Class of 2010

Computer
Graphics
 The College Life

Craft: In Adobe Illustrator make one of the windows stand it was the only camera I
I was using different tools out in the illustration by having had with me. I took a few
to change for each of the a darker and thicker stroke to pictures, and even though
three illustrator . I used the make the yellow appear more in they were coming out ok. I
eyedropper tool to adject the illustration. The last photo I decided to use friends cam-
the different colors in the tried to represent my school col- era, which is more advanced
photos. Also I used dif- ors and tried to just use just the then my camera in order to
ferent size strokes for the three colors. I tried to use dif- get excellent shades of the
building and windows and ferent stroke and thickness size hues and lighting throughout
used different color hue to in the photo to make different the picture. I took the picture
bring out different varia- objects stand out in the photo. from various angles. I took
tions of the photos. In class we discussed which pic- the pictures all from campus
Composition: ture was the most interesting to and tried to have different
Concept: I changed the pic- us. Craft- I took several pictures images of the dorm rooms
ture from day time to night with my camera and my best and the scenery.
time. By changing the sky friends camera. I just wanted
color and making all the to see what would give me the
windows on the building best quality photo. First I used
black. I was also trying to just my digital camera because
“I used different color hue to bring out different
variations of the photos””

By:Moses Arce
 Morris Hall
Craft- I took several pictures from campus and tried to have side, and while I did not intend for
with my camera and my different images of the dorm the light pole to be the attention
best friends camera. I just rooms and the scenery. getter, the brightness, darkness,
wanted to see what would Craft: I tried to match the photo and also the SXU Logo. Next I
give me the best quality exactly but it was complicated find myself looking at the row of
photo. First I used just my I had to use different tools dark green trees.
digital camera because it was such as the eye dropper tool. I Concept: I wanted the tree the
the only camera I had with used the eyedropper tool alot building to stand out from the side.
me. I took a few pictures, trying to match the colors that Also I wanted the pathway to be
and even though they were are in the photo. To use the important in this photo.
coming out ok. I decided to eyedropper you would outline
use friends camera, which is the object you want then click
more advanced then my cam- on the object you just outlined
era in order to get excellent then grab the eyedropper and
shades of the hues and light- click the object color you want
ing throughout the picture. I .Composition-When I look at
took the picture from various this photo, my eyes are drawn
angles. I took the pictures all to the building on the left hand
“Took me several times to
take the best quality photo.”””
Walking Down the Street

”I wanted to make this image show more

dimensions and details so that it could
become closer to what the actual image
looked like.”
Craft
To make this image I used the
gradient tool to add dimen-
sions. I also added smaller
shapes to the trees using the
pen tool. I also altered the
transparencies to make the
trees seem have more depth.

Concept
I wanted to make this image
show more dimensions and
details so that it could become
closer to what the actual
image looked like. Some of
the details I added were not
exactly like the real image but
they did help push the picture
more into the realm of reality
and out of the animated realm
it was in.

Composition
The highlights added to the
mailbox in the front help direct
the viewers eye from foreground
to background. The details in the
house because they are closely
realtive to the actual details in
the photograph attract more at-
tention.

By:Cynthia Gonzalez
 Gloomy Night
“I wanted the viewer to notice the mailbox
since the change in color made the viewers
eye go to the direct contrast created by the
house.””
Craft Composition
Concept
To make this image I used the For this image I wanted to create
The concept of this image was to learn
eyedropper tool and the gradi- a monochromatic image and so
how to use different tools in Adobe
ent tool. I used the eye dropper most of it is made in a similar
Illustrator.
tool to add similar colors to color scheme the objects that I
the shapes. Taking the color of chose to leave out of it was the
one object and then altering the frame of the house and the front
value and saturation allowed side o the mail box. I wanted
me to maintain a common color the viewer to notice the mailbox
scheme. I used the gradient tool since the change in color made
to add sense of dimension to the viewers eye go to the direct
some of the shapes. contrast created by the house. In
order to create a balance I added
the complimentary color of the
mailbox to its front side so that
the viewers eye would return to
the front of the image.
 Windy City

Craft- Using Adobe Illustrator, skyline. The next tool I used the photo, I wanted the middle
(as in the picture) the
I was able to transform a photo was the eyedropper tool. I building to stand out. I was colors of the skyline
of the city of Chicago into a used this to select the color of able to do so with creating and the building
drawing highlighting the focus the building from the original a gradient. I clicked the gradi- features.
point of the Trump tower in the photo and place it as the color ent button below the fill and
background. Was able to create of the building in my draw- stroke options, and also selected Composition- An
shapes to outline the skyline. ing. I was also able to create the gradient option within the issue that arose with
I began drawing this image by a similiar background and tool bar and under the windows the drawing was the
having the photo I chose of the clouds in the sky with the pen option on the top of the screen. outline and shapes
city in the background, this tool. I was able to curve the This allowed for me to draw the that could be added to
allowed me to trace the object square edges by using the ^ line of gradience (lightness to the photo.
that I saw with precision. First I tool on the pen tool option darkness) in order to establish
decided to draw shapes around listing. This helped with the more effect to the building.
the buildings in the photo to cre- full affect of the colors of the
ate the intial skyline. I was able skyline being similar to the Concept-the main building in
to use the pen tool to click and original photo. Next I took the the center of the picture draws
create archor points to connect brush tool to try and establish your eyes attention. The hues
to create a shape. I continued lines within the river to create of the stroke also add to the
this with creating shapes around the effect of flowing water. drawing. This is the first image
the buildings until I achievd a In addition to the color on I drew and I wanted to illustrate
By:Amanda Modelski
Downtown
Craft- Adobe Illustrator. This Craft- Adobe Illustrator. could have been brighter and the same pattern through-
illustration is ‘crazy colors’. This illustration is designed that the gradient of the river out this photo has I had
I used the color scheme of to have the focus taken could have gone the other with previous illustrations-
‘ice cream’ colors because it away from the main focus way to focus more in on the where your main focus is
was light, fun and airy. in the previous illustrations. buildings. the river running up to the
Concept-This is showing This was done by high- raft- My previous illustration main building with the sky
the city if it was the colors lighting various shades and in Adobe Illustrator. Was in the background. I think
of ice cream. Your eye is changes the colors of the told to transform our picture that the sky’s colors add
still being drawn to the main shapes. into a mono-chrome design. to the effect of the picture
building in the middle due Concept- The eye is being I was able to use various and make the buildings
to the darkness of its color drawn to the vibrant colors color tools and formats to pop.
compared to the rest of the on the right of the illustra- adjust the hues in the picture.
buildings. The sky also gives tion. The illuminate of the Picked out a specific green in
it a unique background to the sky also plays a role in the picture to elaborate and
photo, with it being green highlighting the colors of design all the other colors
instead of a shade of blue. the building and changing occurring to this green I
Composition- I was going the eyes view. chose.
for a look of colorful, light Composition- I wanted Concept- The picture is
and airy. The typical colors to make the colors of showing the city if it was
of the metal seem to put a the buildings on the left a shade of green. The eye
damper on the city skyline. completely out of the is being drawn to the main
This livens it up.I believe ordinary, in order to bring building in the middle of the
the yellows balance the sky’s attention to them. I believe picture has it has been in the
green to really make the I achieved this in some rest of the illustrations.
shapes of the buildings pop. sorts. I think the colors Composition- I tried to keep
 University

Craft:I used Adobe Illustrator

with the original photo in the Composition: One of the prob-
back ground. Then I used the pen Concept: The concept was to lems I had was getting the lines
tool and started to outline images try to create a graphic photo of on the grass. In class people
on the photo. When I outlined your original photo. and learn was saying how the grass was
the objected I use the eye drop- how to use a different tool of the different in the photo. So, I
per tool to grab the specific hue, program. I was trying to make will learn how to make that
value and saturation I want the the photo to look as close to the outline. I also need to put and
photo to be. Then I outline the original one. But I’m still learn- spot on the tree to make them
important aspect of the photo ing. look spaced out.
and change the hue, value, and
saturation.
 “The concept was to try to create a
graphic photo of your original photo.”

By: Francesca
Tines
Different Coloring
The is is the monochromatic.
Craft: The color I chose for this pho-
to was green. I took the eye dropper
tool and took the hue of the blotches
Composition: I had to print out this
of the grass. Then I made the tree the
photo 3 times to get it just right.
same color. Form my sky I choose the
what you see on the screen is dif-
green from the tree made made the Concept: I was trying to show of
ferent from the paper. The green on
saturation lighter. The building I went different saturation of green. Which I
the grass was to dark on paper so I
to the lightest green on the will to think I did show. The thing that was
had to make it a little lighter. Then
still make it pop out like it did on the said was to change the saturation of
the building was to bright so I had
original photo. the clouds.
to lower the saturation.

“I had to print out this photo 3 times

to get it just right. what you see on the
screen is different from the paper.”
Airplane View
Craft:I began playing with the color Composition:The whole composi- Concept:The concept for this
library for this image. I took the realistic tion was based on the different image was simple yet bright. I
replica I had done of the image and added hues. I wanted the green to really wanted to change the whole focus
more color and contrast in this image. stand out because it was the first from the sky to the airplane. By
There 5 different hues in the sky oppose to hue which I began playing with doing so the whole image be-
three in the original one. I figured that the and I thought the gradient made it came about the plane rather than
darker I made the sky n the beginning the look better. The wing is not very the landscape itself. I muted the
greater the contrast. I used the pen tool to bright but the highlight makes it colors in the background with
make more lines and the transparency tool pop with the contrast of the darker the use of a light blue and gray
to make them appear more realistic. The green. In the sky I used a saturated tone from the swatch colors. In
clouds do not seem too realistic because pink and then faded it out with a contrast I intensified the wing by
I used the pen tool to make the shapes of brighter pink almost a vibrant red. using a bright orange to pop. The
some of the clouds but also used the el- The green and red are complemen- gradient gave a more intensifying
lipse. The clouds which I formed by using tary to each other and the purple contrast with the reflection it gave
the ellipse with a more transparent look to just went well with the sky and the plane. I wanted my audience
them looked like floating bubbles rather white clouds. I really did not have to be engaged by the wing of the
than clouds. After all these attempts to a very good idea of what I wanted airplane rather than the sky but
make clouds I used the transparency tool the image to look like, yet I kept still integrate the two in a more
and a thicker stoke to try making a better playing with color until I liked a subtle way.
looking clouds. The plane changed dra- combination. The end result is a
matically because the gradient was radial little crazy because it is far from
instead of linear in this image. With the reality but to me the color make the
gradient tool I made the highlight on the image.
plane more dramatic by adding white and
used an intensified pink next to the darkest
value in the plane. I also changed the color
of the lines to become more subtle and
match the color pallet of the plane.

“In all the pictures I tried to have a focal point

yet keep the image of center because I feel
the audience stayed a longer time engaged.”

By:Reyna Martinez
 Different Wing Colors

My concept for the re tracing was to to make the plane in gray tones transparency tool but that did not
make the picture as close to reality as to make it more dull and not work either. After a couple of
possible.I did not want to make it cra- make it the focus of the image. hours I began playing with the
zy, instead I opted to keep it simple, I was done with the tracing and brush tool which made small dots.
yet interesting. I thought the original now I added value to make the With the brush and the transpar-
picture had amazing values and I image look realistic. I used the ency tool I was able to slowly
wanted to translate that in my work. gradient tool to make the differ- form the clouds that looked more
My main focus on this specific image ent values in the sky combine. It realistic.
was the sky. I felt that was the key was not difficult to do, but it was
element to get the audience attention. harder to match the hue and value
Making the wing wider really helped of the original image to the one
the composition because it gave the I am working on. I used about 4
image more depth and kept it off or 5 different shades of blue.The
center. I made the blue sky the focus airplane was a little simpler, yet
of the image by using a variation of making the edges look as if there
hues to make it more dramatic.I tried were real was more challenging.
making the clouds more separated The hardest parts for me were the
then all in one area to give the illu- clouds. I began using the gradient
sion of space. The small circle gives tool when forming ellipses, but
the image a pop of color and makes it turned out to look like bubbles
the plane not that boring. I chose floating in the air. I also used the
 Sunset

By:Gina Keleher

To end up with this final proj- I eventually figured it out

ect, there were many steps that ro make it look like ripples
I had to follow. First, I had to or waves in the lake. To
chose a landscape picture that finalize the picture, I
I wanted to re-create. After I made all of the points
found the picture the I liked, throughout the picture
I started with the basics and and made them round
just started creating shapes to where I needed them to
represent the different aspects be. And i unactivated
of the photo. Then, once we the original picture from
learned how to include gradi- underneath and ended up
ent into our picture, I selected with my final picture that
a few spots in my picture and I re-created. I also created
made it gradient, as you can two other pictures, one in-
tell. After I finished with cluding a monochromatic
the gradient, I made the little picture and one using a
waves in the water. it was brush style throughout the
hard to figure out at first and picture.
how to make it look right, but
To create this picture, I first took various messages to the what makes this picture Composition: My eyes
my final draft of the re-created viewer. One message is interesting. By changing saw many different things
picture that I had before. Then the sun is beginning to set the colors throughout the throughout this photograph.
I chose the sky layer first and perfectly on the horizon of picture, I can make the They first are focused on the
changed the color completely the lakes edge. It is revealing picture change completely. setting sun and how it’s rays
from the original color. After how calm and beautiful nature For example, I can make reflect off of the water. The
I decided on the color that I really is. This picture is also the dusk turn into a night rocks in the front of the pic-
wanted, I chose every other showing that there are many sky. Or I can make it ture, make the picture more
separate object and made them different aspects to nature as seem like a stormy day or interesting as well because
all different hues and saturations well. As you can see there are a storm is approaching. they are not really the main
from the color of the sky that rocks right before the lake as And if i change the colors focus but it is the this or
I changed. This is what cre- well and then you see water even more, I can even forth thing that the viewer
ated the monochromatic color and then the sun. All of them change this from a sunset focuses on. I also saw a sun-
throughout the entire picture. i seem to run perfectly together to a sunrise. Using differ- set at first, but as mentioned
made each different hue, either a and they create this beautiful ent colors can also change above, I can change the
brighter shade or a darker shade nature scene that I happened the focal point on multiple whole picture just by adjust-
depending on the objects that to catch with my camera. This objects. I can make the ing colors on many objects.
were lighter and darker in the picture can also send a mys- sun the focal point and All viewers will have any
original picture. After I finalized terious message in a way as then I can change things different opinions on the
the different hues, then i went well. The viewer may wonder up and make the rocks the picture, so they may all see
back and made the clouds and what will happen once the sun focal point if I wanted to. different things when look-
the waves rounded to make them actually sets or will the colors Colors can make the pic- ing at the picture I chose.
appear more realistic in my re- in the sky change when the sun ture more interesting and
created picture. sets more. there are numerous they can change the whole
Concept: This picture sends messages that this picture may meaning of the original
send to the viewer and that is picture as well.

Color Remix
 Landscape

By:Amy Most

This week we started off going down, the color of she what is the bright- photo is that the walk
with our original picture that the buildings, trees, grass, est and darkest feature way is the focal point
had gradient and we had walkway, and the water all of the photo, but all the of this photo.
to change it in three differ- start to get darker. In this objects are in different
ent ways.The first way we next photo, we were to shade of purple. In this
changed it, was b changing change it to a monochro- last photo, we were to
the time of day in the photo. matic picture. change the focus point
In this photo i changed the The craft of this photo was of the photo to some-
time of day to sunset. done entirely in the color thing other than the
The craft that I used for purple. It was made on ado- obvious focus point.
this photo was the different be illustrator. I used a tool The craft of this photo
gradients of dark colors that that provided me with all was done by changing
I found on adobe illustrator. the diffent colors of purple all the colors to a darker
It also has many different ,even to a dark purple that shade, but then i made
shapes. looks like black. the walkway the lightest
The concept of this photo The concept of this photo color. I used no gradient
was to change the photo and is to change the color of in this photo.
make it look like it was taken everything in the photo so The concept of this
at sunset and not the middle that is all some shade of photo was to make the
of the day. purple. walk way the new focal
The composition of this The composition of this point in the photo.
photo is that as the sun is photo is that you can still The composition of this
 Chicago

The craft of these photos color of the object. This by changing the colors of
was the path. I did this
started by me taking a was our first draft. After objects darker and I also
by making the path have
picture of the city by the that we used the selection used gradient to show the
the lightest and brightest
Buckingham Fountain. tool and direct selection sun going down. In the
color in the photo.
After I took this photo I tool to add points if we second photo, we made
brought it to class an we needed, and to round out everything microgromat-
used adobe illustrator the pointy edges. Then ic. This means i picked
to play with it. We first we used the gradient tool my favorite color which is
started by using the pen and we put gradients on purple, an I changed ev-
tool and outlining all the shapes we made. After ery shape to be a shade of
the shapes starting for that we started our final purple. The entire photo
the objects in the back project with this picture, would all be a shade of
and then working our we made three very dif- purple. In my last photo I
way forward. After we ferent looks for this photo. changed the focal point.
outlined them we turned The first look we did was Instead of the focal point
off the color, and got the changing the time of day in from the original photo
eye dropper tool so that the picture. I changed my being the water, in my
we could get the exact picture from day to night photo the focal point

“The concept of this photo is to make

a new photo that looks like the origi-
nal using all shapes, but still using the
same colors.”
By Mike Lewis
Best Adobe Illustrator Photo