Project 2 - Noel Javier

Since we had to use the spray tool I decided to carry out the starry night in winter theme.

I used the arrange order quite a bit especially with the bear. I had to make layers “send to front” and “send backward” frequently. Then I figured out the flow of layers by creating the part of the bear that would be in the “back”. For example, for the head I created it with an oval then reshaped it with the pen tool, subselection tool, and Bezier handles. Next, I added the mouth (to be on the layer above the head layer), then nose as the layer above the mouth and so on. You just have to change the way you think about drawing and consider where that part may be in the layer order.

You will see the primitive oval tool for the ears. It worked out pretty well creating a half circle with the center cut out. I grouped many of the layers so I could move them simultaneously. For the paws I did the paint brush tool on top of the actual arm then grouped them to move them. After I got the bear folders(head and body) into one folder I could then move the entire bear wherever I wanted. In this case, on top of the ice island.

I found it useful to use the subselection tool to edit generic shapes (like an oval) to manipulate it into a recognizable object. I did this procedure with just about every part like the nose, eyes, body, etc.

I recommend naming wisely, so you can keep track of all the parts then create a folder if it has many parts that should be categorized for organization. I had a folder for the head that contained all layers associated with the head and a body folder that had contained all the other body parts.

As for stacking, it made sense to have the sky be behind everything, then the island, then the bear. I wasn’t too impressed with the mask tool. I like creating the shape I want rather than subtracting from a particular area to make a shape.