Vintage Photo

The goal of this assignment was to try and make one of our own pictures look aged. I used a picture I took of a wagon at an orchard. I used a Sepia filter to give it that vintage look, then added a Grain filter as well. I then overlayed a picture of scratches on top of it with the opacity at 50%, and also an image of crumpled paper. Finally, I put two different colored pieces of paper behind the image, and used a torn paper brush to rip the edges of it.

Downtown Ad-Mudhouse Poster & T-shirt

Our assignment this week was to take a picture of a local company and make a poster to advertise it. I decided to advertise Mudhouse because they had really cool colors to put on the poster, and an interesting emblem. I took a picture of the emblem then used it as a stencil, filling it in with the Mudhouse colors. I also used the colors as a border along the outer edge.

Fill the Frame

Downtown Mall

Marilyn Monroe Poster

Warm Colours

Words and Brushes

Carters' Mountain

Elements of Art and Principles of Design

Balance

Colour

Emphasis

Form

Line

Proportion

Rhythm & Movement

Shape

Space

Texture

Unity

Variety

I used the Adjustment Brush to highlight the certain areas that make the picture that Element of Art or Principle of Design. I would usually just up the Brightness or Exposure to make it stand out more.

9/11 Commemoration

To complete this project, we worked as a class and each added a couple images that we individually liked. I added the American flag that stretches across the image. I really like how this collage represents most perspectives of the attacks and how it's an uplifting commemoration rather than a somber one.

Scary Picture

The tutorial I chose for my scary picture was the one that looked like a statue with sediment-esque rock. I thought it was a relatively easy project, but it was really fun making it go from a light, happy, smiling picture of my brother to a freaky, spooky statue with no eyes.

Smoke Portrait

For this image, I took a profile picture of my brother Ben, and then added a filter that made the picture look like it was sketched. I then inverted that filter so that Ben would be white, and the background would be black so he would stand out more. Then I added "Real Smoke" brushes individually to create a smokey, firey type look on his head. I picked this project because it looked really cool and was a challenge for me. My favorite project so far!

Balance Collages

Edits-Explore Photography

In this picture, I increased the blacks to make the orange pop out more, and increased contrast for the same reason.

For this picture, I put a sepia tone over the entire image, and increased the black to make it pop more.

For this image, I made the tint more of a blue to make it look like it had just rained, and I increased the clarity to make the droplets pop out.

I made this photo black and white, and increased the purples and oranges to make the edges darker.

Collage Review

In this collage, I tried to make mine look more unique by adding a motion blur to the enitre picture, except for the man on the tricycle of course.

Studio Portraits Typography

This is a picture of me smiling, but all I used in the picture is type. I did this by putting the original picture's opacity on low, so I could see the picture and outline it with the type. From the point on, I just filled in the space with words that describe me. I used words like strong, independent, weird, funny, smart-those kinds of things. Hope ya like it!

Scanography

I scanned two pictures of me as a child, one is me as an infant, and the other is me with my best friend Leah, on the last day of school in kindergarten.

Studio Portraits

For all of these portrait shots, I increased the exposure because there were usually shadows cast across her face. Also, I increased the Fill Light to create more light on her.