Hello!

Open Illustrator

Make an 8"x8" document

Click on the square tool

Holding down the shift key, make a square the same size of the artboard

Give this element a color of 100, 98, 20, 28 in CMYK format

Change the square tool to the star tool

Make a star about 2"x2" and rotate it 47 degrees clockwise

Only include the bottom two points in the artboard, the top half will be cut off from the board

Place this star about 3.5" inwards using the ruler tool

Make another star

This star should be 1.8"x1.8" and rotated 329 degrees

Place this star 1.5" inwards and fit the entire star onto the artboard

Make another star 5.5" inward on the artboard, it's dimensions are 1.9"x1.9" and 281 degrees rotated

4th star: 1 inch in, 1.2"x1.2", 252 deg.

5th star: 3 inches in, 1.5"x1.6", 286 deg.

6th star: 7 inches in, 1.3"x1.2" 243 deg.

7th star: 3/8 of an inch in, .6"x.6", 286 deg.

8th star: 2 and 1/8 inches in, .8"x.8", 22 deg. rotated. This star should have the top point facing downward

9th star: 4 and 3/8 inches in, 1"x1", 268 deg. rotated but it's top point is now facing up, not down

Keep making your stars progressively smaller and smaller throughout the artboard (bigger at the top, smaller towards the bottom)

Leave a 1 inch margin at the bottom of your artboard ("white" space 7"-8")

Select all of your stars

Change their color to the CMYK value 1, 0, 25, 0

Give them a black stroke of 1pt

Export your file as a .png

Fit it to the artboard because of the top bleed (select "Use Artboards" and save it with a black background)

Email your creation to me at aruben@gmu.edu