Final Project

    For my final project, I wasn't sure what to do since there was no prompt. I decided to use the Photoshop knowledge I gained from my last semester project. Last semester I created circle pixels for my Cinnamon drawing and I decided to use the same process this time. The one difference for this project is that I used pictures instead of circles. The image of the earth is made up of pictures of my friends that I took last week. I created a square with all of the pictures and defined it as as a pattern. I then filled the image of the earth with the new pattern to create the effect.
    I wanted my piece to reflect diversity since the world we live in is extremely diverse. The idea of diversity is what lead me to used the pictures I did. I took all of the pictures except for the one of the earth, which is royalty free. I also decided to add a quote to the image to sum everything up. Overall, I am very satisfied with my project and am glad that I got to improve my Photoshop skills.

Final Pulp Covers

I am finally done with my Pulp Covers. I used Pixlr and Photoshop to add color to the sketches I posted last week. I have my two final product below. Usually Pulp Magazine covers are realistic paintings, but I wanted to put my own spin on it. I enjoy using editing software, so I didn't want to make realistic faces and bodies that would need minimal editing. Instead I tries to sketch vector images that I could scan in and edit.

My first piece depicts shush-kabobs with faces roasting a man over a fire. There is also a lady who is holding a fork (when scanning the in the image, the fork became blurry) that she intends to use as a weapon against the kabobs who are attacking her. I used different select tools to add color to the images and then I adjusted brightness and contrast. I tried to make the fire appear bright and the setting look like nighttime.

 This is the first step I took from the sketches I posted last week. All I did in this image is add color and numbers.

In the next step, I added a vignette and focused the light of the image on the middle. I added a slight blur in order to blend some of the lines and make the image look a little better. I also added the title in the bottom corner where it wouldn't detract from the image. I wanted the main focus to be the man in the middle and is shadow and then the title and details.

Lastly, I changed the some of the colors to create a darker and creepier effect. I did not add the effect to the title to keep it separate from the image.

Overall, I am pretty satisfied with my Pulp covers. If I had more time, I would probably fix some to the sketch lines on the image. Despite that, I think that my final products look better than I expected and am excited to share them.

Art Start

The experimental test of whether

this art is great or good, or minor 

or abysmal, is the effect it has on 

your own sense of the world and of 

yourself.

Great art changes you.

-Sister Wendy Beckett

    I believe that Sister Beckett is trying to convey that the only opinion that matters when judging a piece of art is your own. Art can have a profound effect on both the viewer and the artist, and the measure of the effect is what is used in determining whether the art is "abysmal" or "great."

Pulp Covers

I haven't been able to get much of my covers done this week because I have been sick and didn't have access to Photoshop. Although, I have been able to draw the covers that I can edit on Photoshop when I get to class next week. So far, I have drawn the images on paper and will add color graphically. The first image is supposed to be a man at a crime scene who is being attacked by a shadow.

My second cover depicts a man who is being roasted over a fire and a woman who is trying to save him. The figures on the sides are supposed to be shush-kabobs that are attacking the woman and roasting the man over the fire. I am going to use Photoshop to add color to the images and make them graphic next week. I will probably finish the covers by the end of next week.

Pop Art Project: Background

For the next part of my pop art project, I had to figure out how to piece together all of the separate images i made of the Rat Pack. Since I have 5 pictures, I decided to make the background a 5 point star. To do so, I cut 10 strips of red paper and glued them into a star. I then backed it with white paper and cut off the excess around the sides. I am planning to paint the white inside the star sometime this week and attach the individual pop art images.

Pulp Magazine Cover

This week I have started my sketches on the Pulp magazine covers. For my first cover I have drawn a man in a suit who is hancuffed to a briefcase. A common theme in Pulp covers is people in action, so I wanted my cover to reflect that. I plan on drawing the man's shadow attacking him next to add more suspense. After I finish this cover I am going to get started on the next one. I hope to be finished with the sketches by the beginning of next week.

Pop Art Project

This week I continued working on my pop art project. I completed the graphic pop art illustration on the other three members of the Rat Pack, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford. I used Photoshop to edit the pictures with different color schemes to make the images more vibrant. I also used black paper to frame the pictures in order to add contrast between the bright colors and the black. I am pretty satisfied so far with my project and look forward to continuing it!