some more things I did along the way.

I had fun trying to get the items within a certain “page” to match each other’s hue. I think it’s a nice way of tying together the colourful theme of the headphones. I set green for the hue of the photos, as well as the icons. Speaking…

For my website mock up, I decided to redesign Axent Wear’s website. I really do like the original design, but of course, I’ll be changing it up. However, I am still going to stick with a similar colour scheme, as it really does fit the product.

The first challenge I ran into while working on the site was the logo. I couldn’t find a high resolution photo of the logo, so I had to recreate it in…

Good Smile Company’s Ultimate Madoka figure.

Good Smile Company’s yukata Madoka figure.

Good Smile Company’s Saber figure.

Good Smile Company’s Saber Lily figure.