Project 1 - Sean Walden

So I started this picture a couple of times and started over because I was discovering that there was a better way to o each process.

I first did all the orange shapes on the body. the tail and arm were drawn with the pen tool and manipulated until I got them how I wanted them, the Torso was done with the pencil tool, with the smooth option on, and the head was done using the oval tool with the merge drawing option on. I found the merge drawing objects to be very helpful when making the head due to the interesting shapes that could be made by deleting parts of an object.

I then did the rest of the white outlines with the pencil tool, and added the striped bit with the paint brush tool because of the smooth, tapered effect that I got from it. The pads on the feet, as well as the nose and eyes were done using all the different oval tools, and the little red part was made from manipulating a square. I was originally going to use the spray brush to make a small shadow on the ground but I didn't like how it turned out so I ended up just using it to make the little trail behind him.

I think my favorite tool ended up being the paint brush tool. It just had a nice smooth, free, sketchy feel to it when I was using it, however, the pen tool was by far the most useful in this particular project