Retouch, Heal, and Patch Images PhoBlog - week9

It was great exploring all the tools that can turn an ok picture into something picture perfect. The true magic of Photoshop.

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Color PhoBlog - week 4

Experimenting with the Hue/Saturation tool versus the Gradient Map tool was a lot of fun. This was a great exercise in understanding the capability and limitations of the hue/saturation tool and the creative diversity that the gradient map has to offer. The hue/saturation tool produces similar and quicker results compared to the duotone manipulation from the previous chapter and exercises. Where as, I had a lot of fun with the gradient map and its diverse, flexible colorization capabilities. I can see myself referring often to the gradient map to quickly and easily produce unique images.

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I first started looking for a website that provided a color scheme tool and found: http://colorschemedesigner.com/ I love this site!!

Using the scheme tool, I found an "accented analogic" color set that was pleasing to my eyes. (pictures 1 & 2)

After taking snapshots of my chosen color set, I proceeded to get creative. I decided to do an Andy Warhol type of block layout using the four primary colors and their secondary colors identified in the color set.

Then, I went to my personal catalog of picture and found images that contained the same primary colors. With the images, I decided to grayscale the colors that did not apply. Finally, putting all the pieces together like a puzzle... blending and adjusting until it finally felt right. (picture 3)

Surreal PhoBlog - week 10

Surreal, for sure. Had no idea in mind, just started out making the background that ended up being kind of a space-face using the gradient tool once on the main background and then two smaller times as eyes.

The statue is part of a picture that was taken at the Min Son Monastery in Watsonville. And, since she had three fingers displayed, a theme of 3 started to appear.

So, then I used the pen tool to create 3 balloons and an animated figure holding them.

Typography PhoBlog - week 7

I wanted to incorporate movement and texture of the typography seamlessly into the image. The picture is of a rose that was taken at a local rose garden and I liked the way it uniformly swirled as it was blooming. I decided to explore manipulating the picture using filters. Once I found a filter that I liked, I needed to incorporate a saying. The swirl of the rose blossom reminded me of "Round and round she goes". I wanted to design the typography in a way that would have the viewer see the entire image in this circular swirling motion.

Below, is typography assignment part 2.

Mid-Term : This Little Piggy - week 8

I started out wanting to build a montage on man's first steps on the moon, but instead my mind kept singing "This Little Piggy". So, I switched gears and started looking for images that would represent counting of a babies toes while singing the song, “This Little Piggy”. If a hundred years from now, the interaction of playing with a babies toes while singing this nursery rhyme were to cease to exist than my image may provoke curious thoughts.