For my Illustrator Project, I decided to create a design that I would later put onto a shirt. I wanted to create an abstract design that had a calming feeling to it that also looked interesting. I looked up some sunset designs for inspiration, and began designing. I created an image of a sun setting over a mountain and forest. I have always loved designs that were simple yet beautiful which is what I wanted to create. To make it more abstract, I made the hills in front of the sunset different colors, and I added a small river at the bottom. I wanted the person that looked at this design to feel calm and relaxed, like they were looking into a real sunset. I used different pale colors and gradients to convey this feeling.
I learned and value so many things from this project! Before this, I wasn’t very skilled and experienced with Illustrator and it still remained confusing and complex to me. However, I was able to create different shapes and use different colors to put the idea I had in my mind onto an actual artboard. I also struggled in the beginning of this project because we could create anything, and there was a lot of room for my own creativity. Because the subject was so broad, I became frustrated and kept changing my ideas constantly and moving to different ones. However, in the end I kept trying new designs and I finally ended up with what I wanted. This taught me that I have to keep experimenting and that I won’t immediately produce the design I wished for. All it takes is time and creativity!
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