Personality Self Portrait Album Cover

          The strongest area of my work is my blending without the layer mask. The reason for this is because I was able to mesh the picture of Haiti with the picture of Australia to create a beautiful rich background. The Australian beach and the Haitian skyline blended together well and the dancers appear to be blue people soaring effortlessly in a swindle of blue. The plays with the hues of blue really worked out. Also the piano doesn't look photoshopped because it has no definitive edges and is partially transparent letting the background color it. Also the blending of the quote with the picture of the couple is blended nicely with the famous sydney opera house was well put together. Overall, my blending was nicely done and some parts look natural. Though I did well with blending, I could improve on blending with a layer mask because it doesn't look all that natural when I incorporated it.So, next time I should try to focus on that and strive to be better. It was easy to move images to where I wanted them. It was also easy to color/ manipulate images and to zoom in. 
          Though this project was easy it was also time consuming and hard to see a final product. I had to just go with whatever came. It was difficult to quick select and erase excess white parts of the image without doing it for all of the pictures. It took a lot of time to take out all the white spots and at one point I gave up because I had other things to focus on. I used opacity to help the Grey's anatomy image go more into the picture as well as the surgery picture. I used inverse to make the surgery picture go with the sky. I used overly to blend the background of two different landscapes. I used quick select to select and the eraser to erase things I didn't want from the images. I used the layer mask to blend the images with the background. I used multiply to erase the white and blend Leo into the picture. I used difference to blend the piano with the background. I used noise and opacity on the multiply album cover so it could be unrecognizable. I demonstrated the objective by blending 13 images together and making sure there aren't any harsh edges. And I edited the images so that they're not completely recognizable. I also used several tools that I had previously learned about to make this image.
          If I were to do this project again I would focus on erasing  all the excess white parts and focus on fixing my blending. I would make the images blend into each other better so they could look more natural. 

Colorization

Plate Exercise

The Clone Wars

          The strongest area of my creation to me would be the way I took something as simple as a highlighter and composed something abstract with it. I think the strongest technical aspect of this piece is my use of the brush tool. For the most part I blended everything together well enough. Now, I'm pretty good with the opacity tool, layer mask, and the brush tool. I was able to play with the opacity to line things up well. I was able to use the layer mask and the brush tool effectively enough to compose the piece and have it look interesting enough. With that in mind, I could improve on the lighting of the picture. I could also improve on my blending because I don't know if I would say that this looks realistic. So next time I could take pictures in better lighting and I could be more careful with upstaging. I could also play with the size and hardness of the brush tool. This project wasn't easy but the easiest things to do were to play with the opacity and the brush tool, and to apply the layer mask. It was easy to make the picture as opaque I needed to. The brush tool was pretty simple when it came to changing the desired size and filling in where you wanted the image to appear. The layer mask was a few step process to apply. 
          This project in general was difficult but the most difficult aspect would probably be taking the pictures and lining them up correctly. It hurt to stay still for a long time and you wanted all the pictures to be as similar as possible when it came to angling. Then, when they were off, to line them up was difficult because they were at weird angles. I used a blue highlighter as the subject of my pictures. I used an IPhone 6s Plus to take the pictures. I used the opacity tool to get a better idea of how my pictures lined up together. I used the layer mask so I would be able to put everything unto one image. I used the brush tool to draw the images onto one another to form the singular picture presented. I demonstrated the goal presented to me by using photoshop to manipulate different pictures of my subject to create one image. I gave the illusion that the subject was altogether in one picture when they were actually different pictures merged together. I used the tools suggested and completed the assignment to the best of my ability.
          If I were to do this project again I would most definitely toggle with the colors in the image. I think this would make the picture more aesthetically pleasing if I were to incorporate blues and greens in the picture. I would also be more careful with the brush tool.

Selection Exercise

"The Letter" Reflection

          Reflecting on my first digital imaging project I see errors and much space for improvement. That being said there are things that I feel came out stronger than others. I would say that my background's gradient painting compliments the piece well overall. It goes with the gradual opacity present throughout the work. In general my strength with the project is my gradual opacity and placement of opacity. In general it was a logical sequence that ended up complimenting the piece. As I mentioned previously there is a lot of room for improvement. I could improve on the way I placed my letters because some ends are blatant making it look a bit messy. It is also a pretty simple piece which could be improved on. There is a way to have a bit more complexity while still keeping it simple which I could have incorporated into my work. I could clean it up more because sometimes it takes a second to register that it is a flower.
          This art work wasn't easy at all but certain things were simpler than others. I found duplicating the letters and adjusting their size exceptionally easy. Also, making shades lighter or toying with the opacity was a simple enough task. I understood the concept thoroughly and could perform the task quickly. I found moving the letters as it became more crowded difficult. Every time I meant to move one object another would be chosen sometimes which made it tricky. Also, sometimes getting the piece to reflect what I imagined in my head difficult because I sometimes had trouble figuring out the steps to lead me to my endgame.
          I only used tools found in Photoshop to create my work. I used the typing tool to type my letters and to sometimes make the vertical or horizontal. I used the move tool to move my letters around and to change their size or angle. I used the paint bucket gradient tool to make my background a gradient from blue to white. And, I used the opacity to change the sheerness of my letters. I demonstrated the objective of this art project by using one letter and copying it and adjusting it to create an image of a flower. I took the advice of being off-center to draw the viewers eyes to the picture as a whole and not just a part of the image. If I could do this art project again I would probably toy around more with the tools to see what else I could create. I would also like to discover the untapped potential the Photoshop program has.