Completely Original

Unfortunately, I don't know how to flip these pictures horizontal but these are my completely original pictures. I took the picture, printed it out, drew on the actual picture, and scanned it back onto the computer. I thought this project gave you a lot of room for creativity and I really enjoyed that. I would definitely do this project again. Thanks for everything Mrs. B!! You were great! 

Tutorial #1: Retouching

This tutorial was just basic retouching but it was really helpful because now I can use this new skill in other projects. I did my best to use the tactics mentioned in the tutorial but every once in a while I had a tad bit of trouble. I unfortunately had some trouble with finding the original damaged picture that I used. Hopefully I will find it and post it along with this picture later.

James Sun Memorial 5K

I made this flyer as part of my project for leadership because we needed some flyers. I was trying to make the sun and WAHS logo to be faded in the background but still clearly visible. I had trouble with the opacity and keeping the colors relatively true to what they are. Looking back on it now I should have probably increased the saturation before lowering the opacity which may or may not have solved the problem. 

Tutorial #3: MINONS!!

I completed this tutorial from the Photoshopuser magazine and I really liked it because it was complicated, yet enjoyable. I felt very accomplished when I finished it because it actually looks like a minion. I liked the fact that the paths were already in the .psd; it made the tutorial much easier to follow. I also enjoyed learning how to make the goggles actually seem metallic and the eyes look detailed. This has been one of my favorite tutorials so far.

Tutorial #2: Realistic Reflections

I went onto photoshopuser.com and followed along with a tutorial on how to make realistic reflections. It was a quite simple to follow but it had a some aspects that you had to figure ou ton your own. I enjoyed this tutorial because it was easy and I feel like I will be able to use this tactic later down the road (that is, if I remember it).

Midterm #2: Slash Effect

We had to incorporate a splash effect into a picture that also involved food. I chose to do one about milk and cookies but it was hard to get the splash on the milk right because the brushes were too transparent. Eventually I figured out that if I just repeatedly clicked the mouse the brush became more defined. I chose the cookie to be a Thin Mint because I am a girl scout and it happens to be cookie season again. Both of my midterms have more of a simplistic approach but I think thats what can really grab people's attention because they can read it quickly.

Midterm #1: Local Grocery Store

For the first part of our midterm we had to make a project for a local grocery store that included food. I chose to make an advertisement for Greenwood Grocery Store. I had to alter the scales' readings to make the slogan work. Then I put a drop shadow on the scales and was going to put some on the eggplants themselves but the big one still had the shadow on the parts that weren't touching the scale. I want to learn how to make the pictures all look like the same tones; like they belong in the same picture.