Text Shape Photoshop User

For today's class I did a photoshop user tutorial. The tutorial was about text shapes. Using different fonts, I came up with an interesting image. The point of the tutorial was to show that you can create artwork or add on to your artwork by using text shapes. There are many different shapes you can select from. You can change the color of the shapes to whatever you like, and you can also change the shape of the text shapes by using Layer>Type>Convert to Shape. This allows you to alter the shapes of the text shapes. I think this technique is useful and I can use it in some of my works.

Midterm

This is my picture I made for the midterm. The picture is a backdrop of the downtown mall with pictures of famous people from Charlottesville. I arranged the people in a chronological order from the oldest to most recent people. I think it turned out well because it puts together a picture of famous residents of Charlottesville, and because of that I think it shows the great achievements of people from Charlottesville ranging from politicians like Thomas Jefferson to hollywood actors like Sissy Spacek and Rob Lowe. If I did the project again I might focus on something more specific rather than an entire history of 250 years of Charlottesville.

No Hate Poster

This is my groups poster for the No Hate Campaign. I thought this turned out well because it got the message across for the campaign and it is visually pleasing to the viewer. If I did this project again, I wouldn't change much because I believe it delivers a clear message about the No Hate campaign and it comes across as visually pleasing. I thought this picture turned out well.

Color Splash Effect

I altered this image by following guidelines from a tutorial on youtube called "Color Splash Effect". The effect made the boat pop out to the viewer. I used layer masks to achieve this effect. By having the rest of the image black and white, the color of the boat really stands out to me, and I think effects like this could make for a good advertisement for the company. If I did this project again I think I would choose a boat with more colorful sides and designs.

Kaleidoscope

This was the kaleidoscope project that I made. I took an image of a wakeboard boat and followed the steps on the kaleidoscope video on youtube. I think the final product came out well and the water and the boat add a cool effect to the kaleidoscope image. If I did the project again I think I would choose an image with more diverse colors so that the final product would look brighter and more colorful.

Book Cover Project

This is my second book cover project. This cover is of a book I've read called Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I tried to make the cover represent a clashing of two societies, the Africans and the Europeans, because that is a major storyline in the book. I think the cover turned out well and it accurately represents what the book is about.

Book Cover Design

This is the final version of my first book cover. The book I chose was The Litigators by John Grisham. The book centered around a theme of law, so I tried to incorporate those characteristics into my book design. I like the outcome because it represents what the book is about without giving the whole story away.