Thursday, December 9, 2010

Stencil Project


This is my color wheel, stencil project. My theme was fruit. I used different colored fruit to represent the rainbow. Each color of the rainbow has a different piece of fruit. I also applied filters to each piece. I used the gradient tool in the background. I learned how to stencil pieces, which was pretty difficult to do. I am very pleased with how the final product came out. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS




Christmas is almost here!! With it just around the corner I thought I would make a festive collage filled with holiday images. I am so excited for Christmas!!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

Chair Artwork

These are chairs that I have created. We had to "cover" the chairs using different designs. The top chair I just used random patterns that I thought were pretty. On the second chair all the stripes you see are from Claude Monet's paintings. The most difficult part of this project was creating the shadows. I had to copy the image and then paint it gray. I then used the Warp tool to make it appear as a shadow. I also used the Warp tool to cover the chair with new "fabric." This was a fun project but the shadows were extremely difficult to create. However, I did get lots of practice with the warp tool!!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Kaleidoscope Image


This is my kaleidoscopic image. We learned a new set of tools today to create this effect. Using a tutorial from youtube, I learned the skills to create this image. I think it looks really cool!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Portraying a Historical Message


In honor of Constitution Day, I decided to create an image showing the 13th amendment. I combined pictures of influential, famous figures, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln, with a picture of slavery. I put them together to create a cohesive picture with a meaning. Two men who fought for to end slavery along side actually slaves working. To tie the image together, I used the text tool to write out the actual amendment. I then messed with the opacity of the images to create the visual you see above. 

Photoshop can make very powerful, meaningful images!!

More Practice!

Both of these images are images I created for fun. I was practicing messing the the colors and shadows in the images. I used the burn tool in the clouds on the one on the bottom to make it an ominous day. These were both learning images that helped me gain a better knowledge of Photoshop!!