Monday, April 29, 2013

My Reflection Essay



2013 Reflection Paper
The classes I had this 2012-2013 school year, my junior year of high school, at AMCHS have had a great effect on me. This year I have acclimated to life in College Station, completed a 26,000 word novella, and decided on a general career path I believe I will be happy in pursuing.
I moved to College Station in September from Seattle, Washington. Adjusting to a school the size of A & M Consolidated High School was not easy (it’s like Hogwarts in here—I swear the hallways move) and finding a new friends group proved to be challenging. However, the kind and help community at AMCHS made my transition much easier and I now feel at home College Station. Joining organizations like Art Club and National Honors Society were also very helpful in adjusting to life in College Station.
I also wrote my own novella, The K­ingdom of Nothing, in November of this year. Making the time to write and edit my work was equally challenging. To meet my goal of writing 500-1,500 words a day, I often had to stay up late, or write during my advocate. Regardless, my perseverance and the support of my friends here at AMCHS helped me reach my goal.
            Finally, this year I resolved to pursue a career in Computer Science. My Graphic Design class aided me in making this decision greatly as it was through this class that I discovered my enjoyment of all things design. I greatly enjoyed the level of creativity and ingenuity the class demanded. Though I am unsure if I will pursue a career in only Graph and Web Design, Animation, or Programming, I am excited for my future.
In summation, this school year at AMCHS was highly influential and helped me grow as a person. I look forward to my next and final year at AMCHS next fall.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Tape and Curl

I applied this tutorial to a picture of my dog as a puppy and and this one to a picture I took a couple of summers ago. I put the two photos on a cork board background and added some drop shadows to make it look for like a scrap book.
Source images:

http://www.mbmgulf.ae/images/amorim/expanded-cork.jpg

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Purfume Ad: Spirit

I started by creating my own background by playing with some brushes, then I added (and tweaked) a photo of myself, and an unlabeled bottle of perfume. I then applied a pink color filter to all layers and added the text. Finally, I added and outer glow around the perfume bottle and myself and made a high pass layer.


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Monday, April 8, 2013

Glamour- Sepia Tone

I made this by desaturated the image, and changing the variation. I also blurred the background a little bit.


Glamour- Out of Focus

I made this by playing with the Gaussian blur and lighting. I also increased the contrast and saturation around my face and on my lips.


Glamour- Vingette

This is my attempt at a vignette. I lowered the brightness and added a Gaussian blur to the background, and I increased thee contrast on my face.


Glamour- Black and White

I made the image Black and White, then used layer mask and hue/saturation on my lips.
Original


Glamour- High Pass

I add two high pass layers, a Gaussian blur to the background,  and a pink layer on Overlay with a low opacity to give the image color.

Original

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Self Make-Over




This is a photo of myself that I edited using the blend mode, Levels, the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, the Healing Brush and  Hue/Saturation. I also added lip stick, blush, and tried to improve the image resolution.


Monday, April 1, 2013

Adjusting Skin Tone

I adjusted her skin tone using the color blend mode and this tutorial.
Photoshop-Retouch1.gif

Wrinkle Remover

I removed her wrinkles by using the healing brush, the clone stamp tool, and this tutorial.







Whiten Teeth

I gave the model whiter teeth using the dodge tool, screen mode, the curves tool, and this tutorial.
Retouching Portraits - How To Whiten Teeth & Eyes

Eye Shadow

I added eye shadow to this photograph using an extra layer, Color Dodge, and this tutorial.
Make Up tutorial with Photoshop.