Brooke's Digtial Media Blog

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBouhf4seWQ This video will help me use the drawing tools and decipher which tools are most efficient for what I am trying to do. It also explains how to save my work and export it to other places if it is needed. I think this will video will be most useful for when we first start using illustrator to help me navigate it. He is very thorough in his instructions which will come in handy if I get confused.  https://www.creativebloq.com/digital-art/illustrator-tutorials-1232697 This blog will definitely come in handy! It has 33 different sections about using different tools on Illustrator. It goes over the basics, tips and tricks, using different tools and more. Under each video is a description of what the video is about which will help if I have any specific questions. It also shows how to create shapes and and duplicate them.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GzumUieDPY  This video explains more in depth about each tool such as the an...

TIME WORKED ON: 12 HOURS TIME CRYING: 8 HOURS LINES OF CODE: 624 ARTIST STATEMENT:            I created my project using the Adobe application DreamWeaver. It took a total of approximately 12 hours to create from start to finish, and approximately 8 hours of me crying, and 624 lines of code. My inspiration for my project came while I was in my hammock in Plant Park brainstorming with my friends.          The background is created by a gradient  and a horizontal line to break up the difference between the sky and the ocean. I also used quadratic curves for the palm tree trunks, the hammock as well as the island. The palm leafs are made up of repeating quadratic curves. Each wave is made of bezier curves. For the sun I used a circle and triangles for the sun rays.           My favorite part of my project is my  palm trees, I am especially impressed with the leafs. I had a very difficult tim...

Two things that we use everyday; the Internet and the Web. However, how many of us know the difference between these two functions, or even know there was a difference at all? The Internet and the Web are commonly mistaken to be one in the same, but they are two separate entities that often work simultaneously together to connect people from all over the world and allow us to access an endless amount of information.  The Internet is in theory a “network of networks” (Toothman 1). It is likely that your phone, computer, house and school are on a network, that together form a larger network. These area networks are connected to other networks nearby to create regional networks. These are connected to other regional networks, and so on and so forth. The networks here on Earth are connected to satellites in space and are also a part of the Internet. The Internet was founded by Robert E. Kahn and Vint Cerf in 1990 (Web 1). The Web is what we use to access the Internet. It is not a ...