Creative Challenge 24

Welcome back! I had a great winter break. The weather was fitting for winter break, considering we are in Florida—it was freezing! I know I mentioned that I wouldn't use the book "Caffeine for the Creative Mind" for any more creative challenges, but I was thumbing through it and found a challenge that feels like a great fit for the class we are currently in, which is Adobe Illustrator. The challenge is called "How Do You Draw Music?" and I decided to take what I learned from the Adobe Illustrator tutorial videos and apply it to this challenge.

Most importantly, I chose to embrace the pen tool and practice with it to express what music feels like to me. I honestly can't believe I'm saying this, but I started having fun with it! I learned how to close paths, and how to click on the paths or the handles to adjust lines and create curves, and I used the direct selection tool to choose each letter I made with the pen tool individually. Then, I played around with gradients and discovered I have much more creative freedom in Illustrator than Adobe Photoshop. I’m really starting to love Illustrator—yeah, I got this!