Madyson+S-Texture



Texture is an interesting aspect of art because it can be manipulated in so many ways to affect the overall look of an image. Initially, it was hard to think of an idea when shooting photos, but once I took some in the cemetery, I uploaded the pictures and fell in love with one that blossomed an idea. Next, we took pictures in the prairie, and the leaves and colors were all easy to incorporate. I used three pictures I took in the cemetery and one that I had taken in the woods. Blending them all together was difficult, but the smudge, burn, blur and eraser were key elements in creating this project. I also used the magnetic lasso, the levels, opacity and brightness tools to make the image keep its natural hues and shades. When I was trying to create this, I made sure to keep value in mind while I was combing the images so that it would be visually pleasing. Along with this, I took into mind the compositional techniques so that the design could be enhanced by them. I used point of view, level horizon, and rule of thirds as the main focus while taking the pictures. Overall, I feel that I created a relatively nice piece, but in the future I would make sure that I knew what I wanted pictures of instead of taking random ones. I feel that I used many elements, principles, and compositional techniques in this texture assignment. Manipulating the texture was easy once I had an idea.