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This exercise was pretty easy, especially since I’m already familiar with Illustrator (one of the only benefits to turning this in). For some reason the text box didn’t fill with dummy text the same way the example showed, but I was able to figure it out. Beyond that I didn’t have any problems with Grid Systems.
Pictured above is my completed version of the Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird project. It took me a long time to finish and I’m still not 100% about it, but I know I’m already late in submitting so this is the end product. Illustrator isn’t the most difficult software to master but I spent a lot of time simply because I’m a perfectionist and I care too much about little details in my work. I tried to play with texturing in the feet and parts of the body where I used Us for the bumps/scales and Vs for feathers. I made the wings look like branches as inspired by stanza 2 of the poem. I also incorporated the icicles mentioned in stanza 6. Here’s my sketch:
I didn’t stick with all of the ideas that I sketched out for the sake of time, but overall I’m not completely disappointed in how it turned out. Looking back I think I definitely need to work on how I prioritize my time with these projects.