Maddie Ball's Digital Imaging

I had a lot of fun experimenting with all of the different tools.  The part of this image that I had the most fun with was checking out the different brush strokes I could make with the paint brush and the different fill effects as well. The bottom half is where that shows and I think the almost abstract effect really reflects my style as an artist.  I ended up completely changing my Fantasy portion into a volcano opposed to the sun or my solar system idea.  I am really happy with the way it turned out especially with how little experience I had.   

  Being brand new to Illustrator has been a little tough for me but so far, I'd like to think I'm getting the hang of things.  I also had trouble uploading my work so far so this is actually a screenshot of my work... I'm thinking of using the lamp as a sun and creating a solar system around it or turning it into a sunrise or sunset.  

Appliance: Lamp