Iterative Illustrations

Objective: Choose an animal or object, and recognize the essential elements that make it unique. Use these elements to display it in different forms of media and content. This project also introduced basic functions of Photoshop and InDesign.

The gray wolf had a lot of cliches to it, specifically the stance of howling at the moon. I found out more about my object, and that it can generate a different mood depending on the stance it is in. A side profile resembles more power or dominance which was a different take from it being a wellknown vicious animal. Also, its coat was more complex than I anticipated, with several different layers of black, gray, and white that make it the distinct species it is.

helpful as well as shortcuts like using the magic wand and quick mask going forward. If I had to continue to work with this object, I would research the gray wolf further to capture more unique traits of it, like its original habitat or ancestors. Perhaps seeing how they interact with their young could generate a different outlook on the animal as well. Capturing an image of a gray wolf and its prey could be different from what I have shown so far too.

Making a quality collage from the magazine scraps was the hardest media to use because not all of the “finished products” looked realistic. It was a lot of chaos and I felt like I couldn’t match anything together in addition to telling if one color was too close to another which I found out later in Photoshop. The most enjoyable iteration for me was copying Eric Carle’s artwork process. Yes, it was still a collage piece, but I had control of everything coming together with textures, colors, and patterns to make a gray wolf. I think this one turned out very similar to Eric Carle’s illustrations and it took a lot of time, but the result was my favorite.

The basics of Photoshop are useful for future projects or just to mess around with in my free time, such as knowing how to rotate images, use the lasso tool, and curves feature on layers. Knowing how to remove the background is