In this tutorial I had to use most of the tools in illustrator that already has the shape made such as the rectangle and ellipse tool. This tutorial is one of the much easier tutorials that doesn't involve a lot of tools and it doesn't take up too much time. The only difficulty i had with this one is sizing everything just right, such as the eyes and legs.
This tutorial is much like the one above, a much easier and less time consuming one. In this tutorial you use a lot of the shape shifting tools and you have to arrange everything in the right place in order to make the key look like an actual key, which involves using the free transform and arrangement. I found this tutorial to be very helpful on how to put things in your image.
In this tutorial I got a lot of practice because it was more of a do it yourself tutorial and I found that to be very useful to me later on in the program because i got more use to everything I was using. The main tools for this tutorial was the shape shifting tools and arrangement.
In this tutorial the main tools were the graphic symbols and the shape shifting tools, it wasn't required but you could also use many different swatches to make your final image creative and interesting. I found this tutorial very simple and a little fun.
In this tutorial you use a lot of the shape shifting tools and you also get to practice with all of your symbols and the textures that are in the program. I thought this was a very interesting project because you got to put in the fish that you like and decorate the tank as you please. I had some difficulty adjusting the sand in the right way and trouble making it look just right for the tank so it was a little more time consuming than the others.
The flower shop ad tutorial was very interesting and a fun tutorial to do, you got to work with a lot of different swatches in illustrator. You also had to use some of the effects such as the pucker and bloat effect to make the flowers come out looking good. You also got to get a little more practice with the pencil tool by using it making the stems, which i had some difficulty making.
In this tutorial we got to use new swatches that go along with the activity, along with new symbols that made the outcome of the image more creative. I didn't find any of the steps in this tutorial difficult, I found it to be a very simple yet fun tutorial.
In this tutorial I used a variety of tools, the steps involved a lot of shape shifting and a different way of using the swatches. I had trouble using the Live Paint Bucket tool in this tutorial which made the coloring of the can.