For this assignment we were asked to experiment with some of the basic tools in Illustrator: the pen, shape and brush tools. I started with a rounded cornered rectangle, filled it with color, and played with the stroke of the border. Then I used the shape tool to make stars of various sizes. I discovered the zigzag effect, which turned my stars into snowflakes! I used the drop shadow and outer glow filters on a few and used the brush tool to make white dots (snow in the background). I then used the text tool to add the word ‘snow.’