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Adobe Illustrator Practise Session – Reflection

1. Having used Adobe Illustrator and actually understand how to use it I think was me being a problem-solver in general. But if I had to be more specific, I would say that during the experimentation phase when I was trying to figure out how to use some of the tools that showed me being a problem-solver, especially if it’s the first time for me to use the application in this way. That being said, it didn’t really come easy and flow to me but it did get me to feeling frustrated when not being able to do certain actions. But something that helped me along the way whilst I was carrying on with the task was 2 things to keep in mind. One — go at your own pace and take everything as one small step with no sense of competition with others. Two — rewatch the tutorials and (at first) follow along as demonstrated but then do your own idea.
2. During today’s lesson, I found myself using the curiosity skill the most, but also using the creativity skill. These two skills played a big role in the introduction to Adobe Illustrator because I’ve never really used the application beforehand and everything was new to me. There were times where I felt really frustrated, not being able to successfully do a certain step but besides those times I did get drawn into wondering how things worked after I got the hang of it, as well as how open-minded I had to be to create a shape and etc.
3. As mentioned above, I think that I was able to look at things from a more optimistic point of view and overcome the challenges. It did take awhile to be more patient but when I started to get the flow of using the tools, I started to work at a consistent rate and managed to complete two of the tasks.