Mark Making

As this the artist of these pieces, what was your main objective? My main objective is to finish my project and get a good grade.
What tools did we primarily use for this project? i was using a brush i made with the brush tool the rectangular marquee tool and the quick selection tool.
What were some of the challenges you faced during this project? 1 challenge was finding the right color for the other layers.
One of the requirements of this project was to make a custom paintbrush. How did you accomplish this and what kind of brushes did you make? i made a brush of my name and some others things that meant a lot to me.
An important requirement for this project was about defining your values.Making sure each value does not blend with the others. There are multiple ways to go about this. How did you accomplish this? i made different layers of different shades of grey.