David L2 Media: MEDIA PASSPORT

For today's blog, I've used an app called Adobe Illustrator which is also a vector program.

The tools that I used for Adobe Illustrator were the pen tool, the Curvature tool, and Shaper Builder.

For me, it was quite complex to use this app because it was my first time using an app that advanced, at least I'm learning and gaining experience from this app.

I don't think that I've used layers therefore I don't know what layers mean or do but next time when I'm on Adobe Illustrator, I'll check what are layers and learn their mechanism.

What went well is that I'm getting used to the pen tool and it's quite fun to use. However, I would still rather use the paintbrush tool as a main tool, at the same time I wouldn't learn how to use other tools so guess I have no choice but to try out other tools and learn how to use them.

This is the work that I've done using the pen tool from Adobe Illustrator.

This is the passport I made in Adobe Illustrator. Firstly, I used a rectangle to make the background of the front cover and then I added a colour which would suit my passport. Next, I added a title for the passport that says Media Passport which relates to the project that I did. Then, I wanted to try and add something different; After I decided to put an eagle in the middle of my passport cover. I've also added stars around the eagle to make it look simple but smooth and finally; I wanted to add one more thing that would fit into my passport cover, so I went to search in the shapes tool and I found a certain tool which is called, Glint.

For today's blog, I made this pattern to make it as a background for my media passport using Adobe Illustrator. First of all, I selected the pen tool to make a thin rectangle, chose a bright blue colour, transformed it to move and then kept pressing CTRL D to keep moving. Down until the end of the sheet.

Next, I used the warp tool to make a design and other tools such as the Twirl tool, the Plucker tool, the Scallop tool ETC.

Why do passport pages and paper currency use Intricate patterns?

Yet patriotic though they seem, these design features are dictated by a prime driver of passport design: not aesthetics but security. Simply put, the more elaborate a passport's pages, the harder it is to forge.

What do you notice about the colours used on the background images of passports?

I noticed that there are many different types of patterns usually used in passports, and they put those types of patterns from my perspective because they are used to put photos and details about that person.

Show three examples of passport pages and describe the background images/pattern.ern

What do you like about them?

The passport looks quite dull and the colours that they chose look flat. Two look serious and one looks like he is having the time of his life. For me, I think they should allow the people who are going. Some passports, like this one, look a bit better than these ones.

I like the colours, it looks tasty to me and it has the same colour effect similar to what you would find behind a disk. Also, I like the fact that they have different types of patterns in all different places, corners and sizes.

How do they ensure that the text can be read if printed over an image?

If users take or upload a photo, the system should use optical character recognition (ORC) to read the machine-readable zone (MRZ) at the bottom of the passport page.

Now find three examples of paper currency

How are the images different from those used on the passports?

The printed patterns on the pages are deliberately complex, like banknotes, to make copying difficult.

The background print in the genuine passport (left) consists of solid fine lines, unlike the random dots of the counterfeit (right), a characteristic of readily available home printers. Plus, a passport is a document filled with information about your date of birth, who your parents are, etc. Money, to put it simply, is any item or medium of exchange that symbolises perceived value.

This is the completed passport that I have created using InDesign and Illustrator, to make this I used a box to insert my personal information and document like a real passport. Second, I wrote down my informations and documents, my age, my name, my nationality, my number and so on.

Third I made two circles on the other side of the page to write other informations.

I've once again found that fun because it feels like I'm making a real life legal passport and I learnt on how to make a passport. If I had more time, I would put a picture of a face to make it more passport-like.