1. In detail Describe your step by step animation workflow, including tools and techniques used in Ai and Ae. 

I opened Adobe Illustrator and started a new project to create my landscape. I first started with my gradient background. Then made a new layer to make a planet I then colored it to a dark blue. Again with a new layer, I made a moon next to the big planet and made it into a purple and white gradient. Once I was done I moved to the middleground. I used an image from the internet to trace and make mountains. I used the curvature pen tool to do so. I then colored it a light teal color to make it pop out. Again, I used an image front the internet to trace trees and colored them a lighter type of blue. I then started to work on the clouds. I used the shape tool to make circles overlap, then I used the shape builder tool to connect them. I lowered the opacity to make them i bit realistic. I then added a few small details to the middleground then and started working on the foreground. For the foreground, I traced another big tree to cover up some empty spaces. Then i used the shape tool to make a rectangle to make the water with a bit of gradient. I then used the curvature pen tool to make the rocks

2. Reflect on your technical skills in both Ai and Ae. Which aspects were easiest for you, and which were most challenging? How did you overcome any difficulties?