Negative Space 2

For this project I started off by thinking of a shape that could be easily recognisable. My first thought was the Eifle Tower but then I realized that you wouldn't really be able to read the words that would fill in the negative space. Thats about the point where I sided on a fish instead. The words that I chose to fill the fish in with were fish, swim, sea, ocean, reef, blue, dive and aqua. These words all came to mind when I thought of a fish. In the original picture the fish already had a natural light blue outline which is more evident towards its tail fin. I enjoyed this project it was quick, easy, and fun.

Wordle

For the Wordle project I simply used the URL for my personal blog to produce the words in this picture. Wordle took words from all my blog posts from the descriptions of my pictures. I believe the words used the most are the biggest and the words used the least are the smallest. I simply changed the color of the words and I was content. The website is very easy to use. This was a fun little project that took minimal time but it still looks good. 

Kaleidoscope

Before I began this project I watched a fabulous youtube tutorial that showed me the proper way to develop the kaleidoscope effect. I selected the base of the triangle to be the orange flowers so that they would be the surrounding edge of the finished image. I thought the process was easy and it turned out great. This was a quick and informational project. I hope we do some more things like this in the future. It was very enjoyable.

15 Green Things

Believe it or not there actually are parts of 15 different green pictures even though you may not see them or they are a different color. Theres an archway, an arrow, a car, 3 people, a cat, apples, a handicapped symbol, a tree, a parking meeter, grass, people holding hands, the word "fireworks", and the word "free". I tried to hide some pictures as best i could. Either that or intermingle them with another photo. For instance the tree is the parking meeter's hair because the parking meeter looks like a face. Put the two  images together and you get and abstract person! I kind of liked this project but the restriction about you can't add any images or shapes or anything made it not as enjoyable. 

4 Square

For the 4 Square project I decided to take a a picture of my friends feet and alter it in four different ways.   I tried to make the alterations as noticeable and distinct as possible. The upper left corner is brightened with a blurred filter on it. The upper right is darkened and the shadows are accented. The lower left is desaturated and I used the history brush to bring back the bright color in the shoes and socks. There is also a textured filter on to of it. The lower right simply has a certain type of filter on it to make it a light blue color. I made sure to accent the shows and out lines so that it was still clear that it was the same picture as in the other three frames. I really enjoyed this project and thought it was fun to alter the picture how ever we wanted. That kind of freedom for creativity is the reason I took this class in the first place

Negative Space

Last night Steve Jobs passed away at age 56. I decided to dedicate this project to him even though I didn't know him personally. He has made such a large impact on the world he deserves some recognition. I took the apple logo and replaced the normal white with different words that I thought were appropriate for this occasion. The design is simple but straight forward. I made the word RIP the largest because i knew that he wasn't doing well before he died so I can only hope that he went peacefully.