1. CouGar Table of Contents
Computer Graphics Class of Fall 2011 Image Creators...........................................................2-3
Cougar Hat (Jordan Juarez)..................................4-9
Technology Open and SEE for yourself
• Adobe Illustrator what young students can do Teapots in Light (Jordan Juarez).......................10-13
• In Design with Technology when given Realistic vs Unrealistic (Roxy Wasiunec).......14-15
the opportunity.
The 3 C’s (Roxy Wasiunec)...................................16-17
Nike’s on My Feet (Nico Krajecki)....................18-21
Brush Strokes (Shawnita Montgomery)...........22-23
Incredible Hulk (Tom Zwarcyz)........................24-25
Working With the Hand (Tom Zwarcyz)........26-27
Converse (Allison Horn)......................................28-33
A Night Downtown (Christian Rosales).........34-37
Hoops (Giovanni Diaz)........................................38-39
Tea-Pots (Giovanni Diaz)........................................40

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3. Reppin’ Them Cougars,
#1 In The Nation!!!
Going into my senior
year in high school all the talk
was about College. Where are
you going? Are you playing
on the field 4 short weeks later.
I finished off my senior year
strong, so I had high hopes for
being recruited the next few
“My hat reminds
SXU
sports? Is it far from home? months.
me of the journey I
All these questions everyday Recruiting didn’t go
made thinking about college to well for me untill I heard
very stressful. My plan was to from Saint Xavier University. I
made to get where I
go somewhere on scholarship knew they were a top program
to play football. As a Junior I in NAIA. I took a visit loved it,
had a break-out year and I was loved the coaches, and 6 weeks
am today.”
getting some attention by some later signed to play football at
colleges and I was even more Saint Xavier, and I couldn’t be
excited for my senior year. All happier.
my hopes went crashing down Now my hat that you
one night. see to the right means alot
It was September to me. It may just seem like
3, 2010, my third game of a normal hat with the Saint
the my senior year. I knew Xavier cougar on it, but its not.
it would be a good game, I It is much more to me. My hat
came out jacked and ready to reminds me of the journey I
play. I started the game with made to get where I am today.
a 40 Kick-Off Return and two I reached my goal of play
plays later broke a run for a 45 college football, and on the #1
yard touchdown run. What a team in the nation. As soon as
great start. Now it was time for I got here I bought this hat to
defense, as the first few series represent the cougar nation at
went by I had 6 tackles and a Saint Xavier University and to
sack, No one could stop me. show that I am proud of what I
The clock began to run down am and where I am today.
to half time when my number
got called to run the ball again. -Jordan Juarez-
I took the ball up the left side
line for a 10 gain before I was
tackled. Unfortunately when
I was falling to the ground I
stuck out my arm to try and
remain standing and keep
Cougars
running. This probably was
the dumbest thing I could have
done at the time. I dislocated
my elbow and torn the liga-
ments around my elbow on
that play.
It was the worse thing
that could have possibly hap-
pened to me. Lucky I made a
speedy recovery and got back
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4. V
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Brush Stroke Hat
For this variation of my hat, I changed my lines into Colorful Hat
brush strokes with different colors. However I didn’t focus on the
lines from the seats, I want my audience to focus more on the hat
and also the seat designs. Even thought the hat is the main part This variation was my favorite today. I knew right away
of my image I gave the seat designs a more vibrant color because I wanted to have vibrant colors for this variaiton. I immediately
in the original picture the seat designs had the more vibrant color made the seats as black as I could so all the colors would pop.
than the hat. Lastly I didn’t touch the cougar because I wanted My main focus once again was the hat and the seat designs. I
you to see that clearly because it is my favorite part. went for the brightest and most vibrant colors for my hat, starting
with hot pink and making my way to neon yellow. I finished it
off with the vibrant blue color you see on the cougar and I added
the white to make it stand out more. The seats weren’t as vibrant
Green Hat because I wanted my audience to focus more on my hat.
-Jordan Juarez-
Obviously for this variation is different shades
of green. This variation was very fun to play with, even
though you are only using one color it still catches my
eye every time I look at it. I used darker shades for
the darker colors, lighter shades for the lighter colors,
and vibrant colors for the vibrant colors, pretty simply.
But just like my other variation I wanted my cougar to
stand out so I used the closest color green to white I
could find and I hope that catches your eye first.
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5. The Favorite! The Cougar
Its no suprise that this variation is the croud favorite.
The vabrant colors just jump right off the page but one thing
I was told by the students in my class was that they loved the
detail of the cougar. Its easy to tell that most of my time was
spent on the cougar. I zoomed in until I couldn’t zoom any-
more so that I could get the shape as perfect as I could. Turns
out I did a good jump. I would have to agree with everyone as
well, the cougar is my favorite part.
-Jordan Juarez-
Cougar Hat Created by Jordan Juarez ->
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on making more and more lines and it will look better. Turns out
Just Keep on Keepin’ On he was right. And I guess this is a lesson for this type of art and
also life in general. In life there is always more you can do, so
For all the lines that were involved in this project I just you just gotta keep on keepin’ on.
got to say one thing. Just keep on keepin’ on. There were many
times when I was ready to stop cause I was tired of doing the -Jordan Juarez-
same thing over and over again. Professor Peck told me to keep
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7. Tea Pots in Light
Now what you might highlights and the shades. For and darks hit in unusal spots.
not realize from the first pic- example the the sticks have Finally I added the big shade
ture to this one is that there are one dark side and one dark that the object is projecting to
hundreds of more lines added. side. But it gets more compli- the right, and I did it in a dark
I know it doesn’t seem like it cated when you start looking green so that it flows with the
but if you look close enough at the tea pots. One side isn’t background.
you can tell that I try to perfect light and the other dark. They
the lines or shapes of the object are really both mixed into both -Jordan Juarez-
by drawing the same line sides because of the shape of
multiple times until its what I the object. Sure they look flush
want. The picture underneath is to the touch but they aren’t
my final of draft of this project. they groves and detail added
As you can see I added the into the object that lets lights
after
Before
For this assignment In the picture of above is sticks sitting inside of both of
we were to start of with a where I started off. This was them and hanging out from the
background of 5’s in differ- before I did all the light and top.
ent shades of green. Its hard even added the fact that you
to see but if you look hard can see the sticks through the -Jordan Juarez-
enough you can tell. Then we tea pots. So it would be safe to
had to create the tea pots we say that my first draft above is
were looking at with nothing to help me get an idea of ev-
but lines. No outlines, just erything that is going on in the
lines that give the shape of the Picture. Just a general out look,
object we are trying to portray. such as they are tea pots, with
Tea Pots in Light
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8. Realistic “We got to
We got to play around with reality.
We were allowed to manipulate the image in
anyway in terms of lines and color. I decided to
make two of my shoe images kind of believ-
play around
able. The bright colored shoes that have many
vs
colors in them to me could be believable be-
cause there are crazy shoes like this out there.
Where as the green piece with yellow back-
ground isn’t believable. It have just enough
with reality.”
detail that we know they are nike shoes, but I
was able to take out a lot of detail to make the
image more abstract and crazy. Each of these
Unrealistic
images do something different to the viewers
eye in terms of movement.
Text and Images by:
-Roxy Wasiunec-
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9. The 3
C’s
Craft: to create these
images I used illustrator. in
Illustrator I chose the brush
tool and and made two layers.
The first layer was made with
a green pallet and its all 5s. the
second (bowls) layer was made
with different size brushed
ranging from .25-10. The color
pallet used for that was orange
monochromatic 2.
Composition: The
hue that was used in this was
green and orange because they
are on opposite side of the
color spectrum. The image has
a lot of darker values on the
left side of the left image and
right side as well. where on the
opposite side has a lot more
lighter values. The reason the
two colors were chosen were
because they create a very nice
contrast.
Concept: the left
image was a tall and wide
vase that had natural lines and
branches. The right side has a
short more narrow vase with
more lines and branches as
well. both have natrual shapes
to them.
Text and Image by:
-Roxy Wasiunec-
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10. Nikes On
My
Feet
The white shoe on the black background
makes the shoe stick out as much as possible and
makes the viewer forget about everything else. The
plain white helps the viewer to appreciate the design
in the shoe and with the black background gives it a
plain but interesting look.
Text and Image by:
-Nico Krajecki-
Just Do It
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11. Shades of Green Paint Brush Outline
This picture was made by using a
“look at the shoe-
I used a change in stroke of
design from Adobe Illustrator as the green
background and using different shades of
green on the shoe to give the picture an all
the outline of the shoelaces and the
background to emphasize the shoe. The
viewer should look at the shoelaces first
laces first and
green look. With the background all green
and having a black circular object in the
middle of the page where the shoe is, it
should draw the eye straight to the shoe. The
and how they look unrealistic but stick
out the most. The different colors in the
background are unimportant, they just
how they look un-
add emphasis to the shoe and the laces.
background is made from different strokes on
the outlines of the objects, made to not draw
too much attention to it.
It is a nike shoe with an outline around
some of the shoe and laces.
Text and Image by:
realistic but
Text and Image by:
-Nico Krajecki-
-Nico Krajecki-
stick out the
most”
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12. Brush Strokes
Created by:
Craft: Adobe Illustrator, the brush tool,
color and color gradients were used in these im-
ages.
Composition: I want the viewers eyes
to focus on the different colors and the different
Shawnita Montgomery
strokes being used in each image. I also want the
to see how thick the lines are compared to the oth-
ers.
Concept: Buildings of different colors
and different strokes.
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13. House
of the
Incredible
Hulk
Craft:
To variate the colors of the objects, I used the pointer
tool to select certain objects. I then used the color swatches and
different color pallets to change the color and feel of the work.
Again, this is still using the same program, Adobe Illustrator. I
also used gradients where needed to show depth and shade.
Composition:
In some works that use color, I use light tints of each
color to make objects stand out more, such as windows and
bricks. This trick emphasizes more on the center object or point
of interest and less on the background.
Concept:
The whole idea with adding lighter colors allows me to
control what the viewer will see first and where the viewer’s eye
will go next. If I make a certain object stand out by giving it a
high contrast, the viewer will look at that object int the work first.
I also used color to change the whole mood of the picture, for
example, when I made the photo look like it was taken in the dark
or on the scorching sun.
By: Tom Zwarcyz
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14. Working with the Hand
Steady Hand
I used a number 2 pencil on white paper. I set
up 3 different liquid holding vessels under a fixed light
to cast different value. I then outlined the object on the
“I used a number
paper and then added the varying values of light by
rapidly moving the pencil, pressing harder in darker
areas and pressing very light over light shades. The
2
objective of this work is to experiment with value and
shading on simple objects.
Text and Images by:
pencil”
-Tom Zwarcyz-
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15. Picture
*Converse* Computer Graphic Copy
Craft Concept
The subject is a pair of shoes. That is what I want
In Adobe Illustrator, I used the pen tool to create shapes viewers to be able to recognize. Everything surrounding then
and I used a camera to take a picture of the image I was going to will be more clear once I add more detail because right now it is
create. hard to tell what the shoes are setting on.
Composition
By:
The converse shoes are obviously the main subject of
the piece and they are sitting right in the center of the page. They
are set on a step stool and there is a sense of depth since I made
Allison Horn
a wall in the background. I wanted the viewer’s eye to focus first
on the shoes and probably follow along the wavy laces, then to
look towards the background.
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16. Texture
Craft:
I used Adobe Illustrator and played around with
lines, colors, and textures to create the images.
Composition:
I wanted to see how the shoe would look with a
bunch of different textures so I looked through all the dif-
ferent possible textures and create compositions I thought
looked interesting. I also took into account the colors
because I still wanted the shoe to remain their black color
and have a nice contrast with the background.
Concept:
My variation is simply my converse shoes. I did
not intend for people to think of anything specific when
seeing my shoes. Viewers can view them any way they
want.
By: Allison Horn
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17. Line
Drawing
Techniques’
Limited number of lines
Unlimited number of lines
Ou t line
Craft: Concept:
I used Adobe Illustrator and the paintbrush tool in the When someone looks at the drawings, i want them to be
program. able to know they are teapots.
Text and Images by:
-Allison Horn-
Composition:
For the teapots I drew the ones using outlines first a
couple times, because that is the main way beginners learn how
to draw--they repeat the shapes they see. The teapots I drew
filled with lines are sometimes more interesting to me, though,
because they suggest volume. Using curved lines gives you an
idea of what areas of an object bulge out or curve in. I have
been drawing for a long time, so I am surprised I never used that
method until about half a year ago.
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18. Wow,
Cool.
CRAFT:
So, using Adobe Illustrator, I took my original picture
and went crazy with it. As you can see with version 1, I changed
all the colors. I did this by using the swatches window and open-
ing up the swatches library. I picked color combinations and
went to town.
COMPOSITION:
In version 1, I chose colors that were very bright so that
the picture pops out at you and just draws your attention to all the
various color combinations. For me, my eyes go directly to the
building on the left because of the three colors that were used.
CONCEPT:
This week, for me, is going to be called: Creative Free-
dom.
By:
Christian Rosales
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19. A Night Downtown!
Craft:
Concept: Craft:
I did the same with version 3, I just
I play with both color and stroke. added more , like the background is a gradient
For the stroke, I opened up the brushes win- color.
Creative
dow and chose arrows.
Compostion:
Composition: With version 3, the first thing i see is the
The arrow gives this cool outline and white circle in the background. It kinda of seems
shows where the line starts and ends. When like a the sun setting in the evening.
Freedom.
I look at the picture, I eyes go to the middle
building. The white arrow outline stands out Text and Images by:
more than the others. -Christian Rosales-
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20. By:
Giovanni
Diaz
Hoops
Craft- The way I used my hand to compose this
picture was by carefully following lines to draw everything.
The tools I used to create this piece was Adobe Illustrator,
and the pen tool.
Composition- What I did to draw peoples atten-
tionwas add different values of colors. The background
dark, and then a little lighter as it the eye gets to the middle.
Concept- What I want people to see when they see
this picture is a beachball stuck in a basketball hoop during
the day.
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21. The
End
Thank you for viewing my magazine. I hope you
Tea-Pots
enjoyed it. To look at more of my work go to
my blog.
jordan-cgf11.blogspot.com
Concept blog:
progress
This drawing has an object that is tall and an
object that is short. It also has an object that is natural
and an object that is hand-made. What I want people
to think when they see this drawing is a colorful draw- Magazine:
ing, with two handmade objects holding twigs. Product
Text and Image by:
-Giovanni Diaz-
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