Assignment 4: Live Trace and Gradient Mesh

Assignment 4 consisted of two separate projects.  The first is to use Live Trace on an existing image and then make a logo out of it.  The logo can be a re-imagining of an existing logo or something completely made up.  The second must be an object made with the Gradient Mesh tool.

I made up a logo for an imaginary company called Darkmoon Publishing.  I used Live Trace on the books and the moon and then further edited each to create my logo.  Here are the results:

I decided to challenge myself for the Gradient Mesh part of the assignment.  I decided to recreate one of the masks in Emil Nolde's Masks using only this tool.  I'm not entirely happy with the results but considering the limitations of the tool I think it turned out alright.   My rendition is on top and Nolde's original [full] canvas is below.