Album Cover Assignment

For my Album Cover, I created a band called 'LOYAL DEFIANCE', and created an album for them called 'LITTLE REMAINS'.

My adjectives are edgy, deep, dark, emotional and mysterious. The band's personality should resemble that of storytelling emo's; meaning they tell their own story in a dark but beautiful way. I executed this in my design by choosing a dark colour palette and dark elements to bring out the edginess that is my band.

I came up with a few original designs including human hearts, X's, and Aristotle fonts. I also came up with the idea of crowns, which I took as the 'loyal' element. I also tried to express the name of the band in the design, but to be entirely honest, I don't think I really did that well, as happy as I am with my final design.

I used elements of line to lead the eye to the ends and centre of the album, and also to showcase the edgy heart in the centre of the cover.

I used photoshop for my roughs, and created several sketches also.

Overall, I did achieve what I hoped for. Although I didn't really nail what I'd hoped to showcase with the Band name.

Surrealism Assignment (Photoshop)

     This is my surrealism assignment image. I chose the theme--or the problem--of Bipolar disorder to be the inspiration behind the design of this project. The basic idea of the image is that the ground is splitting, due to the emotions pulling the subject more towards their sides, which is basically bipolar disorder; during fits of laughter and episodes of sadness and anger, your mind couldn't make up its' mind as to what emotions you are feeling.

      To begin with the process, I acquired a basic background of an empty and ominous-looking room. With this image, I created a new photoshop document and adjusted the brightness of the image. I then found the image of the window, copied the layer, then used the eraser tool to erase half of each image to give the effect of 'splitting'.

    I then created a background layer and copied in an image of a galaxy. In the centre of the 'room' layer, I used the eraser tool to create what looks like the room splitting. I then lined up the split window with the crack in the wall, adding another section of large cracks on the floor.
     Then creating a new layer and adding in the centre subject, I darkened the subject and edited in images of arms grabbing at her.
     As an added touch, I painted 'blood dripping' on the room wall around the crack in the image, then writing 'HELP ME' to add to the dramatic, dark feel of the entire image itself.

Zsat is all. ( . _ . ; )

Surrealism Prezi Assignment

This is the link for my Prezi:

https://prezi.com/vem8tv84rnug/untitled-prezi/

Thanks.

Movie Poster Assignment

This is my poster for the movie poster assignment. I created a movie called StarS'mores. and created this poster using Photoshop.

First, I found the galaxy background and pasted it to a 12✖18 file. Following that, I added the first s'more image. After using the quick selection tool to crop out the S'more from its background, I created a mask by clicking the 'Japan flag' icon on the layer section of the page.
Once I created the mask, I selected the paint tool. With the black paint, I painted over the edges to make the photo more transparent.Along with the edges, I also selected the burn tool and highlighted certain areas of the s'more.

After doing this process for the other S'mores, I created 'S'moresabers'. I found images of lightsabers, and cropped them in behind the s'mores, along with some extra colouring in behind to make them seem more vibrant.

The last thing I did was input the title and actor names. I just downloaded a Star Wars font, and typed in 'StarS'mores'. I did the same thing for the actor names, but I only had to resize them to fit atop the images. Lastly, I used the credits image and sized it on the bottom of the poster.

That's how I created my movie poster.

Photography Assignment

The first image that I edited was the interrupted pattern photo.

 

This photo was the most representative of the composition because it was one of the cleanest background images I took, and I found that the image of her standing in the centre of the image represented the composition.

Framing

The next image composition is framing. I picked this image to represent this composition because I really liked the colours in the background, and I found that the item I used for the framing seemed to suit the background well.

Leading Lines

This is the image I chose for the leading lines composition. I liked this image because I liked the way that the foliage in the back and foregrounds almost highlighted the pathway leading to the gate. It leads your eyes easily along the path towards the gate.

Rule of thirds

Here is my composition for rule of thirds. I liked this image because it really shows you a contrast in between the dark background and the light handprint. I also think this is a good photograph for this composition is because it follows the rule of thirds well by having the focal point of the image, which is the handprint, placed more towards the top left, instead of being confined to the centre of the image.

Selective Focus

This is the selective focus image. Out of all of my images of various compositions, this one is my favourite. Not only for the fact that this technique is one of my personal favourites, but because I love the way that this image balances colours; the oranges and greens in this image are proportioned well and confined to the one side of the image to make it look less crowded. 

Fill the Frame

This composition is Fill the frame, where you choose a subject for an image, and fill the lens frame with it. This image I chose represents this composition because the girl in the frame completely fills the lens frame, and also because her clothing is a good contrast to the background.

Portrait [1]

This is the first portrait I chose for the portrait composition. I like this image because I think the lighting and shadows in the photo balance the figure well, by having one side dark, and having the other side highlighted with the subject's shadow.

Portrait [2]

This is my second portrait for this composition. I chose this one because I think this is a unique take on the traditional portraiture composition, having the subject in a different position then that of a classic portrait. I also like this image because the lighting on the subject's face highlights her features well.

Photography Techniques

An Example of 'Fill the Frame' 











Fill the frame is a technique that uses a certain element in the photo that is enlarged enough to fill the entire frame of the photo.

 An Example of an 'Interrupting Pattern'

















An Interrupting pattern is a natural pattern in photography, or an unnatural pattern in photography, that has a certain element that stands out  against the background.



An Example of 'Framing'










Framing is a technique in photography that you can use that creates a framing effect on a scene or a certain element in nature using some way of natural framing, like a curved rock in front of a waterfall.

An Example of 'Leading Lines'










Leading Lines is a technique that uses natural flowing lines to lead your eye from one point in the photograph to another.

Fast and Slow Shutter Speed Images

Fast Shutter Speed

The image above uses a shutter speed of 1/125 in order to create a smooth look throughout the image. If you'll notice with the other two photos below, the backgrounds, as well as the child in the foreground, change qualities as I play around with the shutter speeds.

Medium Shutter Speed

The medium shutter speed image uses a 1/20 shutter speed, creating a mildly blurry photo with the slight effect of movement. In some situations, this effect can look aesthetically pleasing to the eye, in other or most situations, this effect can look unprofessional and can result in a poor-looking photo. 

Slow Shutter Speed

This slow shutter speed image uses a 1/13 shutter speed and makes the image look very much in motion. This effect can look good in certain photos where you would want that feeling of movement, like wanting to show the movement in a moving car. The execution of this effect can be difficult, and requires you to be very careful with how much blur you use.

Examples

Here are some examples of fast shutter speed images.

Below are some examples of slow shutter speed images.