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These are part of my sketches.
due to the {censored} slow connection,
i will upload my references and steps later on...

introducing...

This is my final illustration for assignment 2.
Title: Hope or Pain
Area: Deforestation
Description: This illustration shows a tree in the middle of no where. It maybe the last tree left on earth or the first tree found after human deforest wantonly. The peachy color of the background contain double meaning. It can represent sunrise which means hope or sunset which means hopeless. So, preserve the forest before it is too late or assist when help is needed. Hope or Pain, your choice.

ASSIGNMENT 2. processesss

Step1: Drag my reference picture into the illustrator and adjust its size using transform so that it fits the A3 paper.













Step2: To makes thing easier, i used live trace to trace the outline so that i can draw according to it. Changed the background into template and dimmed the image to 50%.





































Step3: I created 3 layers which are treetrunk1, treetrunk2 and treetrunk3 for this part. I used pen tool to draw the outline of the tree trunk and later on colored it after it is finished. The tree trunk is separated into 3 layers to make it more realistic and more lively. Some parts of the tree trunk can be ignored because it will be covered by the upper layer.





































Step4: I created 3 layers for the leaves too which are leaves1, leaves2 and leaves3. Using the same method which is pen tool to draw the outline of the leaves which is time consuming =.=. As what i mentioned in step 3, i ignored some parts of the leaves as it be be overlap by the other layers so it saves some time.

























Step5: After completing the whole tree, i carry on to the ground. I created 2 layers for the ground which are named under land1 and land2. Once again, i used pen tool to draw all those little parts of the shadow and the frame.













Step6: This is the easy one! I created only 1 layer for the mountain behind named under mountain1 and using pen tool... again...













Step7: Layer sky1 and sky2 were created after i had done all those major/minor editing of the tree. I used gradient tool to color the sky using peach instead of blue which I THINK is more suitable. Just IGNORE the msn thingy...













Step8: Lastly, the logo was added. I used a rectangle with 40% opacity to separate the logo with the background so that they won't mix together.

Step9: CELEBRATE and SLEEP.

here we go again~

These are the references i found...
all kind of trees...
there are only 5 of them but it takes centuries to load...
the line sucks
sketches on soon!

INCOMING! DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOL

Description

Name : Tree Pyramid

Features :
The logo is made out of a tree surrounded by dotted lines and a scissor.
The shape of the tree looks like a triangle which is inspired by the Food Pyramid.
The tree is divided into 6 different layers.
Each layer is filled with different color representing the quantity of tree remaining on earth.

Color :
Dark Green: Plenty of trees left.
Green : There are still a lot of trees.
Light Green: Situation still under control.
Yellow : Action should be taken to preserve the forest.
Orange : Quantity of tree is declining rapidly.
Red : Critical situation! Earth is running out of tree!
This is the situation where human is facing now.


Meaning :
Those dotted lines surrounding the tree are tracks showing the way how human is cutting down trees.
Obviously, the scissor is the tool human uses to deforest the earth.
For human, deforestation is as easy as cutting along the dotted lines which leads to more deforestation.
This symbol is to remind human that stop cutting down trees is easier than cutting down more trees or else tree will extinct from earth.

*SYMBOL

STEP 1
Drew the outline of the tree using pen tool.













STEP 2
Drew those dotted lines surrounding the tree using pen tool again. ^^













STEP 3
Layered the tree into 6 parts.
& scissor is added to the dotted lines.
*meaning: HUMAN!please cut according to this
line to cut down more trees! :p













STEP 4
COLORING!
The tree trunk in brown as it should be.













STEP 5
Done with the colors.
6 colors were used to filled up 6 parts of the tree.
The 6 different colors represent the quantity of tree remaining on earth.
dark green: Plenty of trees. no fear.
green: There is still a lot of trees.
light green: Situation still under control.
yellow: Action should be taken.
orange: Quantity is declining rapidly.
red: critical situation! Earth is running out of tree!
This is the situation which human will
encounter in the future.
WAHAHA














*BLING*Here is another symbol i do for fun.
DR.khoo, consider this too!

sketches uploaded

These are my sketches for global warming.
obviously i chose a rather common topic--> deforestation
the only thing which came to my mind is treetreeTREE
so, yeah... tree rox






































These are some images i found about deforestation and some tree images.