Final Reflection

1. The most difficult part of this stage of the project was deciding how I wanted to distort my picture. It was hard to decide whether I wanted to make many small tweaks or make a huge change to the image. It was also difficult trying to figure out what pictures I was going to use to change the picture.

2. One area that I could use some improvement is the hair near my ear on the left. That was in the original picture, but I was not able to figure out how to fix it. I could have fixed it by using the band-aid.

3. The thing I like best about my monster face one is the eyes. I like how my eyes are too big for my face, but the problem is not huge when you glance at it at first. I like how I was able to have the eyes look like they were able to match with the face.

4. My greatest accomplishment with my picture was how I was able to fix my lips. My lips were very chapped in the picture, but then I used the band-aid to make them look more smooth. Learning how to use the band-aid is a great tool that can be used in many different areas.

5. I was able to bend and twist the shape of this picture by distorting the right shoulder. I believe that it is hard to tell at first glance that the shoulder is not normal, but once you look at it you can tell that there is something wrong with it.

1. I was trying to communicate a nature theme to my picture. I used green and snakes and a forest background to emphasize the nature theme. Some of my body parts were made of snakes to show that people are a part of nature.
2. My biggest struggle with stage 2 of my monster project was trying to make the body of my person. Finding an outfit that was big enough and made sense was very hard. Trying to create arms and a neck was also very difficult because I was not sure what to make them out of. Human arms and necks would not match well into the picture.
3. My biggest accomplishment with stage 2 was creating the neck. I found it very difficult to try to find anything that would become a neck. When I looked for human necks, they weren't from the front profile or they were too small. I eventually decided that I needed a neck that was not from a human. I believed that snakes might be able to make a neck, so I looked for a snake image. When I found one, the snake did not match in term of color. I ended up finding a human neck that I set as a background so that the color would match more.
4. I think my final grade should be an A because I continuously looked for ways to improve my project and I learned from my mistakes. When images wouldn't work, I would figure out why they didn't fit well together and avoid the same problem. I experimented with different colors and tried to put my knowledge of computer art into the work. I was able to use many different tools and use the new skills I learned.

Visual Dynamics Project

1. One thing I like about my picture is the repetition of shapes. This is an aesthetic

concern. Another thing I like about my picture are the colors. This is an aesthetic concern.

Another thing I like about my picture is the use of opacity with layers. This is a technical

concern.

2. I would give myself an A because I completed the three goals of the images. I used lines,

repetition, selection tools, gradients, opacity, and layers to add depth and texture.

3. My biggest struggle with this project was to make my right to left image look complete. The

background was white and at first it looked dull and flat.

4. One area I could make improvements is the tops of the automobile where I could have gone

from lighter to darker.

5. I learned that adding more repeated images increased speed. I learned that the eye moves

from a low to high contrast. I also learned that the eye from from the dark to the light.

6.I learned how to adjust image sizes and select layers. I learned how to rotate images and add gradients. I learned that changing layer order can make the picture look better. I learned

how to use the curves and desaturation tools.

7. I use lines pointed down moving towards the center to show direction. I use bright colors

and used color contrast going from bright to dull colors.

8. I started with big bold darker, yet bright colors at the right and moved to lighter and brighter

colors moving left. I had the central lines moving towards the center of the left side to show

direction. I had multiple lines horizontally to increase speed.

9. I used dull colors to have the eye move slowly. I went from lower to higher contrast. I used

opacity to make the colors more dull. I used lines pointing towards the upper center to

draw the eye up.

Blog Post 3

1) What are 3 things that you like about your project? You must describe this is detail. Use vocab that we have developed in class. Are they technical concerns (contrast, def indef) or aesthetic (emphasis, color) concerns? I like how the three shapes are splotched together, the two lower shaped colors, and how I used definite and
indefinite images. These were aesthetic concerns.
2) How would you grade yourself? Look at the rubric and determine what your grade should be. Explain why. I would give myself a 40/44. My faults were
not adding a layer to every new element and using placement to create emphasis.
3) What was your biggest struggle with this project? Explain why.
My biggest struggle was blending. I didn't know the best technique to blend and was unsure
what paint brush size to use and how to use opacity levels. The blending looking splotchy
and full of small faded dots.
4) What is one area where you could use improvement? How could you make improvement? One area I could use improvement would be the color of the tertiary. I
don't like the color because brown doesn't mesh with the brighter colors well. I would use
a color such as light blue-green.
5) What aesthetic skills did you learn? Look at the assignment sheet. I learned
how to create color contrast, use size, use definite versus indefinite, use placement, and
clearly establish a primary, secondary, and tertiary.
6) What technical skills did you learn? Look at the assignment sheet. I used
a variety of brushes, learned how to use separate layers, and varied the opacity of brushes.

Blog Post 2

1. My primary is in the lower-right corner. My secondary is in the lower-left corner. My tertiary is in the center.
2. I was able to put emphasis on my primary image by using the element of definite vs. indefinite. I also used darker to light colors while going from the primary to tertiary images.
3. The best part of my artwork is the brushes I used. I changed the color, size, opacity, and hardness of the brushes. The brushes created variety in the picture. The brushes allow the shapes to fit together smoothly.
4. My least favorite part of the picture is the layers on the primary image. The colors seem forced and they don't mesh into the picture well.
5. When I add new layers to the secondary and tertiary layers, I hope that they will make the layers on the primary look better. The layers won't stick out as much on the one primary image.
6. I'm using blending while adding layers to the images. I'm adding variety by using multiple colors and using the space I have.

Computer Art Week 1 Post

1. Definite vs. Indefinite
2. One circle has a defined, hard edge. Two have soft undefined edge.
3. I was very successful because the eye is drawn towards the definite-shaped circle.

1. Size
2. I used to small shapes and one big shape.
3. The image was successful because the eye is drawn to the largest image first. The eye goes
to the other images last because they are smaller.

1. Placement

2. I placed three shapes from the left-upper corner to center to the lower-right corner.

3. I believe I was fairly successful because the eye is first off drawn towards the middle,

then the left circle and lastly the right circle.

1. Color
2. I made a background. I made two similar-colored shapes. I made another shape that stands

out.
3. I was very successful because two shapes blend in and the other one sticks out from everything else.