Computer graphics 2 & Works on Sketch: 2008-03-23

This is the assignment 2 work ,which is about making a calendar of one month in which there is any celebration,well, as in Eid al Fitr celebration of the coming September 2009; the day begin with the sign of half moon with shows the end of Ramadan.I have choose this month (September 2009) especially on 20th.

Design statement : "Eid" is a divine celebrity around the world .

My design is based on Eid el Fitr moon. Starting by tracing a mosque on illustrator, and by using my skills of the nature of that celebration, as we all know "Eid" is a religious celebration.Matter fact following those criteria of the moon which symbolizes the Eid !!! i suggest to elaborate in a mood of that environment of mosque front to a magic weather symbolizing the purity, a mosque showing holiness,and the sight of the moon.
After many thoughts i focus on those criteria on Ramadan to make the design more related to the main topic (Assignment 2) ....i have used those links content (pictures) elaborating my work !

References to :

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/viewPhoto?uname=articicewolf&aid=5084274781233969713&iid=5084274807003773506

http://www.landleaper.com/2006/06/mosque-in-cairo-egypt.html

http://www.tropicalisland.de/brunei.html

By using illustrator in making my work to be more in the context of its design (based on Eid) the only Tools i have used are :

Direction selection tool helped me to select any variance of direction, indicating the straight lines.

Eyedropper tool serve to save the time ,that i will be using same many selection
for some other part of the design,so especially of the common colors in region(selection area).

I have used this gradient tool to make the back ground of the outcome, to appear more smooth in the context of the celebration....colors, stroke,transparency....etc...

line segment tool is to organize how to select a precise line to be more appropriate for the design.

Scissors obviously permit me to cute those eclipse to form the small moon on the top of the mosque...

This helped me to duplicate a side (left or right) then form an group with a same size.

star toll for the stars.

Selection tool allowed me to be fixing those wrong lines and tracing lines too.

This is a rounded rectangle, i have made those wide circle on the top of the mosque sort of mountains .

this tool is to write a text into the design.

Pen tool.

Beside illustrator i have had use screen shots (ctr l+alt+print screen) to trace one by one the line of the design, and i have used many methods to get my work done in my own perception of view.