Monday, April 25, 2011

Photoshop Tutorial

Here is the link to the tutorial I worked on:
 
The following picture is after I created the water ceiling and distorted the image to fit on the ceiling and changed to opacity. I also changed to color balance of the room to make it look blue and then used the eraser tool to help blend the ceiling in with the walls of the room.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The second snapshot is taken after I used the rectangle tool and choose a blue color to create to illusion that you're looking underwater. I also brought in an image of water to distort and place on the floor.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The third image is taken after I used the magnetic lasso tool to cut the girl out and place her in the room. I had to scale her body to the right size and change her color balance and opacity. I also used the burn tool on her face to make it look darker.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My final image is taken after adding gradients, fliters and bluring the image. I did not add the bubbles however because it had already taken me a long time and I like the look of the room without them. 
 
 

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Jacob Cass

Jacob Cass, founder of Just Creative Design, is a graphic designer who uses the computer in his everyday work.

The following picture is an example of his print design:



The denotations of the picture are a man without his shirt on with a pizza covering his stomach and the words "YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT". I believe the connotations are that the man is overweight because he eats pizza and the pizza is made to look like it is a part of his body.

Another example of Jacob's print work is the following:



The denotations are a bunch of red words on a black background and the phrase "take a closer look" written in white. The connotations are that the red words form a beer bottle and the words are all negative effects of drinking alcohol. Jacob is asking the view to "take a closer look" when they consume alcohol and to consider the negative consequences such as "brain damage" and "death".

link: http://justcreativedesign.com/portfolio/