Self-Portrait Project

Self-Portrait Project: This project required us to transform our self-portrait in a variety of ways and position all the images next to each other in a grid. I mostly wanted to avoid repetition in my images, so I tried to make them all look as different as possible. I left the picture in the center alone so that there is something to compare the transformed images to. I was inspired by the various tools I found while playing around on Photoshop. I decided to make the border behind me grass because I like to be outside, and this was the best way to represent that. I used color to create similar images on the top and bottom as they were both darkened, and the images on the left and right were the most modified. On the corners I used line to change the orientation of the picture to make it look like the pictures of my head formed a border. I also used texture in the image on the right. If I had more time I would possibly make a larger grid so that I could create even more modified images, but I am still satisfied with the results of this project. 

Visual Puns

Visual Puns Project: In this project. The assignment was to create 4 “visual puns” while using 4 new Photoshop tools at least in one image. I picked the visual puns that seemed the most fun to create, and I especially focused on trying to be creative with the words in each image. The names of the puns inspired me, and once I saw one I liked it was easy to go with it and create a good image. I used organization/ spacing to place my words in the appropriate place, and perspective to both place the worm on the book and make the knife appear as though it is coming out the other side of the cereal box. This was a fun project. And if I had more time I might spend it developing some of the images further. However, I am happy with my results. 

15 Green Things Project

15 Green things Project: For this project we were given 15 green images and asked to combine them in any creative fashion using only a limited amount of Photoshop tools. I didn’t want my image to remain totally green, so my first goal was to play with some of the colors to liven it up. After this, I played with some of the pictures and combined them to create a new idea; I put the cat’s face over the woman’s face, the handicap symbol on the side of the car and a new bumper on its front, and I created (out of the meter and picture of the boy’s face) a new face altogether. Having limited space and 15 pictures to incorporate, I was inspired by the challenge of combining the images in a creative fashion, opposed to simply shrinking them all and laying them out on the canvas. I used organization to space out the figures, color to create contrast between pink and green and to enhance the excitement of the image, and space to determine which elements naturally draw the viewer’s attention while others are less noticeable. This was my favorite project, and I’m very satisfied with the results. I feel like I incorporated as many Photoshop tools as possible into the image, and I wouldn’t do anything differently. 

Crazy Combo Project

Crazy Combo Project: This assignment was to take a picture of a background and throw together different elements (at least 8 layers) into a crazy new image. I tried to find a large picture of a cool looking animal and start with that. From then on I pretty much just looked up a picture of whatever popped into my head and added it. The background that I started with inspired me because I tried to fill in the blank spaces, and I tried to put a few elements that actually fit such as the snake in the rocks and the snowboarder in the mountains. I used spacing to evenly distribute the elements of my image and color to brighten up the image. For instance, I used a green snake, brown boots, a yellow party hat, and the sky was naturally blue. 

Word Art Project

Word Art Project: The assignment for this project was to make a wordle creation and integrate this into a picture of someone. I approached the project by going on a website to randomly generate words and as they appeared I entered them into the wordle picture. I decided to use Everett’s picture, so I erased out the background and then filled in his face black to provide a background for the words. I would say I was inspired by the words I chose, but I was really just going on what I was given. The elements of design I most employed were color in the words and kine to distinguish the boundaries of the image from the background. I’m satisfied with my work, and I especially find the outline of Everett’s hair amusing.