Color Emotions

Admiration/Acceptance

For this assignment I had to make 5 different pictures, showing emotion with color. My first color was green. This was to show admiration and acceptance. I started with the background which is a bar gradient with two different shades of green. Then I used the paintbrush tool and made a bunch of random dots in the corner. Next I used the rounded rectangle tool to make several shapes and made them have thick, green outline. And lastly the lines, I used the pencil tool and made green lines coming from the bottom corner.

Depression

My next color was purple. This is supposed to show depression. I started with the background, giving it a linear background, I chose the purples so they complemented each other. Over the gradient is a sand texture. Then I used the paintbrush tool for the bold streaks at the top right corner, and the splatter dots and the bottom left. Then I used the pencil tool with different shades of purple and drew random scribbles.

Joy/Anticipation

The next color I chose was yellow with orange accents. To represent joy and anticipation. The background is the ripples gradient and made it two shades of yellow. Next I used the paintbrush tool to add the orange lines and yellow splatter around the edges. Then I used the polygon tool to make a star and gave it a cone gradient and thick orange outline. After that I used the paintbrush tool again to make the yellow squiggly lines.

Sadness

 

 

I chose blue for this picture, which is supposed to represent sadness. The background is a satin gradient with two shades of blue. I made the light blue, cloud like lines with the paintbrush tool, as well as the splatter lines which represent rain. Then I made the puddles with the circle tool and added more into each puddle.

Rage/Anger

For this picture the color I chose is red and is supposed to represent rage or anger. The background is black and red with the waves gradient. Over the gradient is a vein texture. Then using the paintbrush tool I made random lines to cover the picture. The lines are called splatter and viscous alien paint.

3 Nameplates

Basic Nameplate

For this assignment I had to make three different nameplates. One had to be basic, mid-level, and professional. For my first nameplate (basic) I used a rounded rectangle and chose a style from the Assets panel for the background. Then I typed my name and used a silly font. I made my name purple and gave it a glow with a raised emboss, and made that green. I also made the canvas color green to match the glow.

Mid-level Nameplate

This is my mid-level name plate. Again I used the rounded rectangle and made my background the blue wave pattern. I typed my name and used a semi-professional font, and made it dark blue. My name also has a blue glow around it. My canvas color complements my background and my name.

Professional Nameplate

Here is my professional nameplate. I used a normal rectangle and fit it to the canvas. For  my background I used the cone gradient and put in my own colors. For my name I used a cursive font and made it the same color as the purple in my background. I also used an inset emboss on my name, which gave it the shadow. And finally for my background I gave it a parchment texture. I hope this helped answer any questions!

Texture and optimize

This assignment I had to make a textured picture, with out using textures. So I chose to make 3-D shapes with a black background. That was the first part! Then I had to make it look weird, or make it lose quality. So I clicked the 4-up button, which gave me four screens with the same image on each of them. Now you can separately edit each off them as a jpeg, gif, tiff, or png file. You do this by going to the optimize panel and playing with the options. Now when you're choosing which one to save you save it as the file you made it in the optimize option.

Name Plate #2

This is my second name plate. I also made this one in Firework. Here are some step by step directions on how I made it.

• Set your canvas for 500 by 300 pixels with a transparent background
• Choose the shape of your choice
• Go to the optimize and align panel, select "to canvas", and align the shape vertically and horizontally
• Select the A in the vector panel, this will create a text box
• Once you've written your name, you can start adding effects to it
• In the property panel, there are fill, stroke, and filters the change the effects
• These same features apply to the background of the shape, so options are endless(for my name plate I used the "wave" design in the gradient option and changed the texture)
• Once you have the desired design, make sure the  final background is a complementary color 
• And now you're done!

 

Name Plate

In this assignment I had to take a normal shape and create a name plate. In this case I used a rounded rectangle. I made this name plate in Firework, so you can all sorts of tools. Such as, the fill and texture tool and gradient or pattern tool(found at the bottom of the screen). This helps with what kind of design you want for your name plate. To insert your name you put in a text box. Once your name is in the text box and the correct size, you can change the color and font. Your name can be filled just like the rest of the name plate, to be as creative as you want! Since I used a rounded rectangle, and cut off the background to the perfect size, you want to make sure the background is a complementary color. I hope this helped, have fun making your name plate!