Kenneth's Blog

  My name is Kenneth Lewis, and this is my self-potrait that I worked so hardly on. As you can see, I  recreated myself from a picture I had professionally taken a couple years ago.  The picture to the left is the  picture, as the picture in the right is my design of that picture. Creating this art you can very easily  notice that I decided to change a few things of the picture. In the picture to the left, I have clear glasses,  a nice blue shirt, and a lighted background. However looking to the right, I have dark shades, a black  shirt, as well as blood red text displaying the word "POWER" in the back. I ultimately decided to put  this specific word because of the fact that I love reading. Soon to read one of the most famous books by  Robert Greene, "48 Laws of Power." This design did not actually take that long to make. In conclusion,  I enjoyed making this design because it looks exactly like me. I love how it came out in the end.

    My name is Kenneth Lewis, and this is my Calligram Art Project.  The picture to the left is a designer  logo I painted, a flower with different color petals, as well as a face in the middle. As you can see, I  made the text of the petals of the calligram the same color as the petals in my painting.  In my opinion,  one of the biggest challenges for me while doing this was when I was making the face itself. I decided to  to use the text path tool in order to make the petals itself in order to show some words from my letter.  Next, I made two circles; one for the brown circle and the other for the text path tool for the orange text  just inside the brown circle. Then, I envelop distorted a shape and text to combine the both of them to  make the mouth. This project took me about 3-4 hours to make. I liked making this project because it  was easier than the Dreamweaver project. I was able to easily create and manipulate my own shapes, as  well as changing the color with 2 simple mouse

      In my opinion I think the easiest tool in this video that will be simple for me to use is probably the  star tool, where you can make a star (triangle) and add as many more points as you want. There are  several ways I can use this tool. 1. I can make a triangle as a sign, or Doritos. 2. I can make a star in  the night sky, and so on. What I found interesting in this video is that you are able to manipulate  curves and straight lines to make your own custom shapes, as well changing the color very easily. Link to video     The tool that would be hardest for me to use is most likely the stroke tool. Because there are  multiple steps you must take in order to make the actual stroke. However, I will definitely be able to  use this is many different ways. I can use this to outline shapes in order to make them "pop" more.  When you outline a shape you are creating a border around it. I actually found this video pretty  insightful due to the very well-explained information. Th