Digital Illustration (WK2) - Event Poster

Let me start this blog off by saying...I got very familiar with the gradient mesh tool, symbols, and the pattern tools while making this poster. 

I chose to highlight EPCOT's Flower and Garden Festival, which takes place from May to June this year. I skip most of the festivals hosted at Disney World (the crowds are insane!), but this one is always my favorite. 



At first, I had a lot of trouble using the gradient mesh tool and getting the shading right on the banner, but I ended up loving the results. The EPCOT ball took me (literally) 3 days to get right, and the banner took me another half to a full day. I would've liked to add more hand-drawn (and then designed in the program) elements, but unfortunately, I ran out of time to complete this because I prioritized the EPCOT ball and the banner. On the positive side of this dilemma, this allowed me to explore the Symbols panel! I was surprised to see how many nature-related symbols were available, and I feel like that gave me some variety in color, as well as showing the range of flowers and plants that are displayed for EPCOT's Flower and Garden Festival. For the word "EPCOT", I used a pre-existing font in Illustrator and moved the letters around to create a template, and then used the pen tool to create an outline so all of the letters were connected as I preferred. 

Overall, I think I could have done this better, but I did learn a lot. There are so many useful tools in this program, I can't wait to have more opportunities to practice using them! 

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