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Adobe Illustrator Creative Challenge 20220103-20220114


Theme: Aviation
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The decal backgrounds were done with a single anchor point appearance panel
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Wanted lacquered metal only slightly matte appearance for this 3D text exercise
Achieved the Trompe L'oeil effect wherein the viewer is not certain if looking up at or looking down toward the words, particularly noticeable in HOPE.  The shadowing partly anchors HYPE, more so with the H and Y than with the PE.  The view of backward typography from behind also serves to disarm the brain's perception correctivity impulse.
The metallic finish is intended for an imaginary Royal Emirati airplane fuselage.
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Continuing with single anchor point Appearance Panel these above signs were developed as blank templates with only the typographic content added separately and interchangeably as shown in these examples.
Many of the symbols were also done in the Adobe Illustrator appearance panel.   The Emergency Eyewash and Emergency Shower symbology were not done in an appearance panel.
The signs are intended to be posted in an imaginary avionics industrial facility.
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Representative data provided for this challenge was not well-rooted in practical or real-world relevance.  The sample Scatter Graph data produced overlapping lines which did not facilitate understanding of basic scatter graph utilization.  My data rework as shown in the grid with an x and y toggle in the control area allowed a more typical representation of a scatter graph.
Charts and graphs that do not telegraph meaningfully visual data representations are inherently useless, as was the case with the Radar sample data (lower right grid).
Civilian or military radar implementations employ directional transponders which transmit wave pulses at a moment in time and receive an echo back after a time delay which is directly related to the distance of the reflecting object.  That is an oversimplification that serves an understanding of the transmit/receive cycle.
The notion of directionality of transponders is rudimentarily azimuth, a horizontal axis 0 to 360 degrees {corrected to true north}, and elevation 0 to 90 degrees {although -90 degrees in the case of submarine sonars or airborne radars}.  The position of the sensor is fixed for any singular moment of time.  For mobile transponders, the longitudinal, latitudinal, and attitudinal factors become relevant over a period of time in motion.
Calculations are made given the received bearing and the time delay for an echo response.  Distance is the initial calculation.  Over accumulated time, the target's speed, heading, roll, pitch, yaw and other information can be calculated.
Early radars were J-scope displays which displayed an echo representation of distance at a given bearing.  connecting the position of those echos provided information to the radar operator.  Sophistication of radar equipment advanced radar technology from rotating transponders.  Phased array systems do not need to rotate to scan the horizon.  But that is a discussion for other pursuits.
Even paring down the data to azimuth and distance provided little information.  The slope of the lines is in some universe the useful information this plotting provided.
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Right image shows original photograph with two clouds overlayed
Left image ten minutes later from 4 miles away of sun rising above mountain
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The top symbols, in keeping with aviation theme: fanjet, propeller, windsock and Zeppelin
For Creative Express portion of challenge, uploaded app to Android mobile phone
Was not able to copy multiple Social Media library assets into a document.
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Adobe Illustrator Creative Challenge 20220103-20220114
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Adobe Illustrator Creative Challenge 20220103-20220114

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