Eenuh Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Okay, so for my Graphics Design class we had to take some kind of object, take it apart and recreate those parts in Illustrator (done that). Now we have to make two different kind of compositions with those parts that we have to print out on A3 sized paper. One has to be in black and white, the other composition has to be in two colours (white counts as a colour too). Now I don't think I'm all that great at thinking of cool compositions, so I guess I could use some help with that, or maybe some tips. I worked out two compositions, but I'm not sure if they're any good. I also have no idea on what colours I should use and what would look cool. If anyone has any tips on that, that would be great. Here's what I have so far: Now, I need to go and have these printed out tomorrow, so some quick help would be appreciated. Also, I'm wondering how I should save these files. I have them as both .ai and .pdf files now, but how can I make sure that they're ready for A3 sized printing (with all the right proportions)? Also, is there a way to change the resolution somewhere? Cause I didn't see that option anywhere in Illustrator... =/ So yeah, help please. X3
Eddage Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 I've always thought red and black go well together, maybe give that a try? Can't help you out with the Illustrator question though.
Eenuh Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 I've always thought red and black go well together, maybe give that a try? Can't help you out with the Illustrator question though. Some guy went for black and red, and for some reason the teachers didn't seem too happy with it. No idea why, cause I think it's a pretty cool combination too. Thanks for the suggestion though. =3
Eddage Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Maybe because it's a bit too obvious? To be honest though I think your green and white is great!
Shorty Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 The green and white kinda reminds me of a fire exit sign and the top one looks like an AK47, which is kinda cool. Regarding resolution, that shouldn't matter if you're working with vectors, it should print out to any size?
Eenuh Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 The green and white kinda reminds me of a fire exit sign and the top one looks like an AK47, which is kinda cool. Regarding resolution, that shouldn't matter if you're working with vectors, it should print out to any size? I don't know anything about Illustrator (we just started working with it), so I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with it for printing. And do you like the one with the green background better than the one with the green on the white background? I'm not sure if I like the green colour much, but red is too bright and blue is kinda overdone... Got a blue one done. I still don't know what colours I want...
Jasper Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 Okay, so for my Graphics Design class we had to take some kind of object, take it apart and recreate those parts in Illustrator (done that). Now we have to make two different kind of compositions with those parts that we have to print out on A3 sized paper. One has to be in black and white, the other composition has to be in two colours (white counts as a colour too). Now I don't think I'm all that great at thinking of cool compositions, so I guess I could use some help with that, or maybe some tips. I worked out two compositions, but I'm not sure if they're any good. I also have no idea on what colours I should use and what would look cool. If anyone has any tips on that, that would be great. Here's what I have so far: Now, I need to go and have these printed out tomorrow, so some quick help would be appreciated. Also, I'm wondering how I should save these files. I have them as both .ai and .pdf files now, but how can I make sure that they're ready for A3 sized printing (with all the right proportions)? Also, is there a way to change the resolution somewhere? Cause I didn't see that option anywhere in Illustrator... =/ So yeah, help please. X3 And you're actually stuying graphic design? Illustrator files are vectorial, mich means they don't have a resolution in the first place, they're rendable in any size. If I were you, I'de crop your illustrator file using a clipping mask (just draw a rectangle as big as your A3 page (make sure it's the top layer), then select all (apple+A or ctrl+a - make sure there are no locked object or layer) and then go to 'object' > 'Clipping Mask' > Make. Everything that's outside the rectangle will dissappear.) Now save it as a pdf-file and make sure that, with printing, you can only see the visable area on the print-preview (using Acrobat 8 you can make it easy). Good luck on that. You can PM with questions. The green one is better in my opinion - but maybe you should try a cyan outline of the entire thing (is that allowed?) - it would make a smooth, subtly touch - just outlmine everything in cyan, wich is the popular color at the moment. I would opt for some pure colors, like cyan, yellow or magenta (or 100% magenta + 50+ Yellow).
Eenuh Posted March 24, 2007 Author Posted March 24, 2007 And you're actually stuying graphic design? Illustrator files are vectorial, mich means they don't have a resolution in the first place, they're rendable in any size. If I were you, I'de crop your illustrator file using a clipping mask (just draw a rectangle as big as your A3 page (make sure it's the top layer), then select all (apple+A or ctrl+a - make sure there are no locked object or layer) and then go to 'object' > 'Clipping Mask' > Make. Everything that's outside the rectangle will dissappear.) Now save it as a pdf-file and make sure that, with printing, you can only see the visable area on the print-preview (using Acrobat 8 you can make it easy). Good luck on that. You can PM with questions. The green one is better in my opinion - but maybe you should try a cyan outline of the entire thing (is that allowed?) - it would make a smooth, subtly touch - just outlmine everything in cyan, wich is the popular color at the moment. I would opt for some pure colors, like cyan, yellow or magenta (or 100% magenta + 50+ Yellow). Thanks for the reply, but it's too late, as I already had to go and print it out. And yeah I'm studying graphics design (though I'm gonna go into illustration, so this is not my kind of thing), but I'd never used Illustrator before; plus the site of the copy center asked for a PDF file with 600 dpi, so I was just wondering what to do about it. Anyway, I went for the one with the green background, though I changed the colour a bit. And no, we weren't allowed to use outlines. Had to be very basic and everything. I actually have some other stuff I have to make in Illustrator, which I might post soon to ask for some more colour tips. =P
Jasper Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 Thanks for the reply, but it's too late, as I already had to go and print it out. And yeah I'm studying graphics design (though I'm gonna go into illustration, so this is not my kind of thing), but I'd never used Illustrator before; plus the site of the copy center asked for a PDF file with 600 dpi, so I was just wondering what to do about it. Anyway, I went for the one with the green background, though I changed the colour a bit. And no, we weren't allowed to use outlines. Had to be very basic and everything. I actually have some other stuff I have to make in Illustrator, which I might post soon to ask for some more colour tips. =P Very odd, that 600 dpi thing. PDF-files are, just like illustrator-files, resolution-indepent. It's different when you're working with photo's, though. If you're going into illustration, isn't illustrator part of what you need? Get used to it - I won't be accepting your drawings if they're just paper... When I rule the graphic design world, that is.:wink:
Eenuh Posted March 24, 2007 Author Posted March 24, 2007 Very odd, that 600 dpi thing. PDF-files are, just like illustrator-files, resolution-indepent. It's different when you're working with photo's, though. If you're going into illustration, isn't illustrator part of what you need? Get used to it - I won't be accepting your drawings if they're just paper... When I rule the graphic design world, that is.:wink: Nah, illustration is mostly real life medium like paint and pencil, though right now I'm using Illustrator for a logo we have to make for that class. Still though, this was only my first time ever using the program, so I'm quite happy with the result. We had some crappy introduction lessons on using the program, but I'll have to learn most of it on my own I guess. Okay, so here is my other thing. We have to make a logo for a non-existing game company who makes games for autistic teenagers. I got two designs that were approved by my teacher and did one in Illustrator already. It has to be printed out as a 10 cm and 2 cm image, so it needs to be recognizable. We can use whatever kind of colours, and so far I only did one in grey tones. Gonna try and play with some actual colours soon, so suggestions would be appreciated. =D
Jasper Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 Nah, illustration is mostly real life medium like paint and pencil, though right now I'm using Illustrator for a logo we have to make for that class. Still though, this was only my first time ever using the program, so I'm quite happy with the result. We had some crappy introduction lessons on using the program, but I'll have to learn most of it on my own I guess. Okay, so here is my other thing. We have to make a logo for a non-existing game company who makes games for autistic teenagers. I got two designs that were approved by my teacher and did one in Illustrator already. It has to be printed out as a 10 cm and 2 cm image, so it needs to be recognizable. We can use whatever kind of colours, and so far I only did one in grey tones. Gonna try and play with some actual colours soon, so suggestions would be appreciated. =D Illustrator isn't hard as a program to get used to. Here are the most needed things: Pathfinder (for fusing, seperating, overlapping and not-overlapping with shapes), Character, Swatches (and color for that matter), tools, stroke and gradient options and a nifty thing I call 'imagination'. It works that way. For your image - it's nice. I'm wondering why it should be cut off around the edges? As a logo, in it's own right, it's not really good because of these edges - it looks to much 'taken from a comic book', in my opinion. But I like it, and since you're doing illustration it's not up to you to cough up a good composition for a logo, that would be my job - the graphic designer - to take the best out of your art. So I'm not going any further on that. In terms of color-scheme it might be nice to have a gentle touch of color more than an entire coloring. Maybe you can make the background white and those little lines coming out of the right one's mouth blue (cyan) or something. Just try a little here and there and edit on the way - it works best if you see the results on the go.
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