Layer Mask

The point of this project was to practice using Layer Masks. I found an image for the ground/landscape, one for the sky, one for a tree, and then three objects of our choice. One at a time I added another image to the fray, and used Layer Masks to hide all the bits and pices of the photos that I didn't want, leaving just what could be seen, and continually adding to the photograph. I resized the images quite a lot, as well.

Wasn't my favourite assignment, so it won't be my best.

Magic Wand

The point of this project was to use the Magic wand tool to automatically select the shapes (the tool works by color) and copy/paste them into the white half of the rectangle, each in their own seperate layer - each named, of course - and then arrange all the shapes into another shape or arrangement.

The form I finally decided on was a dog. The square with the shapes cut out of it is the head, the square is one ear, and the double-square is another ear. The shape with all the sharp angles and corners is the tail, one of the squigly objects is the tongue, and the other is the body.

All About Me

This was a project that was meant for us to explore and practice tool use, as well as tell a little about ourselves. The point was to go and find at least 10 images that had something to do with us, and arrange them into a photoshop document. Four of the images had to be cut out, and ther had to be a colored background and a laye of text with the person's name on it.


In this project, I have my full name, a fading black/white background, 6 cut out images, and 5 solid images.
The importance of the images?


Griffins: Griffins have to be my favourite mythical creature, and the two different shades symbolize that there's always anotther side to things.

Airplanes: The airplane going into the upper left corner and the airplane symbol in the upper right near the text are there because my ideal career choice would be Pilot.

The Cat and Dog: I love animals, and I have a few cats and 3 dogs.

Me: The nagative picture of me is something I made a while back.

Swingset: No matter how old I get, I love swingsets. They're a nice place to relax, read, or just think things over.

Hugh Laurie: House is my favourite TV show, so that's in there too.

Crazy Combos 9/3/10

Second project. The idea was to create a creature using all different parts and pieces. First, I had to figure out what I wanted the body to be, and at first I started looking at Zebras, and then the horse idea came up. I prefer the Magnetic Lasso tool, so that's what I used for most of the cutting.  I took the body/head and put it into a new document. The wings and tail are from a picture of a Seagull, found on Google, and the antlers are from a picture of a White Tail Deer, also found on Google. The feet are from a stock photo of a dead bird of Deviantart.com, and credit for that picture goes to ~dark-dragon-stock. Thanks.