Lab 5

       In this lab, I created a nameplate using Adobe Fireworks CS6 First I opened up text edit and put the basic coding for an html document like the headings tag, the paragraph tag, the html tag, the body tag, the center tag and I closed them afterwards. In the first heading I put Digital Design. In the second heading I put lab 5 and the date. In the third heading I put my name. For the first time I used the head tag and I realized that the head tag made the browser name. Like if I searched it up on a search engine it would display faster because it is specifically named. I had to write a paragraph explaining what I did to make a nameplate. I also made the body background color grey so it would contrast with the nameplate. I made the font color dark blue.I created a nameplate by first opening up Adobe Fireworks CS6. I clicked create new-fireworks document. I made the nameplate 400 by 300 and kept the resolution at 72.
        Then I used the rectangle tool to make the background a light bluish/green color. Then I used the brush tool to make the purple cat and the yellow outlined ghost from pacman. It was hard to make the eyes for the cat because it was exactly the same on both sides. I used the star tool to make a star attached to a star to make like a double star. I also used the rectangle tool and the star tool to make a wand. I used the doughnut tool to make a pink doughnut and I used the brush tool to put some sprinkles on it to make it look more realistic. I put a spiral on the star endpoint to make it look fancy and I used the polygon tool to make a heptagon and I put it on a side. I also made a diamond and used another spiral where I expanded it and made it thicker. I used the connecting line to make the red half circles on the top. I used the arrow tool to make directions going down and going up. I used the text tool to make my name and changed the font and color. I also made a person's face using the ellipse and pen tool. I used different colors for the name plate to make it colorful and I tried to be creative. It took a lot of time for me to design the nameplate because I could do whatever I wanted to do with it and I wasn't quite sure what to put so I am happy that it came out to look alright.