Pen Tool Exercise

For this assignment I drew a mock up of a logo for NSU and then I transferred it into illustrator and converted the image into a template. After that I would do into outline view and use the pen tool to trace the edges of my logo. Once done I I filled in the path so fill he logo with color and then copied it using alt to change the color to create variations of the same design after grouping my log together into an object.

For this project I many any circles and by using the smart guides, I was able to align them perfectly (on the second try) with the edges of the outer circles. Using the shape builder tool I was able to join together the lines to turn the many little shapes into larger and simple shapes. Finally I used the gradient window and and tool to adjust the gradient that I liked.