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tudents used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create an isometric letter of their choice and then elaborated on that letter to create unique illustrations. Topics covered included; Using the Shear Tool to create isometric-ish perspective, copying and pasting from Photoshop to Illustrator and back, Using the Blend Tool to create a faux 3-D effect, applying the Roughen distortion in Illustrator to create a hedge-like look, exporting PSDs from Illustrator, and managing the layers of PSDs created in Photoshop.

Students made their own versions of “Tippy”, “Cubby”, or “Buffy” from the Art Instruction Schools free art test. They used Adobe Illustrator to make the lines and colors with the Pen Tool, the Gradient Tool, and others.

Hannah

Machine Learning, A.I., and Machine-Made Art

Mikayla

“Cryptokitties” and the Future of Art on the Blockchain

Simon

Future of Cosplay and the Art of DIY Culture

Cyrus

Art in Space!

Taylor

Machine Learning, A.I., and Machine-Made Art

Quadir

Art in Space!

Sharon

Mixed Reality, Telepresence, and Projection Art

Serena

Mixed Reality, Telepresence, and Projection Art

Heather

Mixed Reality, Telepresence, and Projection Art

Michael

Machine Learning, A.I., and Machine-Made Art

Tyler

Mixed Reality, Telepresence, and Projection Art

Maya

Mixed Reality, Telepresence, and Projection Art

Carol

Mixed Reality, Telepresence, and Projection Art

Moses

Machine Learning, A.I., and Machine-Made Art

Colorized Post-It Notes from Day 2

The class got a crash-course in the lab scanners and used the scans to bring hand-drawn Post-It notes into Photoshop. There, they used Adjustments to remove the yellow from the Post-It, separated the line art from the background, added color, and colored the lines.