ginetteginette
ginetteginette aka ginette lapalme is a 21.23 year old girl, has been a member since November 21, 2007, has scored 19800 submissions, giving an average score of 0.97.
  Jul 22 '08 by ginetteginette        30 Comments        Watch this
at myself for surfing the 'net when i should have been listening to mydigital instructor. i can't work a single thing in illustrator and it makes me feel like a geezer.

spacesick 2
spacesick 2 on Jul 22 '08 at 11:10pm
then call me back!
FRICKINAWESOME
FRICKINAWESOME on Jul 22 '08 at 11:11pm
then make some more tree animal vagina faces!
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:13pm
i tried earlier but your mom said you were in the bath!
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:13pm
ps. call me back
spacesick 2
spacesick 2 on Jul 22 '08 at 11:24pm
lollerbutts

long distance to canada isn't covered on my verizon plan :((((

just ask stefan for my skype!
Jackanapes mk.II
Jackanapes mk.II on Jul 22 '08 at 11:25pm
I'm angry at myself for my terrible procrastination.
Laser Bread
   Laser Bread on Jul 22 '08 at 11:26pm
don't be angry
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:29pm

i need to vectorize this project pronto,
not really but i will work on it soon. minus the glitz
of stars which i just added to cheer me up.
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:30pm
Anything in particular we could help with? Or is it more of a general frustration.....
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:31pm
What version of illustrator are you working with?
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:33pm
cs3. and it really is just everything and very general so i would feel too annoying to start asking yet but i will once my problems start getting a little more focused. i just have to buckle down and read a dozen tutorials. i'm not exaggerating when i say i can't do a thing in that program. it's why most of my designs are simulated process :(
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:36pm
I can walk you through tracing your line work if you want. It's really pretty simple with CS3 if you have clean line work (preferably black and white). From there on out you can use illustrator with the same principles as photoshop...minue worrying about the resolution.
olie!
   olie! on Jul 22 '08 at 11:36pm
I would strongly suggest just taking a big chunk out of your day one day and just sitting down and playing with it. Just try different tools and make mistakes and do crazy shizz until you start feeling comforable and like you are learning some stuff. . .
but you probably already thought of that maybe :/
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:38pm
Also it will make your life easier if you have all the different colored elements as separate black and white line work. For instance in your design above the red would all be one file and the blue would be another one.
spacesick 2
spacesick 2 on Jul 22 '08 at 11:39pm
that thing is beautiful!

+what olie said

+you can axe me anything, but in private so it doesn't look like I'm nice to everyone
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:41pm
i have olie but i'm quite lazy but i will. this week. i have to because i'm getting tired of working designs out in photoshop and not having them look as clean as i want them to.
ps. i can do live-tracing pretty okay without any problems, it's afterwards i can't do. filling in my linework/halftone gradients/add texture/working the pen tool well enough - stuff i just have to practice with i guess, especially the pen shit.

i will be back to beg for help though when i'm not too tired/frustrated to receive it.
i just needed to complain a bit.
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:41pm
i sent you a private email already spacesick and i'm trying to limit it to one a night so i'll probably hit you again tomorrow.
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:42pm
a non-physical hit i mean, well maybe a little smack but a friendly one.
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:43pm
at least you have a tablet. That is KEY. Feel free to shoot me an email if there's something particularly of frustration.
spacesick 2
spacesick 2 on Jul 22 '08 at 11:43pm
oh snap! I didn't see that. I'm on it, cap'n.

*rubs arm*
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:44pm
oh, i don't have a tablet :(
i keep thinking of getting one but i haven't really shopped around. i should probably consider it a bit harder.
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:48pm
Oh...the pen tool. I read that wrong. It does help out a crap load. Without it I would try to draw everything out and scan it in to live trace and assemble so your'e not trying to draw with your mouse....that's a bummer.
olie!
   olie! on Jul 22 '08 at 11:48pm
I actually don't like using my tablet in illustrator, I think it's easier to just use a mouse but maybe that's just me
Todow
Todow on Jul 22 '08 at 11:54pm
I apologize for this in advance but seriously every time I read the blog title I say to myself "Me so horny."

I hope saying this will get it out of my system.
ginetteginette
ginetteginette on Jul 22 '08 at 11:57pm
i just really hurt my head. if you cross your eyes and focus on the image that appears between the pair of gears they go all 3-d


i made it prettier and now i feel dizzy and i'm going to bed.
Chengui
Chengui on Jul 22 '08 at 11:59pm
That is freakin AWESOME!
igo2cairo
igo2cairo on Jul 22 '08 at 11:59pm
I share your frustration gg. I don't have illustrator but my brother Eric does and it totally mystifies me. It doesn't seem intuitive at all. At least I could figure stuff out on photoshop on my own, but illustrator is really intimidating. Shame, because I'd love to be able to vectorize some of my work. I should just take some courses on it.

Oh, awesome illustration btw, love it :)
igo2cairo
igo2cairo on Jul 23 '08 at 12:02am
wow, you posted awesome cogs while I was typing too!
Blake B
Blake B on Jul 23 '08 at 12:12am
bro. chill.
thats nothing. ok?
like. there are kids in africa who dont have illustrator.
Laser Bread
   Laser Bread on Jul 23 '08 at 12:15am
^ olie are you my doppleganger? I too use a mouse and never a tablet. I can draw with real pens and pencils..and the mouse. Let's be dopplegangers olie.
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