marquee tool

The strongest technical aspect of this project for me were the marquee tool and the opacity.  In order to create 11+ different layers of rectangle shapes I needed to sort my squares into a radial symmetrical pattern and adjust the opacities. The marquee tool was fairly easy to use.  All you have to do is click and drag to your desired size and shape until you have a variance of rectangles.  The weakest technical aspect of my work was the lack of elliptical tool.  My computer didn't allow me to use the tool without creating a gradient color so I ignored the tool.

The easiest part of the project was duplicating the layers and putting my work into groups.  The skill set is actually very simple all you have to do is go under layers and click duplicate over the selected layer.  Once you have created the initial patter with that select shape and color and duplicated it, it is important to group your layers.  Once you group your layers you an adjust the position and opacity of them all together. The hardest part of this assignment was making sure the shapes were all symmetrical.  Even if I am just duplicating the layers my shapes alignment takes a lot of time to line up accurately.

The objective of the assignment was to learn how to use the marquee tool.  I accomplished this objective by learned how to use each type, rectangular and elliptical.  Although I didn't use the elliptical shape because the gradient coloring I still learned how to incorporate it into my assignment if I so desired. If there was anything I would change about my assignment was maybe I would make the design a different color scheme.  I typically gravitate towards the cool color pattern.  Next time I will use a warm pallet.

polaroid

The strongest technical aspect in this project was the use of the eraser tool, lasso tool.  I was able to make my polaroid collage look as if a random assortment of photographs fell onto a table and layered themselves.  To make the work more interactive I included several points in the picture where body parts are breaking the plane and going outside the photo.  By using the lasso tool i was able to clean up the surroundings of my picture and install.  The weakest technical aspect of my work was the background.  I tried my best to capture the essence of friendship but The overlaying images seem to disappear into the picture. 

The easiest part of this project was erasing the overlapping layers of the frame.  I like using the eraser tool because it seemed painfully easy how I could chose which photograph I wanted to come to the front and which one would be tucked behind. I liked being able to decide how my pictures looked. The hardest part of the project was dealing with the frustration of my image pixelating.  I had to restart my picture three times before I figured out how to shut the eyes off and replace my picture when it ruined itself.

The objective of the project was to have the photos to appear as if they are both popping out of the 2D realm and lie scattered on a table.  I completed this objective by randomly placing the polaroids on the original image.  To clean up the frames I used the eraser tool to make it seem as if it was layered over each other.  If I could change anything in this project I would select a picture off the internet so my pictures wouldn't pixelate so much. 

tattoo assignment

The strongest technical aspect of my tattoo assignment was the change in opacity and usage of the warp tool.  By bending the design to wrap around the body I was able to create a realistic tattoo for the girl's frame and body.  The opacity had to be adjusted in order to seem more worn in and natural. The technical aspect I need to work on is the burn and dodge tool.  I needed to highlight brighter parts of the body and darken the shadows so the tattoo would be contoured better. Then my work would appear to be even more natural as if i never even photoshopped a design on her body at all.

The easiest part of this project was desaturating the photograph and finding a part of the body to place the tattoo on.  The girl I chose had a lot of open skin to work with but the shoulder blade specifically had a highlight to it surrounded by shadows.  Desaturating the image was simple because it was just a matter of locating the tool bar and choosing the level of brightness and darkness I wanted by grey scale to be. The hardest part of the project was warping the tattoo to resemble an actual tattoo.  The way the skin bends and folds means the design needs to follow the natural look of the skin.  I struggled in dragging the tattoo around the shadows to look as if it was sinking into the skin.

I accomplished the object of the art assignment by selecting a picture, desaturating it and blending a tattoo onto the woman's back so that I successfully learned how to blend objects naturally together with the warp tool, dodge tool and burn tool.  Something I would change about this project is maybe I would have chosen a different design to work with that would have blent easier.