Sandman Illustration

This is the picture I photoshopped for the assignment "Sandman". The mask is a picture I took in photography, I scanned it and edited it with the paint tool to give it color and contrast. The burn tool and dodge tool was also used for tiny details. I used the rough pastel filter in Photoshop for both pictures and used max contrast and brightness. I like the overall finished look, because of its major contrast and dark look. I also used many of the adjustment tools in Photoshop to make it look this way. This assignment was kind of difficult, as I've never heard of sandman before.

Nefarious

My illustration for the theme "Nefarious". I've heard from a lot of people say that this piece looks a little darker than I intended, so I used it for Nefarious. I used oil pastel for everything except the swirls inside the cross. For those, I used prismacolor colored pencils.

Incandescent

Photo I took on my back porch.

Edited photography

I really like the way the photographer edited this photo.

Fine Arts Holiday Showcase 2014

Inspired by the painting starry night, I painted a more winter-ish theme for the holiday poster design contest. I used acrylic paint, along with some watercolor. I took a picture of the painting and edited it on photoshop, using the dodge and burn tools, along with the text tools. Also, using the magic wand tool, I selected the emblems and put them in the correct place. It took a while to find the appropriate text that would be readable against all the colors in the background.

Beguile

A sort of creepy picture I took of my mom. Taken with my 35mm camera. The name of the photograph is Beguile; to entice or charm in a deceptive way. I didn't get her to pose like this, I took the picture while she was off guard and the wind was messing up her hair. Rule of thirds is used.

Emergence

This is a photo I took on my digital camera. The picture was taken in my backyard. The flower is actually really small, I zoomed in alot to get all the detail. The photo is named emergence, which means the process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent. The flower is small and usually not recognized on these types of trees and in the photograph it is the main subject. I used the Macro setting on my camera and used a filter to bring out the contrast between the trees, sky and flower. Also, rule of thirds and leading lines are used.