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To begin I chose my background as a cutting board. I layered circles on top of each other and filled them in with the appropriate color for the crust, sauce, and cheese. I also used the pen tool with variations of white and yellow to create a melted cheese look. Next I created the slicesContinue reading “Pizza Pies”

The pair on the right, is the example that was used to trace the pair on the left. The pen tool that was used is a little tricky because you have to first make two anchor points, then hold down and drag the mouse to create the rounded edges. After the first couple edges, IContinue reading “Pear Tracing”

This image started off at just 49 boxes, 12pt apart from each other. I began by selecting all 7 columns and filled the the background with the colors in the rainbow. Next I went in to each of the squares and used the shape tool to make each shape. I choose complementary colors to correspondContinue reading “Complementary Boxes”

Today ethics and design plagiarism are so important, but what is plagiarism? Plagiarism is taking someone else’s ideas or words and calling them as your own. In graphic design, Plagiarism is taking images, concepts, or artwork from another artist and replicating it as your own, or using those in your own work. Throughout this courseContinue reading “Ethics and Design Plagiarism in New Media Arts and Design”

With this elephant, I began by filling it in with different gradients of complementary colors. Purple and yellow are seen in the flowers, green and red are seen in the butterfly, and orange and blue are seen in the ears and trunk of the elephant. On the top of the image, are all of theContinue reading “Complementary Elephant”

In Adobe Illustrator Iearned how to use shapes in order to make a pencil. First I began by making the squares and rectangles for the eraser and body of the pencil. As I moved on to each part, I added the desired color. Next I added anchor points to make the base of the pencilContinue reading “Pencils”

This social awareness poster is regarding drinking and driving. To create this I began by using the road background. Next I placed the inside of the car on top and erased, to have the road come through. Next I cut out the images for the mirrors and placed them in, along with the beverage inContinue reading “Social Awareness Poster”

Above is a photoshop retouching image. To begin I cropped out the border, added the multiply layer, and copied that layer to double the multiply color look. Next I merged those layers. After, I adjusted the tone, levels, and made it a black and white image. Next, I adjusted the drop down filter to exclusion.Continue reading “X-Ray Men”

This is one of my own photographs that I retouched in PhotoShop. To being I used auto tone, contrast, and color. Next I used the clone stamp to extend the grass down at the bottom. Following that I lighted and darkened the image in some areas using the dodge and burn tools. I also adjustedContinue reading “Retouching Images”

First I opened up the hat in a seperate photoshop file. Next I used the rectangular marquee tool to select the image. After the image was selected I used the magic wand tool to deselect the surroundings. I selected a mask and went back and got some of the areas I missed. I copied andContinue reading “Donkey & Sombrero”