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i really like the filter wave thing. i've created a couple things that convey completely different moods. i don't really know if we're supposed to post these, but i like them, so i'm going to...

here's my first one. it has a very peaceful, water-ish mood. i chose relaxing colors in the blue/green family because those are the colors that relate to relaxation and such. the waves are very smooth and lucid which also add to the water effect.



my next one conveys a more urgent sense. i used red, orange, and yellow and made the waves much more abrupt and jagged. i reminds me of fire/flames and is not relaxing to me at all.

sketching assignment

heres my new sketching assignment. i really left my project up to the choice of the computer for this project.

rules:
create a grid using the line tool at pt.1 (don't worry too much about making them all the exact same size, but make it close.)
select a brush that you like (i suggest something like the flowers, leaves, or rubberduckies, etc.) under "brush presets" check the boxes marked "shape dynamics," "scattering," and "color dynamics"
select a color you like
go onto the grid and click once with the middle of your brush at each line intersection.
do this for the entire grid
when you are finished, hide, or delete all of the "grid layers"

this creates a very random, spontaneous depositing of the leaves, butterflies, or whatever you decided to use. also, you do not choose where it is going to go, or what color it is going to be... the computer does. this got very frustrating at first because sometimes the stamp wouldn't go anywhere close to where i clicked. but after i finished the whole result it normally balanced out pretty well.
for my first two, i created the grid myself. for the third one i went into the "view" bar and selected "view grid" this gave me a perfect grid to work with easily. it did not really change the overall look of my piece. it was a lot easier, and took a lot less time, but left the project with less chaos and chance. in the first one, i didn't create a new layer before starting the brush tools. when i got to the end i tried hiding all of the grid layers and had to leave the last one because otherwise, my whole project disappeared! i went back and erased the lines that were easily exposed, but had to leave them over the flowers. this did not upset me though because it was chance. for the rubberduckie one i left the grid there so you could get an understanding of what i meant. i like these projects. they are simple, yet... neat.

pictures for collage

well, since i didn't end up using the collage i was planning on using, i thought i'd post the pictures i used for my actual collage project. soooo, here they are.

sketching assignment

we were supposed to use the cloning tool. i did my version of the example that was showed in class and used road signs and erased the words and support posts. i did, however, decide to leave the numbers and arrows on the signs just because.

pictures for collage

here are some of the pictures i'm using for my 9/11 collage

collage project idea

my collage project is a homage to 9/11 and more specifically how it affected the nation.

i plan on having a skyline of nyc with the twin towers. i'm going to blend fire into the background. i'll also put some lit candles in there since lighting candles is sort of a tribute to pay our respects to those who were lost. i hope to include some pictures of people praying and people joining hands to symbolize what many americans did after the event. i'll probably play around a lot with opacity, color filters, and other things to add more depth and texture to my piece.

digital imagery week one

for this i just did a color filter to give it a dark blue tint. i then went through and used one of the brush options to put the purple stuff behind it. it was pretty basic, but i liked the overall look in the end.







this was one of my favorites. i just used the marquee tool to select a small square. next i chose a color and made the opacity somewhere between 20-35% then filled in the box. i did this until i had covered the entire picture. it was a pretty tedious process, but i really like how it turned out.









for this one i just did a photo filter of a light orange color. then i went through and used the faded brush tool, made the opacity around 30% and did the yellow and orange. then i used the brush to make the little fuzzball thing in the corner in red. it gave it a much different look.








for my last one wanted to experiment a little more. i made it a sepia tone sort of, then added the blue in the corner, much the same way i added the red and yellow in the other one. then i made the white lines on the corners just because.