Eldredge+E-Texture

My very first step of the project was to find a picture I liked, very basic but I need to start somewhere. The first picture I used was the picture of the bush leaves, I cut out the branch that was most in focus and I used that on my final. Before I knew what I was going to do with this layer I edited the colors of it to make it more vibrant using the tint feature of Photoshop. In my third step my final started to develop a little. I found the picture of the skeleton and I thought that would be a good subject and focal point for the final. I made many edits including changing the lighting and color of the skeleton. I made the skeleton much darker because it made it more interesting. In my fifth step I knew what I was doing more. I added the leaves as hair to the skeleton and I edited other pictures into the background. The two background pictures were not edited unlike the rest of the layers. In the seventh stepI added logs for the eyes of the skeleton. Each eye is the same image and size, but I edited the to get a purplish tint. Without this tint my final would be too earthy. The purple added more character to the final. The last step was to put all of these together. They required a lot of arranging to make it how I like it.
 * ==Elise Eldredge Texture Project== ||  ||
 * * Write an explanation of the 10 changes you made to create a final Combined 3 Image.

In this I mainly used rule of thirds. The focal point of the final is towards the left of the frame. All of the detail and emphasis is not in the middle, it is put off to the side. I definitely utilized fill the frame as well, the top and bottom of the skeleton are cut off because it is so zoomed in. I also made sure there was something going on in the background otherwise there would be too much negative space. I did not use leading lines in the final because the focal point was so obvious and it was unnecessary to add leading lines in the picture. There was some minor farming used in the final. The log in the background is only behind the focal point which gives it a frame in some ways.
 * Explain which compositional technique(s) you used in the main photograph final combined photograph.

All of my textures were earthy. There was no texture used from any buildings. The only thing slightly man made in my final was the footprints in the snow and the skeleton. I enjoy this theme because there is so much you can do with it. There are no limitations. There is art everywhere outside.
 * Describe the texture you emphasized and any other elements and principles of design that you feel you highlighted.

The concept for my piece is very basic. The skeleton can represent death in some ways and the earthy parts represent life. It is a contrasting concept that does not need a lot of explanation.
 * Explain your concept for this project.

I believe this was a very successful turn out. I was very unfamiliar with photoshop and this is pretty good for my first time using all of the new media. Although I defiantly think there is room for improvement. There are many things I do not know about photoshop that I think are very useful. I am looking forward to learning more about this complex platform so I cam make more complex art. || ====
 * Explain how successful you feel you were with the assignment and any changes you would consider for next time.



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