faith shield

I drew a heart and scanned it into the computer.  

I cleaned up my drawing in Photoshop, 

then traced it in Illustrator. 

This is the back part of my shield/Heraldry.  

I used the pen tool to make one half of the shape, 

then copied and flipped it. 

This is the heart after I traced it.

Then I added the cross into the design.  

I had to cut the top part of the heart 

(as you can see in the picture before this) 

so the top part would overlap and 

look like it was going through the heart.

I added the banner going across the front, 

which I made using the pen tool.  

I also added the rays in the background and 

changed the opacity on the shield to make them more visible.