Photoshop Tutorials

1.) https://www.photoshopessentials.com

2.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFyOznL9UvA

3.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2307e8iGDo0

BW to color

 


For my project, I wanted to choose a picture that wasn't just a selfie. I chose this picture because of the flower details in my dress. I thought the flowers would be fun to change the colors of and make an interesting project. The first design I did was the analogous one. I really liked the boldness of these colors. I thought they all matched together nicely and would accent the design in my dress. I stuck with using four of the colors for the flowers in my dress, and I used the first pink color for things like my hair and shoes. I wanted to do a background color, so I stuck with that same pink color. I made the background color very light, so you could focus on the other designs. I added the blue trees for some extra pop in the background.

Next, I worked on the triad design. These colors had the purples again, but changed things up by adding the yellow and greens. Instead of having different colors in the dress, I stuck with making the flowers all yellow and using this color in the trees as well. I wanted to add a pop of color again, so I did the green hair. Then, I used purple to highlight the deck which is something unique from my other designs.

Lastly, I did the double split complementary design. This color palette was my favorite because the colors were so bold and contrasting. I used two very contrasting colors for the flowers on my dress and a dark bold blue for the fabric in the middle of my dress. In this design, I changed the color of the dress from the background by making it purple. I stuck with matching my hair, bracelet, and shoes in a yellow color for something unique.

My favorite design is the analogous one. I really liked how the flowers in the dress turned out. I also really liked the pink hair. I enjoyed this project because it was fun to see how I could manipulate the colors in different ways. The project took me around three hours to complete because I had to outline each flower individually.

Logo

For my logo, I first was messing around with a couple ideas involving animals, health, and fitness. Those are the main things I thought represented me and would be good as a logo. In all of my designs, I created a B using different objects. I decided that the logo with the B made by a leash, a cat print, and a dog print was my favorite. I have always been a huge advocate for animals and have volunteered at animal shelters for most of my life. I wanted to be able to showcase for love for animals in my logo because they have always been such a huge part of my life. For my original design, I first was using two large dog paw prints, but decided making the top one smaller and a cat paw print would make the design come together. I added claws to the cat print to make them more distinguishable. Next, I needed something to outline the paw prints in order to make the B shape more noticeable. I decided using a leash would be unique and connect the whole logo together. The original black and white logo took me about an hour. It was not too complicated once I got the leash outline how I wanted it.

When moving on to adding color to my design, I wanted to keep it pretty simple. I first did the design using two different shades of pink. Pink is my favorite color, so the color tied the logo back to how it is supposed to represent me. I outlined the light pink leash with the darker pink color to tie everything together. Next, I did the blue logo. Again, I wanted to keep it simple but add a little bit of flare to the design. Blue is another one of my favorite colors and represents calm and peace. I wanted to try adding a gradient of some kind and landed on the white to blue. I thought it looked similar to the sky which brings again a peacefulness to the design. Lastly, I did the brown and red design. I thought these colors were the most realistic for the logo. Using brown on the paw prints is a common color you might see paw prints without just being black. The red leash is another basic color that makes the leash seem realistic. I am very happy with how my logo came out. My favorite design is the classic black and white version. Adding the colors only took me about 20-30 minutes. I enjoyed this project because I got to be very creative.

Tag Print

 

For this project, I started out with my simple black and white logo. When combining the logo with the different tags, I wanted to keep it pretty simple. I wanted all of the details of the dog leash and paw prints to still be noticeable. To make the inside of the B, I used a cat print and a dog print. I thought using the scratches tag in them made it look unique. The negative tag I focused mostly on the upper paw print because I didn't want it to fade away the detail in the leash. I used the soft brush outline to draw focus to the outline of the B, but I made the opacity less to make the outline less bold. I also used a spray tag in the background and made that less bold as well. The first part of the project only took me about an hour mainly because I redid the tag.

I enjoyed the second part of the project. I got to mess around with different colors and sizes. I ended up redoing this part as well because I didn't like the way it came out the first time. In my second attempt, I stuck with two tag prints. I did more of a neon color scheme for the top one. I overlapped a blue tag with a purple one. In the bottom corner, I did more dull colors. I overlapped green with pink. For both of the prints, I used colors that I thought contrasted each other so they would stand out. The second part only took me about 30 minutes to complete.
















For this

Propaganda Poster

For my initial portrait, I chose the picture I posted above. I wanted to do something out of the ordinary instead of making my image look exactly like me. I took inspiration from a portrait done of Marilyn Monroe on the internet. I liked how the image was broken up almost like a puzzle, and it used contrasting colors to stand out. The portrait took me about 3 hours. It was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. The eyes were the hardest part, but once I got the hang of it the rest went smoothly.

When I started working on the poster part, I wanted to incorporate a message that is relevant to now. I decided to focus on the coronavirus because it is changing life for everyone in the United States. I wanted to do something that was more on the happy side because everyone has been so down lately, and I am also smiling in my portrait. I incorporated the message about social distancing because it is something that is very important for people to do right now. I thought adding a little bit of humor to the message would help to make my message stand out and lighten the mood. I chose to do an analogous color scheme because I wanted to use contrasting colors on all ends of the color wheel. I chose pastel and bright colors to drive the message of trying to see the glass half full. The poster took me about 2 hours to complete. I am happy with how it turned out. 

Gradient Mesh Project

For my gradient mesh project I wanted to create a flower. In my room I have two fake pink flowers which I used for inspiration. I have always thought flowers were beautiful, and I thought it would be fun to try to recreate one using the gradient mesh. I decided to only do the bottom flower because of how time consuming the process was.

I was very unfamiliar with this tool when I started the project. I had to do each petal individually which took a lot of time and patience. I also had to really mess with the layers in order to get the petals to display correctly. I actually did not think the flower would look as good as it does. I think it looks like the actual flower. I am very happy with my final project. The assignment took me around 4 hours to complete.