Exhibit 8

Background: This is a cat themed calendar. Below you will see examples of the monthly pages.

Design:

• Contrast: The Color of the background contrasts against the black and white of the photo. The Texture of the background helps to break up the solid color so that it won't overpower the image itself. Although the cat's face is mostly black, the white fur at his chin helps to seperate his face from the black suit. 

• Repetition: There is repetition within the two photos. The cat was  naturally colored  black and white, so I made it a black and white image to match the vintage photo. 

• Alignment: The image has a center alignment with asymetirical patterns in the background balancing the image. 

• Proximity: The overlayed cat face has been placed in such a way that the proximity of the cat and the body look like they belong together. 

• Color: The solid color and pattern of the background was monochromatic to meet the simplicity of the black and white photo. 

• Type: AR Christy, Candara, and Bell MT.

Revision: In my first iteration of this image the text on the right was sitting too much to the right so that the text appeared to be running off the page. By centering it more the placement looked balanced. I also increased the size of the text bubble at the bottom. 

Photoshop Skills Used: 

• Pen

• Select

• Mask

• Transform

• Brush

• Fill Content Aware

• Shapes

• Stroke

Credits: The body of man can be found at pxhere.com. The cat picture is my own.