Blog Evaluation :)

Creative Media Year 9 - Photoshop – Term 01 2011

Avatar Reflection/evaluation:

• Describe any problems or difficulties you encountered during the creation and editing of your avatar. These may include; technical difficulties corrupt or missing files, knowledge of Photoshop tools issues. Etc.

Problems and difficulties I encountered during the creation of my avatars include technical difficulties corrupt, missing files and knowledge of Photoshop tools issues. At the start of the projects I had hired out a laptop to play around with Photoshop and test what I wanted to do for my real Avatars. During the progress I started my happy avatar and I accidentally exited Photoshop when I had done so well. In the middle of the term I lost my USB and it had my whole project on it and I was stressing out, until someone handed it in to the office. I also have tremendously struggled with the knowledge of Photoshop tools! I really find it difficult to use Photoshop, I really only found this out when I took a laptop home to finish my Avatars, and I realized I was stuck without having Mr. Powell with me. I then had to watch some tutorials of blackboard to remember.

• Explain whether your planning and organization (of ideas, files, inspiration) helped during the technical creation;

Although I changed my mind on a few ideas, planning my projects Avatars main meanings did help me a lot through the process of the technical creation. Otherwise I would have struggled in each lesson and kept on changing my mind whether when you have the one good idea you stick to it.

• Clarify any time-management issues you encountered during the process and describe the steps you implemented to improve in this area;

Time-management issues I encountered during the process was majorly that I was so determined to get this porcelain look to her skin and I didn’t know how to so I wasted my whole time figuring out what to do. Also not using the whole time of Mr. Powell’s classes to do the work, I got to distracted. To improve in this area is to control my time through making sure I don’t spend to much time on one thing and trying to put my head down and complete the work in class. So then I’m not left on the weekend finishing of the work that could have been done in class.

• Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection to throughout your project. Have you provided enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs/journals and think about whether it looks like a whole terms worth of work);

I am very proud of my adequate and detailed reflections on my blogs. I significantly did a blog after every lesson we had and have provided a lot of evidence to support my work, with 23 lessons posted on my blog and in total 36 posts.

• List any skills, techniques or tricks you have discovered during the project.

Skills, techniques and tricks I have discovered during the project includes:
➢ How to change hair and eye color
➢ Make up on to skin
➢ Adding another dimension
➢ Photo retouching
➢ Animal morphing
➢ Layers
➢ Adding and changing features
➢ Changing textures
➢ Putting a background as the base of the picture
➢ Clone stamp
➢ Lasso tool

Discuss your feelings about the Avatar task:

• Are you satisfied with the final result?

I am satisfied with the final result, of course in my mind it definitely was designed perfect but for me to have done it all by myself I am very proud. I’m so delighted at my second Avatar because it was a lot faster progress because from doing the first happy avatar I understood what to do.

• Would like to change any aspects of your avatar?

The aspect that I would like to change about my happy avatar is her clothing. I’m not very happy with it because it makes her look more like a grandma then a doll. I would also like to change that I didn’t take much care when rubbing out edges, on both of the avatars.

• If you could start the project again what would you do differently?

If I was able to start the project again I would change my first Avatar because I think I got to stressed and worried that I couldn’t do it when I could. This made me just want to get it over and done whether if I did it again I would be more careful with both avatars and make them perfect.

• Are you pleased with the progress you have made in using Photoshop?

Yes I am pleased with the progress I have made in using Photoshop since at the start of the term I didn’t even know how to add a different layer! I have developed my skills throughout the term and have finally got the hang of using Photoshop to redesign a photo.

Second Avatar: Depressed/sad COMPLETED

Then my second image is the opposite and its teenagers in today’s generation because they have grown up so fast they have made many wrong decisions that they terribly regret!!! I know a lot of people even in my year who have made many mistakes that they will never be able to cover up.

First Avatar: Happy COMPLETED

My first image is a teenager dressed up and playing with toys, which causes her to be happy and to imagine just what kids, should do.

Descriptions of the meaning of my avatars!

Both Avatars: Happy and depressed/sad

My idea for my avatars is that we are all starting to grow up to fast! Kids these days are to into all the technology and social media and never have the chance to play with toys! My first image is a teenager dressed up and playing with toys, which causes her to be happy and to imagine just what kids, should do. Then my second image is the opposite and its teenagers in today’s generation because they have grown up so fast they have made many wrong decisions that they terribly regret!!! I know a lot of people even in my year who have made many mistakes that they will never be able to cover up. This is a real issue and I know I am sad that it’s not “cool” to play with toys anymore. I wish I didn’t care what others thought about me, but the thing is why should they think we are weird that we don’t hug a toy or play with one! We are only 13 not 20!

WEEKEND WORKING!

Sundaayy:) today i used the school laptop i hired out to work on and finish my two photoshop emotion photos. it took me almost all day to complete but i am proud of my work i mean in my head it definitely was designed perfect but for me to have had one day to complete it i am very proud.

I completed my happy one, the girl who doesn't care id she plays with dolls and no one else does.
i ended up giving up on the porcelain skin look and changed i to a perfect barbie, plastic and skin colour look. i put doll clothes on, changed her eye and lip colour, put a Bonet on her head with blonde curls and also made the background a doll house:)

in completing the depressed, sad picture of monique being very miserable because she has made too many mistakes that she regrets. i was able to test out putting tattoos and piercings on her to show her mistakes she terribley regrets i finally found away to blend them into her skin and i was soooo glad!!!! i also changed her to short and dirty so she looked very angry with her self. I transformed her eyes, skin and lips to a red colour scheme to make it look evil. i also made the background a dirty ugly scenery to set the scene of the whole emotion!

i am more happy with the result of my sad picture because i did it second it allowed me to have more understanding and thought of what i was doing:))))

Lesson 23: Nearly done the first picture !

i am starting to get stressed because this is the second last lesson to work on it. even though i am hiring out a laptop on the weekend to try finish I'm still stressing:( today i finished the hair and chose an outfit fro her and put it on her.
im a bit disappointed though because monique doesn't really look like a doll its leaning towards look like and old lady but i will try and fix it on sunday:)))))

Lesson 22: Finally understanding.

TODAY'S lesson was sooo fun mr powell made us all hot chocolates!!! and woohooo i am on the track to really knowing what i want to do and have started fresh and am ready to do this. in todays lesson i worked on the skin eyes, hair and finding clothes. i am very happy with what i have done so far and can't wait to see my final result.

Lesson 21:Absent

Away from School... Thought about idea at home with mum and beginning to grasp exactly what i want to do:)

Lesson 20: GETTING BACK ON TRACK!

Todayyyy!
i started a whole new project. and because i knew how to do everything the skin really made a porcelain look to it this time i am so glad i just need help for next lesson to blend it along the hair line!
i also changed moniques lips to a red to make that doll look and changed her eyes to a very pretty but fake blue ...

Lesson 19: Porcelain skin still!

I still can't get my hands on how to do my porcelain skin effect i am trying to make on moniques skin! its just not working. i have tried multiple websites opinions and found a good one and i think i have followed the website to much and should just use a bit of what i understand. i have now got confused with my layers and stuffed it all up so i have decided for next lesson to start again now i know what to do:)

Lesson 18: Porcelain!!

I continued to make Monique's skin look very porcelain like and shiny. i found the perfect website with confusing instructions but make sense. Mr powell helped me and its a journey to make it happen but it is looking good. I'm excited to finish the skin to see if it works but i positive that it may look just like a doll!

Lesson 17: Starting project!!!

Today, i was puzzled and a bit scared of what to do or how to start. i began with the skin and looking up blogs watching videos of how to make son look porcelain like a doll. this is going to be the main effect of my task and i just began looking at different textures and techniques on how people do it. i will be continuing the same topic next lesson :)

FINAL PHOTOS!!!