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This is a photo that I found on Flickr. To start off, I made a duplicate layer. Then next I changed the shadow/higlight and the brightness and contrast. After that, I desaturated the photo. Then I used the eraser tool and made the color of the dress and ballet shoes. The last thing I did was add the text. I used the same color from the dress for the text. Then I embossed and made the opacity less so that the word wasn't too sharp.
This photo Is of Misty-May Treanor. I found it on Flickr. First of all what I did was make a background copy. Then I when to image adjustments, and chose desaturate. The next thing I did was chose the eraser tool and I went over the volleyball, and the swimsuit, so that the colors would really pop. Then I used the text tool and chose the Earwig Factory text. Then I roated the text so it would sort of be diagonal. Then I used the colors from the volleyball to spell out the word.
I interviewed Jane Nelson who works at Special T's in Lynch. Here were her answers: 1. What are some basic design principals? The main reason for graphic design is to relay a message/statement. You must relay that message appealingly to your consumer or client. There are four fundamental principals to always live by when you are designing something. CRAP Contrast - Avoid elements (fonts, colors, size, shape...) on a page that are similar. Contrast is what draws people into your work. Repetition - Repeat some aspect of your design throughout the entire piece. You want to make sure that you communicate the purpose of your design. Alignment - Everything should have some visual connection with another object on the page. It will help unify and organize the page. Proximity - Items relating to each other should be grouped together. This to will help organize and better clarify your message. 2. What are some tips you have from the field of digital design?Always keep up on the new technology. Programs, computers, printers... are changing everyday and if you can’t keep up, then you are in the dark. Don’t be afraid to take risks. Something that may seem off the wall may turn out to be an award winning piece. One huge tip is to take the time to learn shortcuts! Using shortcuts and speed keys will save both you and your client money. 3. And what is some advice you would give to a novice designer? Going into a career like Graphic Arts was one of the smartest things I have ever done. You can do so much with the training. Web design, billboard design, corporate identity... the list goes on. This field is expanding all the time. Graphic design is definitely the new age field of art. Try out a few different areas of graphic design before finding your specialty. (Logos, Website, Business Cards, Advertisements, Brochures, Billboards, Product Packaging, Posters, Book Design, Magazine Layout, Newspaper Layout, Greeting Cards). In college, we got to do billboards, computer animation, product marketing/packaging and even a photography class. We did a little of everything. It was amazing.
The Podcast that I found and decided to download was called Adobe Photoshop Quicktips by Justin Seeley. I chose this podcast, because it was the highest in popularity, so I decided that I should check it out. Most of the videos will last between about 4-6 minutes, and you just go on weekly to check each one out. You also can e-mail the creator of the podcast, to have him show the quicktips on one of the episodes. I found the podcast easy to follow in the step-by-step process that it gives you.
I enjoyed the Apple Student Gallery, because it was very easy to use. You could go in and type what sort of picture you wanted to see and it would come up with several photos for you to choose from. I do think that the age should be younger so that students that are taking classes similar to the digital design classes that we are in, can publish their works of art on the website as well. Overall I think it was a good website.
