The workshop on Wednesday where we worked with Adobe Illustrator was really fun. Personally, I have used the program before and am very familiar with it. I think it’s a great tool that can be used effectively to illustrate ideas and create pieces of art. And, in terms of a collage, I think that it could be extremely useful. Piecing together different parts of pictures is really fun and should come out well when using Illustrator. Furthermore, I find that, because there are so many ways to use the program, many different types of artwork can come out of it as a result. Both using images on the internet as well as drawing something from scratch can all produce different results that have the possibility of being really cool.
The collage itself is a very interesting art form. It prides itself on solely taking things from other people and compiling them into one image, therefore creating something from the mind of the artist doing the collage. While I believe that this is a very valid way of expression when it comes to art, Adobe Illustrator also introduces the possibility of adding some original aspect to the collage, thus making it more of an individual piece instead of a compilation. Whatever one chooses to make when using Illustrator during the collage project, it is still a very useful tool that I believe is perfect for this assignment.
