WAHS Event Poster 2

This is the second poster for the same assignment. I chose to display the schedule for the different days of Spirit Week. I went with a blue and gold theme for the school colors, and used black to bring out the gold more clearly against the blue.  I went through several effects and gradients to get the right font. I used a few different brushes to get the right "torn" effect around the letters. For the background, I used the free drawing program, Alchemy, and then used filters and gradients in Photoshop. Overall I'm happy with the result, even though it feels like it is missing something, but I'm not sure what.

WAHS Event Poster

For this assignment, we were to design an advertisement or poster for a school-related event. I decided to choose the fall play, "The Importance of Being Earnest." I used Illustrator to trace a stage curtain, and then various gradient settings to make the curtains more dynamic. I originally had the curtains closed, but later thought open was more appropriate. I altered the hue and saturation in Photoshop, to get a nice blue that reflected the blue curtains in Western's Auditorium. I added a drop shadow to the text that was against the blue. Below the title is all the information a potential audience member would need to attend the production. Overall I am happy with he result, though I had a difficult time choosing some of the borders, and some of the curtains could be smoother.

Andy Warhol

For this assignment, we were to alter a photo so that it resembled an Andy Warhol painting. Instead of a  person, I decided to go with my sister's cat, Wilbur, who has a nice natural contrast with his black and white fur. I made the blacks and darker colors into a more bold dark, and the whites and lighter colors were altered for each image into highly saturated hues to pop more. I did a similar process with his green eyes. Overall I'm pleased with the result, and a little detail I like is that his collar is still readable. 

Collage

   For this assignment, we were to slice up an image and make it appear as if it was many pictures that make up one, in a collage-like style. My first collage was used with a scene I set up and posed within Source Filmmaker, with some photoshop-like edits. I decided to start out with a simple format of eight photos. For my second collage, I took a photograph of a flower hanging from a tree. I was pleased with the focus on certain parts of the flower, and decided to go with a more jagged-like setup with thirteen photos. I stressed more on angles by using the polygonal lasso tool. For the backgrounds of both collages, I messed around with gradients and textures. Overall I'm happy with the results, though there are some corners that could be sharper.