Self-Evaluation

I would have to say that my most significant accomplishment in my final would be that I was able to use different layer masks to create the background texture that I wanted.  I was also able to make only her look like she was digitized which I found greatly pleasing that I was now able to do that.  I was also able to further investigate my big idea of loneliness with the idea of being truly alone.  The picture that I chose was able to let me manipulate it in a way that made you feel that the girl sitting on the bench truly felt like she was disconnected with the rest of her body which would symbolize the world around her.

 At the beginning of the quarter I had a really hard time with making photos run smoothly into one another such as on the second midterm.  For some reason I was not able to get the angel in the corner to blend into the trees like I was able to do on the first midterm.  This was probably due to the color palate but it still frustrated me to no end.  I figured out the blur tool and the smudge tool to help in my endeavour to make the photos blend together seamlessly.

I feel that I was able to create more meaning with my Midterm #1 than I was able to with Quiz #4.  I was able to create a feeling of loneliness with the boy's posture (his head down), the overall color (the blues and purples) and the small angel that is above the crossed arms.  I feel like I was able to create a more meaningful work with the midterm than I was with the quiz.  In the quiz, I attempted to create a sense of excitement and I wanted to focus more on the action that was in the movie more than the romance.  I attempted this by changing the font of the title and making it stick out more.  I made the ship almost black to create a sense of eeriness along with the red background that blends into the couple who are in black and white.  I tried to make everything in more red tones to recreate the Expendables movie poster that was about action.  I feel as though I was able to achieve more meaning in my midterm than I was in my quiz because I was able to grasp what was being asked and run with it. 

Midterm #1



Quiz #4