PLANE OF PLAINNESS AND AWESOMENESS

Plane Coming in for Landing

We were given this image of a plane and told to do something with it.

I chose to make the plane seem as if it were coming in for a landing.  To remove the plane from the original background I used the pen tool. I then used various adjustment layers to make it fit the image, then added a shadow to make it seem realistic. This project, compared to the more recent ones, was very easy and took really no time at all.

Giant Ego

Giant Ego

This composite project was very interesting. The tutorial was one of the better ones that we have used this year. The difficult part of this composite was the same as every composite, making  sure that the subject looked like she fit into the image. Making the selection of the model, as well as getting her hair to fit into the image was also challenging, however the tutorial explained everything well enough to where I could understand what to do.

Stone Portrait/Bust

Stone Bust

This, in my opinion, was one of the more interesting projects this year.  It wasn't too difficult per se, although getting some of the details to look like part of the image were difficult.  The water damage at the top of the bust was particularly difficult to get right. the only other concept that I struggled with was the lighting effects,  I found it hard to get the spot light to look the way I wanted it to. Other than those things I thought this was a great project.

Amazing Cartoon of Awesomeness

Cartoon Yourself

This project was quite difficult for me, due to the fact that I am a horrible artist. However I was able to complete this project with the use of (mostly) the pen tool. I also used the shape builder tool to connect different paths to make the cartoon version of myself not look as if he has been cut into many chunks. Surprisingly I found that the arms were the most difficult part of this project. I could never get them just the way that i wanted. Other than that I thought that this project was rather successful. 

EL GUAPO ES INCREDIBLE

El Guapo Hot Sauce Ad

Original Ad

An updated ad with some changes to the bottle and the social media icons.

This project was interesting, the task was to create labels and an ad for a fictional hot sauce company entitled "El Guapo".  The most difficult part of this was making to labels seem as if they were part of the bottle.  The label itself was very simple  and took only about one day to create. This project over all was a success.

Illustrator Exercise

Adobe Illustrator Exercise

This was a simple Pen Tool exercise for Adobe Illustrator.  It was not difficult to complete and I would recommend it for anyone who has trouble with the Pen Tool.

30 Year Macintosh Anniversary

30 Years of Macintosh

This has been one of my favorite project so far for this semester. I used very simple design elements to create this "modern" style poster. I filled the background with circles to add contrast with the text, and around and behind the text i erased the circle to sort of highlight the words. I made the text get smaller as it went down the poster. The 30 is larger to enforce the idea that the Macintosh computers have been around for 30 years. I also used the old Apple slogan "Think Different" as a little homage to the company that has brought us great computers over the years.