Homework: Painting to Photography

Yes, this is from Harry Potter- In all of the books there is a small illustration at the beginning of every chapter, and this is called "Luna Lovegood" from the fifth book where my favorite character is introduced. 

Lights and Shadows

Reflective Photos

The Golden Triangle

Rule of Thirds

Cubism Part Deux

Top Ten Tips

Get down on their level:

Move it from the middle:

Move in close:

Take Some Vertical Pictures:

Use a Plain Background:

Be a Picture Director:

Picasso Face

This is off a website that allows you to create your own face in the style of Pablo Picasso, one of the coolest artists ever. There was a signature on it, but it didn't work when I saved the picture so here:

                       Signed, 

                               Abbs

Custom Tool/Text

Custom Brush/Gradient

Dodge-Burn-Blur

Selective Color

My Wordle

I know this is an obsessive amount of posts for one day, but here's one I really do like. Ms. Braverman showed us how to use Wordle, a website that lets you create cool collages of your favorite words. Here's mine:

9/11 Post

Today in the wonderful world of Digital Mixed Media, we were asked to find powerful pictures of the events of 9/11.  I personally don’t remember a thing about it, since I was six at the time. Among the pictures that I looked through, I thought this was the most striking. There were a lot of photos of collapsing buildings, sad people, and explosions, but I thought this was pretty powerful too. It’s very surreal and fantasy-like, emphasizing the oh-my-god-I-can’t-believe-this-is-happening feelings that everyone had. The background is very clear, which emphasizes the harsh reality of what happened. It kind of looks like the end of the world, fitting since some people thought it really was. This ends my 9/11 post.

A Nutshell of Knowledge

To start off my new, digital blog, here's what I know about photography and Photoshop. I understand the concept of focus: things that are closer are sharper in detail and things that are farther away are more blurry. I know that you can use a continuous function on a camera to shoot action-one time my friend used that to take a photo of me jumping, and it was cool to see the action as we scrolled through the pictures! Would’ve made the most awesome gif ever. Sorry, I got distracted. I also know that lighting is important for clarity and concept. As for Photoshop, I know that you work one layer at a time to do different things and so you can see several things at once. I know that there are a variety of tools used for selecting specific sections of photos and tools to make things blurrier or sharper.

That’s all I know about photography and Photoshop in a nutshell. Carry on.

The Welcome Wagon

Greetings Earthlings,

Here is a new blog that I’ve created solely dedicated to my Digital Mixed Media class in high school (as if I didn’t already have enough art on the other blog). I will be posting pictures of many different projects for all to see. On the right side are links to my other blogs: one is another art blog and one is just random spurts about random topics.

Live Long and Prosper,

Abby McGrath ^_^