One of my college instructors loaned me her Wacom Intuos 3 tablet over spring break with the directions: “Figure out how to use it, then show me.” Uh… Okay!

Next semester is when I plan to take Vector Graphics (the Illustrator course) but I figured — I bought CS5 Design Premium with the new laptop (go go student discounts), I might as well give it a try.

Using this page on Mozilla Links1 as a visual reference

Vector illustration of a stylized fox head facing forward, rendered in deep navy blue with lighter blue facial markings and sharp black eyes.

I’m not an artist, and it shows, but for a first-ever attempt I’m pretty proud of myself.

  1. This site used to exist in 2011, but it’s not there anymore., I muddled through the program and produced this in the course of about… 8 hours: ↩︎