Homework 4

Here is my 2nd version.

Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to finish it, and I currently have no scan of my thumbnail.

instructions:
-movie poster (use realistic images), ads or 3-D cartoons (can also be 3-D movie pics. It can be anything realistic or dealing with realism, but NO 2-D pics)
-collect and arrange images to tell the story of the movie in one go
-make sure you have the focus (usually the bigger one surrounded by little ones)
-some times you add paint behind something to make it stand out
-remember the harry potter poster from typography?
 Something like that
-similar to the shirt project, but secret is cutting them out correctly
-fix the edges so that its not jagged.
-when dealing with reality, there is no solid lines, a bit of a blur; it is the difference between cartoons and reality. the more focus, the more clear, the less focus, the more blurry
-8x13 or 8x14 (14 tall, 8 wide)
-basic grading is to avoid bad cuts and halos
-go in slightly into the image with the polygon tool
--the more lil clicks you make, the more precise you'll be with the polygon tool
--to zoom, double click, zoom hold shift, continue and then connect it with the previous selection.
-its important how to work with edges; also with your composistion
-feather your edges
--makes it more realistic
--1.5 pixel or 1.0 pixel feathering
--selection; right click on your selection, then click feather
--if the image looks too blurry, less feathering, too edgy, more feathering
--feather while editing, while deleting
--BEFORE copying and pasting  you must feather!
--when you want something to merge with another object, feather pixels are high to make it look realistic (12 dp) but not necessary for this project
--Feathering is most of the assignment
--when feathering furry creatures, ignore a majority of the strands of fur and get the main shape
--feather will not work well on low resolution images
--you can not use the magic wand while feathering 
-you may save your selection so you may come back to it again in the near future
-remember to make the images as REALISTIC as possible by manipulating BLURYNESS and SOFTNESS!!
-gather all your images first and then draft
---placement draft, value draft
-cut out the chara or the bg (better yet, make the bg using slight brush strokes) and then place your charas
-to add dynamic details, change the kind of brush (go on a diff layer) and do logical and simple strokes
-shrink to a thumbnail

-go to filter, noise, add noise
--add just a teensy bit
--a final adjustment, very last step after you flatten
--gaussian blur slightly to blend your noise

Homework 3

Ver 3:
-left heart as is due to contrast; the beige background against the heart helped the heart gradually come in from the white background
-Items taken out:
--At the bottom
---running girl; couldnt find a way to make her image recognizable; her hair was making it too messy and confusing
---took out feet; cats found to be unnessary
--Head
---basket ball, car door, extra cresent
-items majorly rotated/arranged:
--crescent to make as the head
---wing so it would be more recognizable
---arranged branches in a more orderly fashion to avoid confusion
---mouse became right up so it would be more recognizable; tail appeared to wrap around the wheel
--Edited parts:
---tree branches; erased more white spots around heart
---some of the right side branches were "lose" and scattered so I erased them
-branches to the left weren't fitting in correctly so I used the clone brush to make them appear more natural

Ver 2 (gave up in the middle of thought process)
-I wanted to take out the color surrounding the heart, thinking I only needed the heart itself.
-Wanted to make the tail bigger so I tried to fix it, but didnt work out too well
-wanted to keep the feet but couldn't find away to make the image itself recognizable

Critique of ver 1
-massed well
-value break down is good
-Heart was masked too much; Keep the heart mostly out, overlap a little bit, Tail swoop out. more clarity, head and legs non-exsistant, change to be more clear
-currently a C or a low B

INSTRUCTIONS:
Create an image using other images together.
-perhaps shadow images/black and white images or colored images; your choice
-8x11
-try to find stuff already cut out
-large than 800x600 or 1024x768 (google)
-harsh lighting
-to delete background, use polygon laso tool, white/black paint brush, eraser, or magic wand
-final ver goes on a shirt; do not allow sharp edges to show; the edges of you portrait.
-you want to connect your images; use textures if you want; make a background with value
-if you want to remove a stamp/watercolor, clone stamp the background around it. (very thin grey line on copyright so be careful)
-shouldnt look like a quilt
-you may use typography if it fits with your design
-should be able to distinguish what the image (the one you made out of images) is quickly.
-image on top, image on t-shirt on bottom right corner (blank shirt, but you can choose others)
-when putting it on the shirt, flatten the image
-no more than 3-4 values
-850 pixel height when uploading to the blog


-wand tool to clear out the shirt
-take all your layers except bg and put them in a folder
-copy the folder
-merge group
-drag the copied image, crop it, and put it on shirt

Redo plans:
-Take out the "head"
-amass the "tail" so that the images that make it are recognizable.
-make the "wings" into vines like image with other recognizable images with hands appearing to want to grab the heart.
-out of the "neck" sprout more "vines" with other recognizable images to creep towards the adjacent corners and split in half for both sides downwards so that it creeps towards the heart as well.

Homework 2

-completed 3 more and fixed 5 of them; total of 25

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 -first ver...

Use shapes in photoshop to create abstract images (can you communicate something w/o using detail?) Choose a dominant, subordinate and sub subordinate values and shapes and go on from there. Break all your compositions into thirds (2:3 ratio that is naturally found in nature and in yourself; your own fingers) You will do 20-30 separate small compositions; each one should only take about 5 mins, in the beginning it should take you a bit, but after you get used to it it shouldnt take you long.

You can take other artwork and simplify it as well. Use the square, circle, and magnetic polygon tool.
Overlapping will also help a bit.

The main point is to learn the rules of composition: of high key, of medium key, and of low key. Also, look at other's works on the blog to get a better idea once they post theirs.

Also, only rectangles for the composition, verticals and horizontals. BUT NO SQUARES

Assignment One

Here is the first assignment where I am testing out where i turned a cow demon character into a cheetah character using healing brush and magic wand. I messed around with the textures, finally deciding to go with the cheetah instead of the giraffe due the giraffe spots looking too similar to the cow spots he already had in.

Moo

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