For
my magazine assignment I decided to start off by brainstorming all the
things I wanted to be on the cover. Next, I did a rough sketch on a
piece of paper to see how all of my components would fit together. After
I went onto the computer to to pick out the right background for my
cover. Then I had Emily to take a portrait picture of me and took that
picture and put into the computer.
The first thing I did the the picture was get rid of all the background and i enhanced my photo by playing aroung with the colours. Then I went to dafont.com to pick out fonts the will compliment my cover. I pressed the print screen botton and then transfered it into photoshop. After getting rid off all the white space I place the word as to where I wanted it in the cover. The last thing I did was put a barcode and the price of the magazine.
I decided to make a second magazine for fun and for marks. I went on
Google and searched for magazine covers to get an inspiration. I chose
one that I liked the most so that it would be more enjoyable to re
create. The process of this magazine was quicker than my first magazine
cover because of the way I had accomplished it. The way I did my second magazine cover was:
Step 1- I made the backgound similar to the original by making a white rectangle shape at the top
Step 2- I took the pictures needed for my cover
Step 3- I got rid of all the background space and placed the photo into photoshop
Step 4- To create the effect of the rips I used the brush tool
Step 5- I went to dafont.com and print screened all the the words I needed for my cover
Step 6- I place each word into photo shop and tried to make it complement each other
Step 7- Lastly I plave the barcode
WATERCOLOUR ART
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http://photoshoproadmap.com/video-tutorials/yt/FItQ_eXCt6E/
BEFORE/AFTER:
For my photoshop project, I decided to go with an assignment that related to watercolour. Watercolour art has, and still is something i'm fascinated by. Making my own with minimal art skills and free downloadable brushes has definitely been fun. The steps and skills needed for this project are pretty basic. Like the pop art assignment, a prepared cutout image needs to already be on hand. The picture I used for this one has a cutout filter added on to it, but feel free to use any filter that complements what you're going for. The altered image is then placed on a layer, where you can start adding the downloaded brushes on a different layer so it doesn't affect/tint the image. The skills we learned from the Andy Warhol assignment benefits you for this one.
BEFORE/AFTER:
Before
After
For this assignment i have chosen to do a reflected photo and made it seem as if it was a painting. To achieve this I started off by adding a layer and placing my photo in. Then I used the lasso tool to outline the mountain in the picture and deleted the everything else except the mountain. After I clicked the "filter" then "Artistic" found in the top bar. You can choose which ever style you would like you own photo to be. I had chosen the "Film Grain" to complement my image. Once I had chosen my style, on the left there will be a bar where you had the option to change the brush size an sharpness of the image. Moving on I then duplicated my slide which contained the edited mountain, on the duplicated slide I rotated it to a 180 degree angle and flipped I horizontally by right clicking the mouse and lined the image where the reflection line would be. Now on to the background. The background is quite easy to obtain. First I went to the background layer.All I really had to do is go to the brush tool and chose which brush style and color to do and added it to the picture. The more I clicked the darker the color became making it look much prettier that just having the plain solid colored background.
For my project, I decided to do a faded landscape image that I found online. It was a little bit difficult because the website that had the instructions, didnt explain it very well so I had to figure most of it by myself.
How I did it: I first chose 2 different pictures, a self picture and a landscape picture I took 2 years ago. I changed the self picture into a silhouette by making the picture entirely black. I then added the landscape picture into a layer mask and added colors to make it look nicer.
For my Photoshop assignment I decided to do a translucent sunset picture/ picture of myself. These are the two pictures that I used for this project, the idea was the combined both pictures and make both translucent. You had to turn your photo of yourself into a silhouette, add a layer-mask then adding your sunset to the layer mask. Once you press back to the original photo it will show the sunset, you must change the opacity of your picture of yourself. I added an extra effect by changing the background color and adding more color to my sunset. Overall it was quite difficult to figure out and had a-lot of problems along the way. I'm am very happy with the way it turned out!
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