Composite Landscape

For the composite project, we had to combine different images to make a landscape. For example, the railing and house weren't part of the bacground, originally, and the ship is a sketch of mine. I found this piece to be really relaxing and fun to put together. 

I pulled images from the following sites: 

http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/underwater-gallery/images/still-life-5.jpg

http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/underwater-gallery/images/vicissitudes-12.jpg

http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/underwater-gallery/images/fall-from-grace-3.jpg

http://www.lycianturkey.com/images/sunken-city.jpg

 http://www.itsadive.com/WRECK%202-21-06.jpg

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hawaiipictures.com/pictures/bigisland/underwater11600x1200.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hawaiipictures.com/pictures/underwater_1.html&h=1200&w=1600&sz=351&tbnid=8sw0wFc70qgJ::&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dunderwater&usg=__zYdmlXFTSFXxzl1BDglUGzC_waw=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image&cd=1

Scanning Project

This is the scanning project. I'm actually quite  pleased with the way it turned out. I like that the colors all sort of work with each other. The reason some of the fruit is in a bag is because I didn't want it to leak on the scanner. I was leery of how this would look: I didn't want it to come off as trashy, but I think in the end, it actually added some interest. 

Retouching Photos

This week, we were given old photographs and asked to restore them using photoshop. It was actually really relaxing and fun--not as tedious or difficult as one might think. Once I got the different tools and what each one does sorted properly in my mind, fixing the pictures was smooth sailing. 

Icons in Photoshop

I honestly had a blast doing this. I found it to be a lot of fun once I became used to the new tools. It's strange--a lot of them do the same thing as illustrator tools, but they work in different ways. I'm really excited to start our next project- a compilation/landscape of different pictures using this technique.

Images taken from:

http://www.starway.org/Titanic/pictures/Titanic%20BW.gif

http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/photos_images/news_images/02-2006/water_ice_lg.jpg

http://www.giraffes.org/giraffe-01.jpg

http://thefuntimesguide.com/images/blogs/colorful_hot_air_balloon.jpg

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/veg/Barrens/Ornate_box_turtle_VK.low.jpg

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/interloan/big/pics/0457_grave_of_moses_bluecoa.jpg

http://images.inmagine.com/img/corbis/crb274/crb274034.jpg

http://www.travelblog.org/Wallpaper/pix/waterfall_desktop_background-1600x1200.jpg

http://newsrawnews.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/great-white-shark-picture-014.jpg

http://www.aquamanagers.com/assets/toilet-installed.jpg

Memoir in Photoshop

We just began working with photoshop this week! Much of it is the same as illustrator, but it seem much softer. I really like it so far. The first picture is one with a filter, and the second is without. I like the higher contrast on the filter one, but don't know how to change it on the other one. For some reason, my background split into two layers, and I need to fix that and unlock them both before I can edit the contrast.

Degas Imitation

Edgar Degas was a French artist who lived from 1834-1917. He is often classified as an impressionistic artist, but he worked in many styles, ranging from romanticism to realism to classical. His work was set apart from the other impressionists because while they often focused on nature, Degas enjoyed people. A few of his favorite subjects to draw and paint were jockeys and bathers, but the subjects he is most well know for are his dancers.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/

For this assignment, we were asked to create a self-portrait in the style of a well-known painter. I chose Degas because I love his color choices (whites, creams, and pinks with browns and greens and purples) and his impressionist style: some looser strokes, mixed with more solid lines. This was fun!

My Self Portrait

This was actually pretty hard to do. We made a paper collage and then had to copy it on illustrator, but without tracing it. I ended up doing a lot of rotating things and playing, and I'm definitely improving my illustrator skills, even if it's the hard way. 

Tucker

My raster to vector of Tucker done in illustrator!

Symbols

Symbols created in illustrator--one off of a paper, the other, representing me. I think it would be fabulous to sail old-fashioned-style to England someday. 

Illustrator Family

This is my little family made in illlustrator. It was really not as easy as it looks--I promise--but it was great learning some of the shortcuts!

It was both fun and frustrating trying to put this memoir together. I think the font fits wonderfully, and I like the overall idea of the composition, but I truly don't feel like the actual picture works all that well. I'd love to rework it at some point in time on my own terms. I'm sure the quality of the vector images would improve immensly after I've learned more about illustrator as well.

I finally have time to work on my memoir tomorrow! I'm excited to give illustrator another try. It's been forever since I've used it, and the review in class was a huge help! Hopefully things go smoothly.

My Six-Word Memoir

"Once upon a time!" she cried.