My Assignment 1-The final result

After the presentation in the class,I edited my assignment.I used a brighter colours to enhance it.
Here is a brief description about my assignment :

My issue of awareness is air pollution.

I've chose an exclamation mark as the main symbol of my assignment.As we all know,exclamation mark is a symbol that reflected the awareness.
From my work,I would like to show that we must aware with the hazardous air pollution.The smokes from factories and vehicles give negative effect to our environment.

The globe which was covered with smokes symbolized that pollution is everywhere.

The chosen of colours for my symbol were based on the real environment.Most of them were dull and gloomy colours to represent impurity.I used gradient to make it looks better and eye-catching.

Assignment 1-How I did it?

Step 1:Firstly,I placed my sketch as a reference
Step 2:For making a semi-circle shape, I used a combination of ellipse and rectangle and then I cropped them using crop pathfinder.I also used pen tool to complete the shape as above.I used brush stroke to outline it.

Step 3:Thirdly,I used ellipse to make the globe and I added drop-shadow effect.

Step 4:The fourth step,I drew the factory and houses using pen tool.For the tall building,I used a combination of rectangle shapes.Then,I used variety of brush strokes.

Step 5:For car,I used pen tool,ellipse shape,rounded rectangle shape with outline pathfinder.Then,I grouped them together.

Step 6:I used intersect shape areas,rectangles and warp tool.

Step 7:Then, I used warp tool or specifically twirl tool to draw smokes.I also gave the smokes a touch of inner/outer glow and shadow effect.

Step 8:After that,I used ellipse shape and warp tool to make the patches on the globe.

Step 9:I used the same tools as in step 7 to make the smokes.As a final touch,I used flare tool to make the sun more lively.

Assignment 1 Presentation

my final sketch

Here's my final sketch:



Brief description bout my sketch:
I've chose air pollution as my issue of awareness.
The exclamation mark brings a meaning that we must aware with the hazardous air pollution.
You also can see the image of earth that is covered with fumes from factories and vehicles.=)

my 1st sketch

Here's my first sketch:

Some Pics for reference