Magical Landscape

Business Card Project

Splash Effects Logo

This is the tutorial project I chose to do from the NAPP website. It was called Splash Effects for Logos. I made a logo for the swim team because it fit the splash style of logo well. I think it turned out well and if I did it again I would try it with different themes for different sports or activities etc.

School Planner Design

This is my planner design for the school planner project. I tried to make it simple and visually appealing at the same time so that it was nothing too complex for a planner. I think it turned out well because it encompasses the school colors, mascot, and has a design that is somewhat different from just a regular planner cover. I think this is what a cover of a planner should look like and therefore I think the project turned out well.

Mixer Edge Mask Effects

This is a tutorial from the NAPP website. The tutorial was for mixer edge mask effects. The image I used was one I took this spring break at Cocoa Beach. I used the layer mask tool, the mixer brush, and the texture brush to create the border. I think it turned out well because the border looks rough and jagged which was the goal of the tutorial, and I think it fits this image well. If I did the project again I would incorporate different colors into the image instead of just grey.

Digital Photography Exhibit

This is the picture I chose from the Metropolitan website. The photographer is Matthew Porter and the date is 2010. I like this picture because it is a cool scene of the car jumping in the streets of Los Angeles. I like the colors that make it look like a older, original image. The artist made this picture by taking pictures of die cast cars in his studio, while creating the same lighting conditions as the background image. This way he can insert his picture into the background and it looks like there is actually a car jumping. I think the artist does a good job trying to achieve the same lighting conditions as the background.

This is my create your own font project. For this project I used magnetix toys that I had at my house. I put them in letter shapes and took pictures of each letter. I think it turned out looking pretty realistic and had the shape of the letters in the alphabet for the most part. Overall, I think the project turned out well.

Stonewashed Portrait Effect

Before

After

This is the stonewashed portrait effect from the NAPP tutorials. For this project I used alot of layer masks and the gaussian blur tool. I think it turned out well because it made the part of the image that I wanted to be the focus appear that way. It made the player pop from the background. I think it turned out well, but if I did it over again I might choose a simpler background so the image would pop even more from the background.

Punch Through Effect

This is the second tutorial from the photoshop user website. It's called the punch through effect. I used the burn tool, brush tool, filter tools, and the lasso tools for this project. I think it turned out well because it makes the superbowl logo pop off the page and the hole where it punches through blends well with the rest of the image. If I did the project again I'd try it with a different colored background. Overall I think it turned out well and looks good.

Hardmix Blend Mode

This is one of the three NAPP tutorials I did. It was called the hardmix blend mode. I used the level adjustment layer, blend mode, and the fill mode. These two images are the before and after. I think the bottom one definitely has a little more pop to it because the background isn't as pale looking as the first one and the image overall seems to have more color to it. I think the effect worked well on the image and really brought out all the different colors. If I did the project again I might try a different color scheme/ group of colors.

Midterm

This is the first of my 2 midterm pictures. For this picture I made an advertisement for Carter Mountain Orchard. I tried to incorporate all of the different activities and things to do at Carter Mountain. I made the food they have a point of emphasis and I used the opacity and eraser tools to edit the images I used for the ad. I think it turned out well because it shows all of the different things to do at the orchard which is what an ad tries to accomplish.

For the second of my 2 pictures I used the splash effect from the tutorials. One adjustment I made from the tutorials is that I chose not to make the splashes black and white because I thought they looked better in the image if they were a different color than just grey. I think it looks better and sort of pops off the picture. I used the filter menu, the window menu, magic wand, the eraser, and the layer menu for this picture. I think it turned out really well and I think it looks cool and advertises the local food well.

Soldier's Cards

These are Christmas/New Year cards I made for the soldiers. I used a lot of the text and brush tool to make different text effects and to add borders to the cards. I think they turned out well and if I did it over again I would try and find a way in Photoshop to be able to make a card layout so it would be able to print easier.

Wheels On Fire- Photoshop Book Project

This is my project I made from the photoshop book. It's a picture of a sportscar on fire. For this project I used the brush tool, layer masks, the transform tool, and many different filters. I didn't include the white road or the sparks that were in the picture done in the photoshop book. I think the picture looked better without them because they didn't seem to fit well with the colors and rest of the image. Overall I thought the image turned out really well and it looked cool in the end. If i did it again I might change the colors in the image to see if that produced a better looking effect.

Trailside Flyer

This is my Trailside Art Show Flyer. I used many different brushes and editing effects to add things into the image like stars. I think it turned out well because it's simple and catches the eye. Overall, I think the project turned out well.

These are my two ads for WAHS events. I made these by trying to keep them simple, meaning that I used only a few colors in each one. Also, I tried to make some cool designs for each of the posters so that it would be appealing to people's eyes and therefore they would remember the events that were advertised. I think these turned out well and I think that they make pretty good advertisements for around the school.

Retro Look

This is my retro look picture. For this image I used threshold to make the pic black and white, then diffuse and unsharp mask. I also used the gradient tool to add the gradient with an orange and blue color blend. The url for the tutorial was : http://members.photoshopuser.com/article/retro-look/

Pumpkin Glow Photo

This is my glowing pumpkin project from the Napp website. I put the picture of the joker on here by using the layer style and color range tools. I think it turned out really well and looks cool. The url for the tutorial was : http://members.photoshopuser.com/article/halloween-photos/

Watery Sports Picture

For this picture I used two images. The wood background, and a picture of a golfer. I selected just the golfer's body from that picture and placed it on the wood. Then I filled in the golfer with white paint and then I used the bevel and emboss tool to edit the golfer to make it look more like a watery kind of image. I think it turned out cool and looked different. I used the Napp website for this project.

Polygonal Lasso Tool

This is my project that shows how the polygonal lasso tool works. I chose a picture of the NFL player Maurice Jones Drew. I wanted to take out the background, so I used the polygonal lasso tool to outline him, then I used Select > Inverse to select the area of the image besides him, and then I deleted the background.

Burn Tool: Before and After

BEFORE

AFTER

I used the burn tool in this project to demonstrate the effect this tool can have on an image. I decided to make the person in the image stand out by using the burn tool on the background behind him. The tool darkens the pixels of the part of the image you use it on. I think the tool had a good effect here and it made the part of the image that I wanted stand out.