Geometric Self Portrait

   For this assignment I used Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is a lot different from Photoshop, which is the software I know the best, so using Illustrator was a fun learning experience. One of the main differences between Illustrator and Photoshop is that Photoshop deals with raster images and Illustrator deals with vector images. A raster image is made up of small, equally sized pixels. A vector image is made of shapes that are connected together by vectors. The original image of me was a raster image and by using Illustrator I made it into a vector image. Another major difference between the two programs is that Illustrator can be used to create images from scratch while a preexisting image is required in Photoshop.

   To create the image above, I mainly used the pen tool and the eye dropper tool. The pen tool allowed me to create shapes on my face and the eye dropper tool filled in the shapes with the most abundant color inside the shape, which was mostly different shapes of brown. In order to use the eye dropper tool I also had to use the selection tool to select the shapes I wanted to fill in.

   My favorite part of this assignment was the end result. I thought that all of different shapes and colors made a really cool image. My least favorite part about this assignment was how tedious the process was. Making the shapes was a meticulous process that took a while to do correctly. If I was given this assignment again, I would improve it by going at a faster rate. Now that I know exactly how to complete this assignment, I would be able to add more detail and take less time to complete it.