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Firstly, the title of this post sounds like a boy band. Secondly, this picture looks way better onscreen than printed out, which I'm disappointed about, but just know that it actually looks pretty cool!
I wanted to try the Underwater Scene/Bubble tutorials because thus far, I had only been doing art-type Photoshop projects, and although those are the main reason I wanted to learn Photoshop, I felt I wasn't getting the full experience of the program. So I decided to try something different! I can't say it was the most fun, or difficult project I've done so far, but it was really useful. I'm so excited that I know how to make brush shapes, I feel so much more competent! I really could have used that skill in the paint bucket picture, and I will definitely be using it in the future. I also liked playing with filters and different things like that in this tutorial, and trying to make the rays look realistic. Attempting to create realistic depth in the picture was cool too, and the "Perception" transforming option was cool, (and a bit of a challenge). I also became even more familiar with the brushes palette, that's always a good thing! It was difficult to make the shark fit in with the background, I messed around with blending options for a while. I also really wanted to make it look like the shark was swimming toward you while you were looking at the picture. I think those two endeavors were pretty successful...much unlike the endeavor of trying to surround the shark with realistic-looking seaweed, but you win some you lose some I suppose. I'm very glad I did this tutorial, I underestimated these parts of Photoshop, and considered them useless, which I wont do anymore, because I know they can be very helpful!ps. Just in case you were wondering, the shark (which I thought was an eel at first), is called a Frilled Shark, this picture is of one in Japan. It's called a living fossil because this type of shark has been around for 95 million years and has barely changed in that time!! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/photogalleries/frilled-shark/photo4.html
The "Stylized Character" tutorial was definitely a big hit with me, it was so fun! When I use markers to draw, I usually draw more abstract things, with a lot of intricate detailing, but nothing, usually, that looks realistic. But with this, it was like practice using markers (with much more freedom) on realistic drawings. It was very fun to play with the way different colors worked with one another, and it was really interesting to see the way that the purple and the magenta in the tutorial blended like I really was using markers. I liked the challenge of trying to use the white of the background for some highlights, instead of erasing or painting over with white, it was more difficult, but I think it made for more realistic highlights. In the tutorial, my least favorite part was painting the feathers, it really irked me when they didn't turn out as perfect curves; Photoshop paint may be more forgiving than markers, but I think theres a certain precision that cannot be obtained through the computer. I was very proud of my picture! It was much simpler than the tutorial picture, but that's not because I was lazy! It was supposed to be a stylized drawing, and my style just isn't that...ostentatious. I prefer to focus on colors that work well together, instead of embellishments. One thing that I would have liked to try, and maybe I'll try on my final or another project, is making a pattern with paint, instead of just using a solid color on the dress. Overall though, I'm extremely happy with this project, and I even practiced drawing stylized people like this with the new markers I got for my birthday!
(Not that I couldn't just tell you this in class...but the rubric for the blog in the class synopsis says I can say how the class is going etc.) :]I really like this class, and I really like Photoshop a lot! If I ever did anything with computers in my life, it would be like this, graphic design and things like that. So, I was wondering if it's still possible for me to change this class from Photoshop and Final Cut Pro to just Photoshop?...You can answer me in person if you want :]-Zeph
This tutorial's finished product features my boyfriend's band, The Diving Captain, having a super awesome music party inside a vintage diving helmet. And their party is simply so amazing, that the helmet is melting due to the increasing coolness inside of it!That's what it's supposed to look like, anyways. I really liked this project, it was fun and challenging. The most annoying part of it was that in order to make the drips, I had to make sure that I smudged the entire picture completely, because if I didn't, then the drips would leave these weird shadows of the pictures behind it. It was quite tedious. I really liked playing with making the drips look as realistic as possible, (which didn't exactly work out, but I figured that I had already spent 2 weeks on it, and no more could be spared!), and playing with the brushes palette more. The parts that were the most difficult to create realistically were the glare on the glass, and the engraving. For the glass, I used the Clone Stamp tool, which was interesting, though I'm still not quite sure how it works. And I figured out how to arc text! Which I feel means that, (though I still need and love your guidance, Mrs. Banks-V!), I'm becoming more familiar and savvy with Photoshop!All in all I'm proud of this work, even though it didn't turn out as perfect as I'd hoped. I'm glad I chose to make a poster/whatever for TDC because it made it more personal for me, though I was originally going to make a cathedral melting, which I'm interested to try someday!ps. the drip at the bottom is supposed to be going off the page!
This project was very cute, but it was my least favorite so far. In the tutorial, the frog was adorable, and making the drips was fun, allowing me to release all my obsessive compulsive tendencies into creating perfect highlights! However, it was extremely difficult to find or create an image to do for my own something-covered project. I knew I didn't want to make something covered in chocolate, that would be too close to copying the tutorial for me, plus I prefer to use more color in my pictures, and paint was a perfect way to do that. I chose a butterfly because I wanted something that I could picture getting into trouble around a bunch of paints, and a carefree butterfly flitting around seemed perfect. I was not satisfied with my finished project, it wasn't realistic enough for me, although it was cute. I had fun trying different brush tips etc. to create the splatters. One thing that was extremely successful with this project was that I became very familiar and comfortable with with the brushes palette, which I'm sure will be extremely helpful in the future! All in all, regardless of whether or not I enjoyed the subject matter, this tutorial and project were very helpful, and learning all of the new skills was fun!
I was eager to do this project because I want to be a tattoo artist someday, or at least have a lot of them, and it was a little bit like living vicariously through Photoshop! I was able to use the picture of the first tattoo I am going to get, which I’ll be getting on or shortly after my 18th birthday in October, and that was cool to be able to visualize it. I didn’t make it the way it will look on me, I made it bigger and added color, but that was my favorite part: I could experiment with things like color without tattooing them on my skin and then regretting it. The most difficult part was making the tattoos look realistic on the skin, and I’m not sure I succeeded. Adding the noise filter helped a little bit, as well as layering the opacity, but the colors still looked a little too bright on the skin. I really liked the liquefy filter as well, but it became difficult when you had to move certain parts of the tattoo and it would alter other parts and warp the overall shape of the tattoo. I’m less satisfied with the finished product on this project than on my Pop Art, but I was equally happy with the lesson and I feel just as comfortable with the new skills, I’m sure they’ll be helpful in the next one.
I’m really glad that Pop Art was the first art skill I learned on Photoshop, because I think that all of the steps in it can be really useful in other areas of the program. I liked that it challenged me, (even though it was easy overall), because I had to be determined and optimistic, and pay very close attention to detail, in starting over, and over, to fix my mistakes. It was also a great way to begin the class because it was something I could easily relate to. I was a little scared coming into this class because I’ve never really been that into computers and technology, (except for coveting the iPod and internet etc.); I’ve always been an art/theatre/English sort of girl. I’ve also always been a huge fan of Andy Warhol. I was eager to attempt his trademark style of art. I’m exceptionally proud of the work I did on this project, as well as the finished product. My favorite part of the project, besides using my masterful pen-masking skills, was choosing the filter to add a vintage effect to the picture. I had a lot of fun trying to authentically imitate the ripened look of art from 40 years ago. All in all, I’m very satisfied with my first project in this class and I cant wait to prove myself in other areas of Photoshop.
