Photoshop

Altered Images

When making this piece, I wanted it to have a theme instead of random pictures thrown together. I wanted something colorful and cute, which gave me the idea of making my piece centered around the beauty of birds. I captured their beauty through different filters and edits to the pictures, such as brightening and changing the colors, making the photo black and white, and adding dark outlines. These edits showed how the beauty of these creatures always shines through and is even enhanced through these changes. As for the challenges I faced, since 2 of the pictures were vertical, I ran into the challenge of making them look even, which took a bit of time to make them look even. I also ran into the issue of being unable to add a border background color, but thankfully I was able to figure out what went wrong. I found my way through these issues, and I’m very satisfied with the end result of my work. These images were all found on the web under the Creative Commons License. The bluejay is 876 × 1024 pixels, the western kingbird is 1920 × 1200 pixels, and the sun conure is 819 × 1024 pixels. The final image is 72 pixels/inch.

Beach Scene

The main technical aspect and/or consideration that I used for this project is hierarchy, which is creating a level of importance and the rule of thirds to create focal points. When trying to make a realistic landscape, pictures need to have the proper proportions, hierarchy, and shadows/lighting. To get the final result, I followed the instructions given to us in class as well as the videos posted on Blackboard. I put my own unique spin on the project so even though it has the same variables, it is still distinctly my own. Some tools that I used to create this piece consisted of quick masks, color adjustments, adding/subtracting selections, shadows, alpha channels, scaling, rotating, and commands c,v,d,t. The main design principle that I considered when designing my work was hierarchy. The negative space in my project was the part of the sky without any other words or files layered on it. This negative space gives the viewer a second to rest their eyes as they dart around the picture looking for important aspects of the piece. The color mode is RGB, the dimensions are 1800px x 1800px, and the resolution is 150.

Netflix Poster

For the Netflix poster project, my goal was to make something that was eye-catching and reflected small elements of design that I enjoy. These elements were reflected in the colors chosen for the moon, the outer glow of the moon and clouds, and the extra stars used in the background. I love galaxy-themed designs, as well as shades of green, blue, and pink. In order to get this final result, I watched the video that was linked for us to watch. I also remembered aspects we learned from the beach project that I applied to this piece, such as slanting the word Netflix and flipping/rotating images. The tools that I used the most were the magic wand, lasso, opacity, outer glow, move tool, and commands c,v,d,z, and t. When designing my work, I took composition, balance, and hierarchy into consideration. I made use of negative space by “filling it” with an outer glow and low-opacity stars so there was something there, but it doesn’t take away the viewer’s focus. The size is 8.5 in x 11 in, the color is RGB, and the resolution is 150 ppi.

Layer Masks

Birthday Card

Maine Rocky Coast

Independent Layer Mask Design

In order to get my final result for my independent work, I used skills that I have learned from class as well as from my job. At my job, I had to do a lot of layer masking when editing product pictures to give them a transparent background for the website, so using the layer mask tool in class was decently easy for me to pick up. As for the concept for my piece, I was inspired by the example piece of the two people made of stars hugging. I decided that it would be cool to show two hands reaching for each other, one being night and one being day. It tells the story of how opposites attract, and the rainbow connection that brings them together, which is why there is rain and a rainbow gradient used for the background. Design principles that I considered were contrast through the night and day concepts and balance between the two hands. The tools I used were the layer masks, rasterize, text, gradient, magic wand, and commands c,v,z, and t. I first found the images on google under creative commons, then used magic wand and layer masks to edit the picture the way I envisioned, added gradient to the background, and lastly added the text with shadows and gradient as well. I made use of the negative space by adding a background that adds a subtle detail of raindrops and a rainbow without taking away the focus of the piece. The color mode is RGB, the dimensions are 8.5 in x 11 in, and the resolution is 150 ppi.

Retouching Works

To edit and retouch the individual images to get their final results, I followed the steps that we had learned in class along with some tips that I had learned from my summer job. To make the borders of the comparison images, I used the same steps as the first assignment of the semester. Some of the main tools that were used consisted of layers, layer modes, paintbrush, clone stamp tool, crop, straightening a file, pattern stamp, canvas size, and commands c, v, t, d. I feel like the main design principle that was used was contrast, due to the contrast of color and black/white, as well as the side-by-side comparison between the original and edited photos. Negative spaces in these pieces were used to form an equal border/frame around the comparison photos.

Hero Poster Design

For my hero poster, I chose Lin-Manuel Miranda because he is an inspiration to the theater industry and I have been interested in theater ever since I learned about it at the beginning of elementary school. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a composer who created the hit Broadway shows Hamilton and In the Heights, as well as helping with the soundtracks for animated movies such as Encanto, Moana, and Vivo. Since he is the son of two Puerto Rican immigrants, he has always felt a need to advocate for diversity. His shows had diverse casts, even in Hamilton where historically the historical figures were all white, unlike his cast. This diversity in theater provides opportunities to blossoming actors who have less of a chance for roles than white people do due to their ethnicity. Miranda’s shows also made the public see that diversity should be more welcomed in the theater industry, as well as other types of music that were not common, such as hip-hop and rap in Hamilton. His advocacy and creativity have forever left a footprint on musical theater and mark the start of a new age of theater.

For my poster of him, various aspects of him and his work came into play. The background of the poster is a similar texture to the Hamilton logo, which is the most popular show he has worked on. The center picture of Lin-Manuel Miranda is him normally, while the picture to the left is of him in Hamilton and the one to the right is of him in In The Heights, both shows he has created and starred in. Clouds and stars are used in this design to represent his endless imagination (the characters are basically in a ‘thought bubble’), inspiration, and creativity when it comes to creating his works. The color and type of font were chosen because it reminded me of Hamilton’s, as well as seeming as if it was written with a feather and ink pen like they use in the musical.

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