by amiemccracken | Nov 3, 2013 | design
We learned some of the transform tools in the last week of the Illustrator class from Nicole’s Classes. But mostly the homework was to create a final project, something that used the skills learned throughout the month. Lately I’ve been wanting to update...
by amiemccracken | Oct 29, 2013 | design
Ah brushes, those beautiful things in Illustrator that make anyone an instant artist, digitally. But in the Illustrator class from Nicole’s Classes we learned how to actually create our own, which was fun. Our assignment last week was to make a blog banner and...
by amiemccracken | Oct 15, 2013 | design
This week in my Nicole’s Classes Illustrator class we went over a lot of the tools: the pen tool, the pencil tool, the line and shape tools, and how to make all of those do fancy things. So besides playing with the shapes and lines and making a dart board and a...
by amiemccracken | Oct 8, 2013 | design
There is some crazy hype for typography posters lately. Especially with the beauty of seeing them splattered across your Pinterest feed. That’s why I was excited for my first week of homework from my Nicole’s Classes Illustrator class…typography...
by amiemccracken | Sep 19, 2013 | about me, design, Germany
I have a blank gray wall in my apartment. It’s the focal point of the living room. And it’s been blank since we moved in. But months before I even knew that wall existed, I had a project in mind. It was a project I found on Pinterest. Finally, finally, it...
by amiemccracken | Jun 20, 2013 | about me, design, Germany
I like to write on my walls. My friends and I put bible quotes on all our walls when we were teenagers (we even had a legit business name of The Writing on the Wall). At our last German apartment I filled a whole wall with Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice quotes. And...
