Project 2 Ideas

Project 2 Ideas/Timelines


Making myself comfortable with Illustrator/Learning to Screenprint

-This would consist of spending a few weeks playing around/studying tutorials on Illustrator so that I can really grasp all the tools and opportunities Illustrator has to offer. I just figure this would be valuable information due to the fact that it is an important to program to be familiar and comfortable with in the Digital Arts program and it is one of my weakest programs. Then, I want to apply what I have learned to a completely unfamiliar skill, screenprinting. I have always wanted to learn how to do that and I think it would be a really cool skill to have. I would probably want to spend 2 weeks with Illustrator and 2 weeks with screenprinting. I am not sure what I would screenprint on yet, just because I haven’t researched yet what can be screenprinted, but if glass is possible, I think that would be cool, or on acrylic.

Spend 4 weeks getting into depth with Illustrator and use the vinyl cutter to print out some of my new vector drawings

This is where I would just dedicate the rest of my time familiarizing myself with the Illustrator program, to the point where I could give a demo or something. I would use the vinyl cutter to demonstrate what I have learned from the past 3 1/2 weeks. I could also make a tutorial or an overview of some of the important “Need to Know”s of Illustrator. I would just really enjoy creating some new in-depth, detailed vector images and having them for the vinyl cutter, since I only got to try it out once.

Learn to knit and make something that is actually wearable

-Kelsey said she would teach me how to knit, which is always something I have wanted to learn how to do. My great grandmother used to crochet blankets and now that she has passed away, no one in my family knows how to knit anymore. I just thought it would be cool to learn and carry on something that had been very prevalent when my great grandmother was alive; everyone in the family has one of her blankets. Even if I don’t decide to do this project, I still think it would be something I would like to learn as a side project on a weekend or if she does an in-class demo. I would even commit to buying the supplies to continue doing it on my own.