[mr. burns]

assignment: using adobe illustrator, create a vector drawing of a symbol for a botanical garden.
Requirements:
• max 6"x6"
• symbol/drawing must use exactly four 'ink' colours: any number of digitally-mixed combinations of the four 'process' colors [cmyk]
• symbol/drawing must include at least one counterform object or negative space [filled with white].
• symbol/drawing must include at least one geometric object, which may enclose the abstract portion or be contains within it.
• symbol/drawing must include at least one organic bézier path [open or close].
• symbol/drawing must incluse at least 4 layers.
• symbol/drawing must include at least one example of applying transperancy or blending modes.

do not use any letterforms or typographic elements.

these are the roughs
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/CDES122symbol.png
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/CDES122symbol2.png
http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/CDES122symbol3.png
this is what i turned in

[siMac]

I'm not sure I understand the reason for this post, do you want constructive criticism?

If so all I would say is that I like the work you've done, but I can't see any evidence of it including "at least one example of applying transperancy [sic] or blending modes."

I also have some criticism of the assignment itself. "Symbol/drawing must incluse [sic] at least 4 layers" seems like a matter of working preferences to me - some people prefer to work with separate layers for almost every object, others don't seem to know the layers pallette exists; I don't think either is right or wrong, the correct number of layers is the number you can work comfortably with on the project in question.

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[iREZ]

Originally posted by siMac:
I can't see any evidence of it including "at least one example of applying transperancy [sic] or blending modes

Unless the gradient used in the petals is considered a transperancy. Good stuff though. I too am a design student, and compared to the stuff I see my colleagues turn in your's looks like it's professional.