On Thursday we had an induction to illustrator and the print lab. I have a love/hate relationship with Illustrator, as I do most of my digital drawing on the iPad with a software called sketches.
However, getting acquainted to it sparked my inspiration to use it as a tool–that and the fact that it is necessary for using the laser cutter. I created some images of my sketchbook drawing using image-trace in illustrator to archive some of my doodles. This isn’t the final image that will be etched. Rather it is simply a vectorized transformation of how I am playing around withe the physical object in space.
We also got an induction to the print lab, and the possibilities there are really exciting. Our manifesto group is talking about the importance of paper and design (similar to Apple’s packaging products) to hammer an ironic point into our zine. Seeing the different paper possibilities and ink densities was very exciting.
Additionally, the possibility of making stickers made me quite interested in the idea of creating an insert to our zine–a small restraint sticker to put on iPhone screens. We’ll see if it manifests or not.
RCA Graduate Diploma 