Brain Project

In this project we were supposed to show all of the things that we love expanding out of our head. In this project I learned how to cut an image and paste it, rotate an image, how to use the magic wand to erase a white background, and how to create a gradient background. I think that this was one of the funnest projects that we created in photoshop because everyones is different. Just like how each persons brain is different.

Is that a Zombie?

In this project, we were supposed to turn ourselves into a zombie. This project was almost the same project as the alien poster except we were more experienced in photoshop so I only took us about 15 minutes as opposed to a week for the alien poster. I had already learned most of what I needed to know in the alien poster but I learned that anyone can morph an image to make themselves look like this. There is mo special talent needed to create this, just a little imagination.

Aliens at BHS

This was my first project I ever did in photoshop. We were supposed to morph ourselves into alien like figures. This project was supposed to inform us about the basics of photoshop. My teacher really let us play around with how we wanted the poster to look because we didn't know as much as we have learned now in photoshop. In this project I learned how to liquify an image, how to rotate, erase a background, use an image form a background, how to change types of font, how to deform an image and how to change the color of an image.

BHS Facts

In this project students were required to make signs that would fit on a small piece of would make by the wood shop class. Each sign we made had a fact about our high school. In this project I learned how to use the ruler and how to use guild lines to help me in my project.  Guidelines help you stay in the size that you want to be in and the ruler measures where to put these guidelines. I tried to make this design as simple as possible because it is the fact that matters more than the design. People walking by won't be able to read the fact if there is to many design elements. Here is an example of the sign.

Grayscale, Bitmap, Color

In this project I learned how to make an image gray, and into a bitmap. I learned about how much space each of these images takes and how much of a difference there is between each of the sizes just by changing the color. I took a photo and looked at the sizes in color, bitmap and grayscale. Bitmap was 493 kb, grayscale was 7.3 MB and color was 23 MB. A kb is smaller than a MB. There was a major difference between all of these images. In this project I also learned what a histogram was. It is a chart of levels of gray.

Halftone Picture

In this job I learned how to add a halftone to an image. I learned how the pixels can become larger if you keep zooming in. As I zoomed in further I realized that the pixels became the four major print colors of yellow, black, cyan and magenta. you can add a halftone to any image.Each halftone design is unique and I find it interesting how if you zoom in those dots become a picture. This project wasn't a major project but it was very informative on how images are pieced together. In class we took a magnifying glass and placed it over a picture to find that each image was made of its own form of pixels.

Sadie Hawkins Dance Poster

In this project students were asked to create a poster for the upcoming winter dance. We were asked to only use the colors of the school dance of blue, black and white. I tried to make this poster have a classic look with sihlouttes dancing to music on a dark blue background. Unfortunately after this poster was complete we were notified that the dance had been cancelled. Although this poster had no use for the school I did learn a lot about where to place things in a poster and how to get rid of any white in the background of an image. To get rid of white in an image you can use the magic wand tool which takes away the hassle of trying to erase away all of the white with a small eraser.

Lyrics Poster

In this project, students had to come up with a certain set of lyrics that you could place pictures to. I chose the lyrics "It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright, bright sunshiny day," from the song I Can See Clearly Now by Jimmy Cliff. In making this poster, I learned how to add a layer mask. A layer mask is used to remove rough edges in an image. It can be used to blend two or more pictures together and can give your job a more professional look. I also learned that "black reveals and white conceals." So when you are trying to fad away some of the image you would use black and vise versa with white. I used the images of beaches, sunflowers, palm trees, clouds and boats to relate to this quote. The two images of the beaches almost look like the same beach when they were blended together.

Through Young Eyes Poster

The goal of this project was to create a poster for a Cape-Wide art exhibition that displays art from grades kindergarten through twelfth grade. In this project I learned how to add a color background behind your type to make your type stand out. I also learned how to make your file size smaller, and how to save a s a jpg. And I also learned that the words on the poster can be more important than your design. In my original designs, I focused on making the background as interesting as possible: Unfortunately, you couldn't read the type. Here are some before and after images of my Through Young Eyes posters to show what a difference was made. How many differences can you spot?

BEFORE:                                                AFTER:

My Magazine Cover

In this project I learned how to scan an image, to resize font, tracking and leading, how to spec an image and how picas are used. The goal of this project was to create a magazine cover that readers could relate to. Swimming has always been my favorite sport and I myself would read a swimming magazine before I read any other type of magazine. I called the magazine "Simply Swimming." In this magazine you would find interviews with Olympic champions such as Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin or Ryan Lochte. There would be helpful tips on swimming technique. Also this magazine would have upcoming stars and results of major swimming championships. I tried to make this magazine resemble such magazines as Splash or Swimming World. The colors really pop on this magazine and I titled this issue "sink or swim" because in the swimming world you either rise to the top or sink to the bottom. I gave the illusion that my goggles were sinking to the bottom to add a personal touch to this project. My favorite part of this magazine is the background because it just makes me want to jump right into the pool!

Gum balls Project

In this project I learned how to change the hue and color saturation of an image. I also learned how to duplicate a layer and how to add a drop shadow or gaussian blur to be more specific. This project was one of the first projects that I created in Photoshop. At first I didn't favor the outcome of my project. But now that I look at it again, I think it turned out great for one of my first projects on Photoshop. Every time I look at this project I feel like a kid in a candy store. And I hope that you can feel this too looking at this art project.