My Animoto Video

My Animoto Video

This is my Animoto video with 7 of my projects from this year. I added some music to the video as well to improve the slideshow.

Hidden Images Project

This is my hidden picture project. For this project I hid five characters from the video game Call of Duty in this snowy landscape. I altered the size and opacity for each of the characters to make them blend in more with the background in accordance with the light and color. I think the project was fun to make and fun to watch when people try to find the soldiers.

Photo Montage

This is my photomontage project. I put many photos of footballs and football players into this image and I tried to fit the pictures to the shape of a football. I think it turned out well because it has the appearance and theme of a football picture because of all the football pictures in it. I think if I did the project again I'd choose a more complex shape to do to try for more of a challenge.

Hands Collage

This is my hands collage project. I think the hands look cool with the puzzle-type effect applied. To apply that effect I used the styles panel to select from many different effects to apply to the image. I think the project turned out well because the interlocking hands are symbolic of the school community at Western. I think if I did the project again I'd try a different layout with the hands just to mix it up a bit.

Creative Typography

This is the creative typography Photoshop User tutorial. I like how this turned out because the text has a bright, colorful look to it and is complemented by the beachy background. The overall image creates a feel of being at the beach in my opinion.

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.