Double Neon Effect

For this project we had to use the Photoshopuser website, watch a tutorial, and then make that effect. I did the double neon effect. It wasn't too hard and I just used my name for it. It was mostly just doing things with the outer glow effect and the blending options. Then, you can just skew the text a little bit and rotate it to give it a different perspective.

Kaleidoscopes Project

For this project we had to turn a picture into a kaleidoscope. I used the banners from our spirit week. The first banner I did was the Sophomore's banner. Their theme was Mulan. This first attempt was a little rough and didn't turn out quite right but it is still pretty cool. It is just a little off line. The hardest part of this project is getting a 45 degree angle out of a triangle. It is hard to make a symmetrical square to be able to get a perfect 45 degree angle. The next mural I did was the Seniors whose theme is Aladdin. This turned out better than the first. Finally, I did the Juniors mural whose theme was The Little Mermaid. This project looks cool and once you know how to do it, it is easy to do. It is a cool affect that can be done to pictures to make something completely different.

Extreme Surreal Sports

For this project we had to make a newspaper ad of a sporting event. Only the sporting event was to be extreme and surreal. For mine, I worked with a partner and we did people playing polo only they were riding ostriches and not horses. It was a fine project for me. It wasn't too hard because there weren't that many effects that had to be done. The only hard part was cutting out the images because sometimes that can get tricky. Also finding the images because you had to find people and ostriches that were oriented the same way.

Mission Impossible

For this "Mission Impossible" project, we had to design a T-shirt idea for an Elementary School. Their mascot was an eagle and they wanted the slogan "Soaring to Success." I used a school frame for the front of the shirt and the design would go on one of the chest sides. On the back, I used an eagle with the slogan in it.

Poster Design # 2

We had to do a second poster/advertisement for this project. I choose to do one for Prom 2012. In this poster, I did the Tampa Text Effect to the words "PROM" and "2012." I simply added a clipping mask to "Western Albemarle High School" and the two figures to give them the same background that I used for the other words. I found the images of silhouettes of people dancing online. To the words and images that I did not give the Tampa Effect to, I added a drop shadow just to make them stand out from the background a little bit more.

Learning New Effects

Another small project we had was to go to this website, www.photoshopuser.com, and view some of the tutorials on cool effects that you can do in Photoshop. I chose an effect called "Tampa Text Effect" in which the text is given a 3D look and you add a clipping mask to show the background picture through the text. I decided to use a picture of Emerald Isle and use those words as the text as well. At first try, the effect is kind of hard, but once you do it, it becomes easier. The hardest part for me was using the pen tool and giving the letters a curved look.

Posters/Ads

For our first project of the new year, we were to design posters for upcoming events around the school. I did a couple posters. One was for the "Warrior of the Week." For this poster I used the text that the leadership class wanted on there and added a WA symbol and put that under with reduced opacity text that said Warrior of the Week. I added some effects to the text including a texture which gave the text a fractured look. For my other poster, I did an ad for the opening school football game. It is a little outdated now but at the time it would have worked. I did the background in both color and black and white, not being able to decide which I preferred. I have posted both. In the black and white version, only the background is black and white.