In this assignment, we had to build a gingerbread house from scratch using a picture of a real gingerbread house as an example. I began by making the house out of a rectangle and a square, and pulling them to make it look 3D. Then, I began to make the little shapes that would design the house around, such as the gumdrops and the candy canes. As I made each item, I pulled it out as well to make it look 3D. I used the line and freehand tools to make most of the shapes, and the canvas to fill them in with color. Since its a gingerbread house, I used mainly red and green for the shapes. In the end, the final result came out like this. I used the Iso view to show the front, back and the sides properly.

This is the original gingerbread house I will be using as a template for my gingerbread house.

#22 blocks 7-12

These blocks were a follow up from the first 6. I used the same tools from before, like the push/pull, the measuring tape to make the guide lines and the rectangle tool. I made sure each block was a certain height and width. For example, block #7 is 8x5x6. Block #8 is 9x5x7. Block 9 is 9x5x6. Block #10 is 11x3x6. Block #11 is 8x5x6. Block #12 is 9x4x6. I also used the canvas tool to color in the blocks, according to their slopes and platforms. Creating some of these blocks was hard, especially in getting the precise measurements. The final result was this.

#22 blocks 1-6

For assignment #22, we had to create blocks with their precise dimensions. As we made more and more blocks, each got a bit more complicated to make. To do this, we had to start off by creating a rectangle to work from. I used the measuring tool to see how wide and tall the block needed to be. The push and pull tool was very important here because of how in some blocks needed parts taken away or moved. Block #1 is 8x5x5. Block #2 is 8x5x5. Block #3 is 9x4x6. Block #4 is 7x6x4. Block #5 is 8x5x5. Block #6 is 8x5x6.

In this assignment, we began to use Google Sketchup. We were introduced to it by first learning how to create the shapes, such as the circle, triangle and square for #21a. As you can see, for #21b we stepped it up by making the shapes created previously into 3D shapes.The push/pull tool helped me do this by taking a hold of the shapes and pulling them. For #21c, we had to write our names using the drawing tool to make the letters. Afterwards, I added the 3D effect once again to make the letters into bubble letters.

In this test, we created a wireless phone of our own. I used a wide amount of rectangles in different sizes to make the shape of the phone and its features. I learned how to use the offset path effect and change the stroke & gradient for the colors. I aligned many of the shapes I made to make the buttons of the phone, and used a certain font to create the icons for the phone's screen. I also learned how to use pathfinder and expand objects.

In this assignment, I learned how to use Illustrator for the first time. We had to create a flash drive of our own. Many shapes had to be used in order to create the flash drive, like many rectangles. As the shapes were made, I added specific gradient colors to them. For mine, I used purple, black and white gradients. I also learned how to align the shapes properly so that the flash drive could look efficient,