inDesign Tutorials

1.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHDy_nEvgd4
2.) https://www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/
3.) https://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design-tips/indesign-tutorials-1232639

Somewhere

 

I was very excited about this project! The Office is one of my favorite shows that I just started rewatching again during quarantine, so I thought it was the perfect thing to photoshop myself into. I chose an image of the main characters sitting at a table. This way I could focus on the top half of my body. This picture also has a lot of light and little shadow. I chose to photoshop myself over where the character Pam is sitting. I took a picture of myself sitting the same way as her with my hands in my lap and my head tilted to the side. I had to clone stamp so parts of Pam that my shape didn't cover. I also redid the side of face with the shadows because the characters have light on their whole face. I had fun with this project, and I thought it turned out pretty seamless. I think it could fool some people. The project took me about 2 hours to complete. 

Photoshop Inspiration

I chose this image as the one I think would be hard to photoshop myself into. I think it would be hard because of all the different lighting and effects in the image. It would be hard to get it to be just right.

I chose this image as something that inspired me. This inspired me because it showed that you don't have to go with something that is expected. I wouldn't have thought to photoshop myself outside of the helicopter, so this image was very unique to me.

This image made me laugh. She asked to make him look like he wasn't uncomfortable, so the guy put a towel over his head. I just thought that was a funny way to solve the problem.

 This is the image that I would want to recreate. I thought it was amazing how she was photoshopped into looking like she was swimming. It is a beautiful image.

Autoscopy

For this project, I really wanted to do something that referenced an internal struggle I have that I think a lot of people can relate to. I chose to represent how I feel like society controls our decisions and how many people view their self worth. I think a lot of this negativity stems from social media, so I chose to show the puppeteer as the hand of social media. I have the puppet that social media is controlling. I wanted to also incorporate a cell phone because many people are glued to their phones and this is where we get a lot of the false standards of attractiveness and beauty from. I put my face behind the phone, but blended it in, so it looked like I was almost trapped in my phone. The swirl at the bottom is supposed to represent all the thoughts that go through my mind, how difficult it can be to navigate the rules and standards society has created. I added scissors to represent how I want to cut off the strings that tie me to social media and release me from its controls. The project took me around 3 hours to complete. I really like how it came out because I thought I represented my goal in a unique and interesting way. 

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.