I used grouping in several parts if this project and layers for just about everything. First I had to create the shamrock that would serve as a symbol for the background grid. I created it out of many things and then grouped them together until I was ready to union them together and make a symbol. Once the shamrock grid was created I made a new layer and positioned it behind the shamrock grid in order to show the shamrocks on a black background.
The wall in front was created with several layers. I first did a pencil drawing of the outline and realized I couldn’t fill it. So I used to the outline to put in rectangles and transform them to the shape seen. The hole in the center was made by masking and using different shapes to guide as I drew out a lot of it. Another shamrock was placed on top to create the appearance of the thickness of the wall within the center shamrock and then I went in with a brush to make it look more like that and not one just on top.
Throughout the wall process I was moving layers forward and backward and hiding them for the ease of seeing without having other things in the way. Then as I went along I would group them and lock the group folder so I wouldn’t keep selecting a line next to where I was trying to highlight.
The final order of the layers is so that obviously everything seen is seen the way it is. Oh, and at the end I created a layer and made a polygon with a customized gradient light and placed it between the wall folder and the background folder to appear as if there were a light source behind the wall.
The text was added at the end, each on different layers. After typing I broke all apart twice to make them merge shapes so I could transform them in ways that text doesn’t allow, i.e. distort and envelope. And the meaning of the text? Well, I figured it could be a cover of some sort for photos from my trip to Ireland with my boyfriend this coming November.
The recommendation for managing complex objects on a single layer is to not, and use multiple layers. Or if not, group or union them together to make it a little easier. The pitfall of using just one layer is that you have to be careful about what you’re selecting. Also you can’t hide other things when you want to focus on one object with nothing else showing. My preference of tools is still the brush tool and drawing objects versus merge shapes because they seem easy enough to use and morph.
The wall in front was created with several layers. I first did a pencil drawing of the outline and realized I couldn’t fill it. So I used to the outline to put in rectangles and transform them to the shape seen. The hole in the center was made by masking and using different shapes to guide as I drew out a lot of it. Another shamrock was placed on top to create the appearance of the thickness of the wall within the center shamrock and then I went in with a brush to make it look more like that and not one just on top.
Throughout the wall process I was moving layers forward and backward and hiding them for the ease of seeing without having other things in the way. Then as I went along I would group them and lock the group folder so I wouldn’t keep selecting a line next to where I was trying to highlight.
The final order of the layers is so that obviously everything seen is seen the way it is. Oh, and at the end I created a layer and made a polygon with a customized gradient light and placed it between the wall folder and the background folder to appear as if there were a light source behind the wall.
The text was added at the end, each on different layers. After typing I broke all apart twice to make them merge shapes so I could transform them in ways that text doesn’t allow, i.e. distort and envelope. And the meaning of the text? Well, I figured it could be a cover of some sort for photos from my trip to Ireland with my boyfriend this coming November.
The recommendation for managing complex objects on a single layer is to not, and use multiple layers. Or if not, group or union them together to make it a little easier. The pitfall of using just one layer is that you have to be careful about what you’re selecting. Also you can’t hide other things when you want to focus on one object with nothing else showing. My preference of tools is still the brush tool and drawing objects versus merge shapes because they seem easy enough to use and morph.
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