Retouching Aisha

We retouched Aisha... Bam.

Before Re-touching

After Re-touching

We did a tutorial on how photo-editors of magazing touch up celebrities and make them look 'perfect'. It makes me extremely mad at Hollywood at the moment, oh well. We got a normal untouched picture of a girl (Mr. Sands had it and I have no clue where he got it so...). We copied the layer of her and used tools such as hue/saturation, liquify, and Spot Healing Brush Tool. The latter took away any blemish/'unwanted' freckle.
This was a great project and I really enjoyed learning about how extremem most touch-ups are. Next time, I would give her green eyes (rather than purple) and try another way to redo her make-up.

Water Elemental Paint Splat

Here's the other one. Enjoi! :P

Fire Elemental Paint Splat

This was an extrememly hard project (mainly because of how precise all my erasing/cutting had to be). We were assaigned to create a flowing, matching paint splat picture using pictures that we took and non-copyrighted images if needed. I attempted to create an elemental-genre picture (like the person was controling the flames).
I like this one because it turned out the best, but I'm also putting my water one up as well. You can decide which you prefer.
I I did this project differently, I would arrange the paint splats in a different way or would use different ones altogether. I like the colors I used in this one and my water one though...

Amplified

We were assigned to practice bevel and emboss and make an amp. I don't like this amp and it really doesn't look real. I couldn't figure out the whole color thing. Next time, I'm using black...

CoLoR wHeEl

We were assaigned to create an original color wheel using things that represented us. I used seahorses and surfboards because my life practically revolves around the beach. Plus, I love to surf.
First I found the right images, made about 25 layers or so and then made another layer overtop of each one so that I could insert the colors and make them flow. This took about three days to do. It turned out really cool!
I think if I did this project again, I'd choose something other than seahorses for the center or attempt a background.
I really like how the surfboards took in the color. I think they're my favorite part of the color wheel.

Escaping Reality

We were assigned to take pictures of ourselves with a partner and a picture frame and then adding something in the picture that showed something about us. (wow... that was a run-on)
After taking the pictures in the school courtyard, my partner and I brought back the camera and uploaded our pictures to the computer. After ward we were allowed to go crazy with the details. I wanted to make it look like I was trying to escape into the picture for a while (inspired by the Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis).
I layered the original picture (the one with my partner and the frame), cut myself out of my 'falling' picture, and then found another picture of a place I would rather be and inserted it.
If I did this project again, I would try having the frame sideways because there were a few beach scenes I wanted to use but couldn't because they were horizontal.
One thing I had trouble with was adjusting the picture inside the frame. I'm going to make sure my frame is straight next time so I can adjust it better.