Floating mountain

For one of our first projects in Photoshop this year we made a floating mountain. First we would take a the picture of the mountain that we were given and then you would use the lasso tool to go around it and make the crop it to place it in a picture of the sky. Next, you would use the hue to make the color of the mountain match the color of the sky. Then we were instructed to take a couple of objects, do the same for them and then you had your floating mountain!

Painting in photoshop

Painting in Photoshop was one of my favorite projects so far. You could take any picture and make it  appear as if it was painted! First, you would import the picture that you wanted to transform, second you would take the brush asset tool and change it to wet or moist giving the picture the affect making it look as if it was painted!

Photoshop masks

Yet another of of our classes projects was to take a picture and put a mask on it of the picture on another layer. This may sound confusing but it looks really cool when you are done with it! First you would import a picture then make a copy layer of it. Second, you would click the symbol at the bottom of the page that looks like a rectangle with a white circle over it. Then you could write text, move the copy background layer, and then you have a Photoshop mask!

Famous Logo

For the famous logo project I did the apple logo. At first it was a little tricky trying to make the base of the apple but after a while, I figured it out. The tutorial I used is on YouTube.

How to tutorial

How to use the eyedropper tool

1. Select the eyedropper tool on the left side of the screen on the tool selection menu.

2. Hover the selected eyedropper tool over the color you want.

3. Left click on the color.

4. Then you have your selected color!

Creative Anarchy

Creative anarchy is bending the rules without breaking them, but at the same time still following them. Graphic design is all about making life flourish, and not be black and white. Design influences all of our lives if you knew it or not, it does everyday. Think about this, you're at a clothing store and you see all of these clothes all grays, blacks, reds, blues, and all other colors and somewhere in all of the clothes you spot a neon colored shirt your instincts are naturally going to tell you to go check that shirt out because it stands out more than all of the others. Again at that moment if you knew it or not that shirt impacted you because its design was unique. That is exactly what design is all about, making your idea stand out, give it a creative twist and make it your own.

My Pencils and Personal Project

In this project in graphic design we made pencils. First, we made one that we followed directions, and the second we did it ourselves. To make it, first we put the grid on so the objects would snap to the grid to make it easier. Then we made the shapes snapping them to the grid, and then we used the live paint bucket tool to color the pencil. First, I learned a lot about illustrator such as the live paint bucket, the pencil tool, and how to use the grid to get objects to snap to align the shapes to make your creation. Then the last one on the bottom was my personal project, pac-man because one of the first games I played was pac-man.