Result of a Space Tutorial

This is the result of a space tutorial that we did in class. I really like the background, but I would experiment with the rings a bit more. The shadow on the planet also needs to be fixed a little.

Talking Tiger

Children from a kindergarden class sent in the tigers that they painted in their art class. Our job was to animate the tigers they created.

This project was interesting and fun, but tedious.

We started with the painting:



Then we created the mouth shapes for each group of vowels. For example, the first one below is the "a, i" sound.

 

 

                                                             

                 

                                                             

After making the above images in Adobe Photoshop, I made a .gif file just to see how the vowel sounds look like:

We took the jpegs and uploaded them to Adobe Flash, where we animated them and made them into a movie (.avi).

Here is the final result:

Pearls Photoshop

I learned how to do this in a tutorial I found here:

http://www.tutorial-source.com/photoshop-tutorials/photoshop-tutorials-buttons/learn-how-to-create-a-silk-pearl-photoshop-tutorial

Logo

Sparkle Portrait

Flowerbrush Tutorial

Brushes Tutorials

Parts Project

Below is the result of my assignment, the Parts Project. The objective was to create an organic creature from various inorganic parts.

I created a woodpecker made from wood and woodworking parts:

Handheld Portfolio

Adobe Illustrator Symbol Sprayer Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator 2D Logos Tutorial

Adobe Ilustrator 3D Logos Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator Rubber Duck Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator Flower Tutorial

Here are some flowers made using the star shape and the pucker and bloat effect on Adobe Illustrator CS4:

My Most Successful Work

 The mesh project (below) was my most successful work so far. I think that the project shows what I could achieve with Photoshop in a matter of a few days. I think that the meshing of the grass and the phone was a success as there were clean cuts and no jagged edges. The jagged edges were a problem before doing this particular project. As my proficiency with Photoshop improved, I was better able to find solutions to the editing problems that I faced. The techniques that I used in this project will definately come into use again in the future. I would like to continue doing projects that are challenging and require planning as I feel that planning is one of my strengths when it comes to computer art projects. This was one of my most favorite projects so far in this class.

World on a Phone

Text on Window

Cinemagraphs

Magazine Cover

The following was created from the Barbie Project. I thought that it turned out well overall. The only addition I would make is to add a drop shadow to Jason Segel.

Type Tutorial-Hand Image

Type Tutorial

Clay Creature

The following was created on an iPad using the app 123DSculpt. I liked how the app gave you different shapes of "clay" to start with. I think that it isn't as intuitive as Sketchbook Pro. However, the textures available are interesting. The app is also difficult to use until you get the hang of it. Overall, it is a fun app but takes time to get used to. In the future, it would be fun to create a distorted face using the shape of the face that is available.

I think my final product looks a but like a fish from a certain angle, but I didn't intend for it to turn out that way.

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Apple Drawing

The following was created on an iPad using the app Sketchbook Pro. The app lets the user have multiple layers and change the opacity of the layers. I really liked that part because it made fixing the drawing easier. I also liked how the app was easy to use. There were some really cool brushes as well. I wish there was a drop shadow option. In the future it would be fun to create a portrait of someone from a photograph using this app.

The Barbie Project

The instructions for this project were to take the proportions of a cartoon character and apply them to a celebrity. My original idea was to use a chipmunk from Alvin and the Chipmunks and Justin Beiber. However, I decided that Justin might not have a heavy enough build and would be difficult to transform. I ended up using Jason Segel from 'How I met your Mother' as he has a heavier build and a wider face.
These are the source pictures that I started with. (I found them on Google Images):

       


I then liquified Jason's face and made his torso 2/3 of his body as the chipmunk's sweatshirt is 2/3 of his body. I also curved and modified the legs. I think the cheeks and legs were successful. I got rid of the background because it was messy. The only part of this that I do not like is the background:

This project taught me how to observe and apply proportions using Photoshop.

Aisha

After I followed the directions on the picture, I got the following:

The only part of this picture that I would want to improve is her jawline. It's a little blurry.

Retouching Practice 2

Before:

After:

Retouching Practice

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After:

Retouching Tutorial

This is the result of a tutorial on retouching in Photoshop.

Pencil Walk Cycle

This is a walk cycle animation of a pencil man that I drew and cut out. I think that this piece worked in terms of the animation. The only part of the piece that didn't work was the different colored backgrounds. I would change the background if I did this project again. Also, I would use a tripod while taking pictures to make it easier to animate. The most difficult part of this project was moving the "limbs" of the pencil man and taking photographs. The animation process on Photoshop was comparitively easier. The most important lesson I learned from this project was how to make a walk cycle.

Bell Animation

This is my first GIF animation and was done with Photoshop CS4.

I think that this piece was successful in terms of neatness and creativity as well as just understanding the process of how to animate on Photoshop.The animation of the bell worked well. I think the music notes could have moved from left to right instead of staying on the same side. I would change the musical notes and add different ones as well. The most difficult part of this project was making sure that no white space showed and the bell moved in a pendulum-like fashion. The most important lesson I learned from this piece was how to create frames from layers in Photoshop.

Banana Shine

World on a Phone

The project below combines various pictures of moss, grass and beetles and an image of a phone.  The phone image was taken by me. My original idea was to have a phone and letter carrier pigeons flying out of it. I thought it would be ironic. Instead, I chose to create a little world on top of a phone. Landline phones can be useful at times, but usually people just use their cellphones. The idea was to create a small environment on the unused phone.The image also has a story going on; the  beetles on the are competing for the leaf.

I tried to stay away from the usual fire/water images and I think I was successful with that. The edges were a lot better than the previous projects. The phone and the grass/moss are mostly seamless. The shadows and highlights with the different textures also came out well.

Ideas for Mesh Project

Inanimate Objects:

1. water bottle
2. backpack
3. computer parts:
1. mouse
2. keyboard
3. computer wire
4. chair
5. old phone
6. speaker
7. shoes
8. clock
9. flash drive (usb)
10. notecards
11. pencil/pen
12. door
13. textbook
14. paint tubes
15. stapler
16. printer
17. tape dispenser
18. tv
19. toaster

Animate Objects

1. flower
2. leaves
3. food?
4. branches
5. horse?
6. duck
7. birds
8. goldfish
9. letter carrier pigeons
10. people
11. grass
12. tree roots
13. moss
14. turtle
15. bat
16. waves?
17. stick insect
18. pencil while writing
19. frog
20. hands

Ideas:

1. old phone + letter carrier pigeons--This is my favorite idea. I think it would be ironic because using a land line today is almost viewed as communicating by letter-carrier pigeons
2. printer+ flock of birds-This is might be fun because it plays on what people expect out of a printer. Instead of 2D, the viewer would see 3D.
3. Phone+ moss+flowers--the idea is the same as above, but the final product would be more colorful.

Newimal #2

I wasn't that happy with the other dolpher (deer+ dolphin) newimal, so I created the one below. This one is a hummingbird + a clownfish. I was happy with the way the wings and the beak turned out. I found that I used the eraser, clone stamp and warp tools much more than others on Photoshop. Overall, it was a time consumuing and fun project:

Newimal Project

This project combined a deer and a dolphin into a new animal--a dolpher. I started out by looking at pictures of antelopes, but then moved on to deers. The initial merging of the deer head and the dolphin went well:

 Making both pictures seamless was the challenging part. I think that if I put the dolphin on the deer picture, it would have been easier. On the other hand, I learned how to use the clone stamp tool more efficiently. I could have also moved the entire dolphin down, leaving more space for the antlers.

On the whole, this project was fun to brainstorm, but translating my ideas to Photoshop was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be.