Reflection
• I have now completed all 3 sessions of the Adobe Illustrator workshops! HURRAY!
• If I'm being honest with myself, I was not looking forward to starting these workshops whatsoever! I've had the Adobe Creative Cloud for about a year now and always left Illustrator in the dust for Photoshop and InDesign. I really struggled with the software last year at Vernon Street while I was doing the Access to HE course. The pen tool was far too fiddly for me to get my head around and I couldn't keep track of where the handles and anchors were going. I would end up creating a curved mess on the screen and vowed never to touch it again!
• However, having much more detailed sessions broken into 4 hours of learning and 2 hours of assisted support has changed my mind completely - whereas before, we were only given an hour long session to learn the very basics of the pen tool and creating strokes and fills (due to the nature of the course and how it only ran from Wednesday to Friday, with us trying to complete as many modules as possible with enough time for the final major project).
• I took notes, engaged with the content despite having a twilight session and having really long days, and asked questions and for assistance with the tasks as and when I need it. I made sure I had completed enough of the tasks as possible before leaving to go home to ensure I truly understood what I was doing in order to do my sticker designs justice.
• I admire a lot of vector-based illustrators who focus on this process in their practice. Their reduced pieces looks effortless, sophisticated and professional and can be applied onto anything from websites to posters.
• I now really, really, really appreciate how sophisticated this software is and I'm really anticipating making my sticker!
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