Blog Page
8/15/13
Today we implemented a few pages onto our website. We implemented the Blog page, the Portfolio page, the Project Page, the Biography page, and the Nine Weeks project page. I also wrote my biography and then put a picture into it. I also made the Nicholas Page which is a page dedicated to Nicholas Cage. It has many nice pictures of Nicholas Cage. I also made a link to my friends website.
8/16/13
Undo = Ctrl Z
File/new
200p=Standard Resolution
Layer Styles and Filter
Ctrl J is how to copy a layer
We have just been taught on the basic usage of Photoshop. Things like the basic tools were someting we were taught. We also learned how to make our own Paint brush preset with our signature. We working on our first project in which we will implement our signature and the picture we have made with the paint brush. I've had fun these past few days and I hope it continues.
8/19/13
I just made my first signature for the class, I will be using it to sign my photoshop art pieces. First I made a new layer with the signature and deleted everything around using the magic eraser tool. That is a very useful tool. I then defined the image as a brush preset. I am now working on my Frank Stella piece of artwork. I have started by making the background color and then making a new layer with an individual box in each one. Each box is an different color with a stroke around each one. I put a stroke around it by going to blend options, checking stroke and then changing the color to white. I repeat the process until there is no space left.
8/20/13
Today, I finished my second piece of art that is now on my projects page. I created each shape in a layer, and then beveled a few of them to add effect. I then merged every layer and added a drop shadow to it. I didn't want to make another one of the earlier pieces because it seemed a bit dull to me, to make the same thing twice.I also used the grid to align the shapes together
8/21/13
I finished my Frank Stella project. This was the second one i had to do. I published it to my site. I also wrote a small biography on Frank stella. i will have to finish my Kadinsky projects soon, but we are starting something new tomorrow. I am leaving early today.
8/22/13
I created a project that we doing to make a bling text. I have to choose a mustard color for the background. I wrote my name and then re sized it to fit the screen. I then did many steps in the blending options that affected the text. These effects took a long time to put on. I also had one problem with the opacity of the Gradient Overlay, but Mr. Parker helped me to fix it. I then shortened my name, by making JAK instead of JohnAidan.
8/23/13
Today we finished the Bling Project. We've made three copies of the project to help us memorize the process. I encountered a few problems with the project but i eventually fixed it. I had a few problems with the colors on the sparkles, but Mr. Parker helped me fix them. So I now have three copies of the bling text. I then uploaded it to my projects page.
8/26/13
Today we started the COLD project. We did many steps to perfect the image. We used the wind tool to make the effect of icicles while flipping it clockwise, and then flipped it back. I then looked at the history to see if I had put the right amount of wind on it. After adding the wind, I copied the layer and flipped it vertically which made it look like a reflection. I then got a brush and made it transparent to make it look like it was being reflected off the water.
8/27/13
I was not here for this day, because of the soccer game
8/28/13
Today we started the fire tutorial. First we typed fire and used the blur tool to make it look ghostly. We then used the smudge tool to make flames coming off of it to make it look like fire. We then put a color balance to make it look red. I then put all the blending options onto it besides drop shadow and stroke to make it look like molten rock. I really enjoyed that affect.
8/29/13
Today we started making a gif. We started with a black document and blurred white lines across it. We then chose the animation option and strung all the layers together. But it would go to fast and just glitch. So we had to tween it and change the speed.
8/30/13
Today we worked on more gifs. I made a gif that included a spinning nicholas cage head on a target. I very much enjoyed making it. I had a few problems with the target though, and then Nicholas cage head took a long time to put together
9/3/2013
I left early after making a few blades of grass.
9/4/13
Today we started paths. We would create a path using the pen tool. Once we made a picture with the pen we put a text on it. The text followed the path of the picture that was set earlier. I first made a maple leaf that was then scrapped because we had to do another path. I then had to make another maple leaf to write text around it but it was really bad since I was rushed.
9/5/13
Today we started another project with Grass text. I had to leave early, but I still finished the first draft of it.
9/6/13
Today we had a free day, and I caught up with all the projects that i hadnt uploaded and missed. I had to edit each one and save for web and devices to upload them onto the website. I will start stitching a face, but probably won't finish it because there is very little time left.
9/16/2013
today we created a cool new project inspired by our recent Olympic National Park Trip. First we got a picture from Olympic National Park. We opened it in photoshop and created a copy of the layer. We then createed another layer of white behind it and a text layer. The Text layer said OPI. We then right clicked it and created a clipping mask which finished the project.
9/18/2013
Today we kept working on our clipping mask. We had to have the text say a play and an individual image in each letter. We have to work on this for the next several days.
9/19/2013
Today we are still working on the clipping masks. We do the earlier process, then merge the layers. Then cut one of the letters out.
9/20/2013
Today I started working on my second place with the clipping mask, along with singing bohemian rhapsody while i do it.
9/23/2013
Today we started with another project that included the pictures that we had taken before. I used a picture of me laughing, and we used the controls, we then put the text in using these commands.
control a - select all
control c - copy
layer mask
Alt button on layer mask
control v will paste
control d will deselect it
9/24/2013
I left for a Soccer game today.
9/25/2013
9/26/2013
Today we started a project based on some of Andy Warhols pictures. We selected certain parts of the picture called the shadows, midtones, and highlights. We then filled each selection with a color. We have to do four of them and then make them into one picture.
9/27/2013
Today we finished our Andy Warhol pictures and had a free day to catch up with our last projects. I finished some of the ones I didn't finish because I was at a soccer game.
9/31/2013
Today we started a new project that uses our face and fills the shadows and midtones with words. We ut the words in with a layer mask and filled it with a brush that we made. I left 20 minutes early for a soccer game.
10/1/2013
I was not here because of another soccer game.
10/2/2013
Today I learnt again how to do the project that uses the layer mask to put words over my head. I did all the earlier steps but because of the picture, it was too dark to let any of my face not to bee words. I finished my first one using another picture because musmin taught me while also doing his own. I have to finish some more of the projects that include a theme.
10/3/2013
I kept on working on my projects and then had to leave early for soccer.
10/4/2013
I finished my series of brazilian players which are with words making up their faces. This was the whole day. I also got some inspiration from Yugena's projects
10/7/2013
Today a new project was introduced inspired by the old ipod commercials. We make a background and then get a picture of us. We fill in the picture of ourselves with black and then write the text with and I in front of it to make it
10/8/2010
We fkept working on our ipod commercials. Mine include My favorite animals which include a lion, elephant, and an echidna.
10/9/2013
We kept working on our ipod commercials and we started on our nine week projects
10/10/2013
We worked on our nine week projects
10/11/2013
I was not here
10/15/2013
We started on some new projects that are based off the art of olden times.
10/16/2013
We kept working on those projects earlier
10/17/2013
We finished the projects
10/18/2013
I finished my three projects and we are starting to talk in front of the pictures on the green screen
10/21/13
We started and finished our first Mesopotamia. I got the mid tones of my face and put it on a Mesopotamian Vase that I found online
10/22/13
We are starting on the egypt projects and I started with putting the features of Nicholas Cage on the head of a Sphinx.
10/23/13
We kept working on our egypt projects. My second one features me talking to another piece of Egyptian art while Im in the art. I am talking to the lady with the shroomlady head. I cut out the other lady then replaced her cut with other pieces of the art. I then cut myself out using the magnetic lasso tool. I then dragged myself onto the picture and put layer styles onto myself and then it looked like I was in it.
10/24/13
We started working on the last egypt project and mine is a few nintendo characters.
10/25/13
I finished up my last project. I cut out nintendo characters from the pictures and then i beveled and embossed them so they would look like they were part of the tablet. I then put each one onto the tablet. Then one is broken off so it looks like it was broken while it was found.
10/28/2013
We started a few halloween projects! THe first one was a zombie where we took a picture of peeling paint and we put on our faces so it look like our face was breakign apart.
10/29/2013
We started a new project where we edit the color of our eyes and faces. We made separate pupils that affected the color of our eyes and then put a hue and saturation on it to make our faces and eyes look like they are a grayish color. We then added more layers and decreased the opacity.
10/30/2013
We finished up the halloween projects
10/31/2013
Again worked on Halloween projects
11/1/2013
Not here
11/4/2013
We started on greek projects. We started making temples. Mine is the Nicholas Cage Temple.
11/5/2013
I made a stone Nicholas Cage
first i desaturated it
then i put the only stylize filter on it
then I inverted the colors.
You can also make a bevel and Emboss on it
We kept working on it and Mr Parker helped me use the this method to make my Stone Nicholas Cage.
We also have to make more things for the greek works later this week
11/6/2013
I finished the PArthenon project and it includes nicholas cage as always
it is his house and I made everything to suite to him. It is decorated with many declarations of independence because he stole them all. Because he is cool
11/7/2013
We finished the parthenon and we on to the roman
11/8/2013
not here
11/10/2013
I finished the roman project and went on to the henna
11/11/2013
I kept working on the henna
11/12/2013
I startted the hindu god project
11/13/2013
I kept working on the hindu god project that we started
11/14/2013
We started on the vanishing point that was introduced to us by a video
11/15/2013
We finished vanishing point
11/18/2013
WE started the Byzantine and Islam projects.
11/19/2013
We startedpersian rug projects
11/20/2013
We kept working on those a started portfolios
11/21/2013
We kept working on portfolios
11/22/2013
Kept working on Portfolios.
12/2/2013
We started comic book projects.
12/3/2013
We kept working on the comic book projects
12/4/2013
I finished the comic book projects and wrote up about my first portfolio project. 1 down 2 to go
Today we implemented a few pages onto our website. We implemented the Blog page, the Portfolio page, the Project Page, the Biography page, and the Nine Weeks project page. I also wrote my biography and then put a picture into it. I also made the Nicholas Page which is a page dedicated to Nicholas Cage. It has many nice pictures of Nicholas Cage. I also made a link to my friends website.
8/16/13
Undo = Ctrl Z
File/new
200p=Standard Resolution
Layer Styles and Filter
Ctrl J is how to copy a layer
We have just been taught on the basic usage of Photoshop. Things like the basic tools were someting we were taught. We also learned how to make our own Paint brush preset with our signature. We working on our first project in which we will implement our signature and the picture we have made with the paint brush. I've had fun these past few days and I hope it continues.
8/19/13
I just made my first signature for the class, I will be using it to sign my photoshop art pieces. First I made a new layer with the signature and deleted everything around using the magic eraser tool. That is a very useful tool. I then defined the image as a brush preset. I am now working on my Frank Stella piece of artwork. I have started by making the background color and then making a new layer with an individual box in each one. Each box is an different color with a stroke around each one. I put a stroke around it by going to blend options, checking stroke and then changing the color to white. I repeat the process until there is no space left.
8/20/13
Today, I finished my second piece of art that is now on my projects page. I created each shape in a layer, and then beveled a few of them to add effect. I then merged every layer and added a drop shadow to it. I didn't want to make another one of the earlier pieces because it seemed a bit dull to me, to make the same thing twice.I also used the grid to align the shapes together
8/21/13
I finished my Frank Stella project. This was the second one i had to do. I published it to my site. I also wrote a small biography on Frank stella. i will have to finish my Kadinsky projects soon, but we are starting something new tomorrow. I am leaving early today.
8/22/13
I created a project that we doing to make a bling text. I have to choose a mustard color for the background. I wrote my name and then re sized it to fit the screen. I then did many steps in the blending options that affected the text. These effects took a long time to put on. I also had one problem with the opacity of the Gradient Overlay, but Mr. Parker helped me to fix it. I then shortened my name, by making JAK instead of JohnAidan.
8/23/13
Today we finished the Bling Project. We've made three copies of the project to help us memorize the process. I encountered a few problems with the project but i eventually fixed it. I had a few problems with the colors on the sparkles, but Mr. Parker helped me fix them. So I now have three copies of the bling text. I then uploaded it to my projects page.
8/26/13
Today we started the COLD project. We did many steps to perfect the image. We used the wind tool to make the effect of icicles while flipping it clockwise, and then flipped it back. I then looked at the history to see if I had put the right amount of wind on it. After adding the wind, I copied the layer and flipped it vertically which made it look like a reflection. I then got a brush and made it transparent to make it look like it was being reflected off the water.
8/27/13
I was not here for this day, because of the soccer game
8/28/13
Today we started the fire tutorial. First we typed fire and used the blur tool to make it look ghostly. We then used the smudge tool to make flames coming off of it to make it look like fire. We then put a color balance to make it look red. I then put all the blending options onto it besides drop shadow and stroke to make it look like molten rock. I really enjoyed that affect.
8/29/13
Today we started making a gif. We started with a black document and blurred white lines across it. We then chose the animation option and strung all the layers together. But it would go to fast and just glitch. So we had to tween it and change the speed.
8/30/13
Today we worked on more gifs. I made a gif that included a spinning nicholas cage head on a target. I very much enjoyed making it. I had a few problems with the target though, and then Nicholas cage head took a long time to put together
9/3/2013
I left early after making a few blades of grass.
9/4/13
Today we started paths. We would create a path using the pen tool. Once we made a picture with the pen we put a text on it. The text followed the path of the picture that was set earlier. I first made a maple leaf that was then scrapped because we had to do another path. I then had to make another maple leaf to write text around it but it was really bad since I was rushed.
9/5/13
Today we started another project with Grass text. I had to leave early, but I still finished the first draft of it.
9/6/13
Today we had a free day, and I caught up with all the projects that i hadnt uploaded and missed. I had to edit each one and save for web and devices to upload them onto the website. I will start stitching a face, but probably won't finish it because there is very little time left.
9/16/2013
today we created a cool new project inspired by our recent Olympic National Park Trip. First we got a picture from Olympic National Park. We opened it in photoshop and created a copy of the layer. We then createed another layer of white behind it and a text layer. The Text layer said OPI. We then right clicked it and created a clipping mask which finished the project.
9/18/2013
Today we kept working on our clipping mask. We had to have the text say a play and an individual image in each letter. We have to work on this for the next several days.
9/19/2013
Today we are still working on the clipping masks. We do the earlier process, then merge the layers. Then cut one of the letters out.
9/20/2013
Today I started working on my second place with the clipping mask, along with singing bohemian rhapsody while i do it.
9/23/2013
Today we started with another project that included the pictures that we had taken before. I used a picture of me laughing, and we used the controls, we then put the text in using these commands.
control a - select all
control c - copy
layer mask
Alt button on layer mask
control v will paste
control d will deselect it
9/24/2013
I left for a Soccer game today.
9/25/2013
9/26/2013
Today we started a project based on some of Andy Warhols pictures. We selected certain parts of the picture called the shadows, midtones, and highlights. We then filled each selection with a color. We have to do four of them and then make them into one picture.
9/27/2013
Today we finished our Andy Warhol pictures and had a free day to catch up with our last projects. I finished some of the ones I didn't finish because I was at a soccer game.
9/31/2013
Today we started a new project that uses our face and fills the shadows and midtones with words. We ut the words in with a layer mask and filled it with a brush that we made. I left 20 minutes early for a soccer game.
10/1/2013
I was not here because of another soccer game.
10/2/2013
Today I learnt again how to do the project that uses the layer mask to put words over my head. I did all the earlier steps but because of the picture, it was too dark to let any of my face not to bee words. I finished my first one using another picture because musmin taught me while also doing his own. I have to finish some more of the projects that include a theme.
10/3/2013
I kept on working on my projects and then had to leave early for soccer.
10/4/2013
I finished my series of brazilian players which are with words making up their faces. This was the whole day. I also got some inspiration from Yugena's projects
10/7/2013
Today a new project was introduced inspired by the old ipod commercials. We make a background and then get a picture of us. We fill in the picture of ourselves with black and then write the text with and I in front of it to make it
10/8/2010
We fkept working on our ipod commercials. Mine include My favorite animals which include a lion, elephant, and an echidna.
10/9/2013
We kept working on our ipod commercials and we started on our nine week projects
10/10/2013
We worked on our nine week projects
10/11/2013
I was not here
10/15/2013
We started on some new projects that are based off the art of olden times.
10/16/2013
We kept working on those projects earlier
10/17/2013
We finished the projects
10/18/2013
I finished my three projects and we are starting to talk in front of the pictures on the green screen
10/21/13
We started and finished our first Mesopotamia. I got the mid tones of my face and put it on a Mesopotamian Vase that I found online
10/22/13
We are starting on the egypt projects and I started with putting the features of Nicholas Cage on the head of a Sphinx.
10/23/13
We kept working on our egypt projects. My second one features me talking to another piece of Egyptian art while Im in the art. I am talking to the lady with the shroomlady head. I cut out the other lady then replaced her cut with other pieces of the art. I then cut myself out using the magnetic lasso tool. I then dragged myself onto the picture and put layer styles onto myself and then it looked like I was in it.
10/24/13
We started working on the last egypt project and mine is a few nintendo characters.
10/25/13
I finished up my last project. I cut out nintendo characters from the pictures and then i beveled and embossed them so they would look like they were part of the tablet. I then put each one onto the tablet. Then one is broken off so it looks like it was broken while it was found.
10/28/2013
We started a few halloween projects! THe first one was a zombie where we took a picture of peeling paint and we put on our faces so it look like our face was breakign apart.
10/29/2013
We started a new project where we edit the color of our eyes and faces. We made separate pupils that affected the color of our eyes and then put a hue and saturation on it to make our faces and eyes look like they are a grayish color. We then added more layers and decreased the opacity.
10/30/2013
We finished up the halloween projects
10/31/2013
Again worked on Halloween projects
11/1/2013
Not here
11/4/2013
We started on greek projects. We started making temples. Mine is the Nicholas Cage Temple.
11/5/2013
I made a stone Nicholas Cage
first i desaturated it
then i put the only stylize filter on it
then I inverted the colors.
You can also make a bevel and Emboss on it
We kept working on it and Mr Parker helped me use the this method to make my Stone Nicholas Cage.
We also have to make more things for the greek works later this week
11/6/2013
I finished the PArthenon project and it includes nicholas cage as always
it is his house and I made everything to suite to him. It is decorated with many declarations of independence because he stole them all. Because he is cool
11/7/2013
We finished the parthenon and we on to the roman
11/8/2013
not here
11/10/2013
I finished the roman project and went on to the henna
11/11/2013
I kept working on the henna
11/12/2013
I startted the hindu god project
11/13/2013
I kept working on the hindu god project that we started
11/14/2013
We started on the vanishing point that was introduced to us by a video
11/15/2013
We finished vanishing point
11/18/2013
WE started the Byzantine and Islam projects.
11/19/2013
We startedpersian rug projects
11/20/2013
We kept working on those a started portfolios
11/21/2013
We kept working on portfolios
11/22/2013
Kept working on Portfolios.
12/2/2013
We started comic book projects.
12/3/2013
We kept working on the comic book projects
12/4/2013
I finished the comic book projects and wrote up about my first portfolio project. 1 down 2 to go