B4+Texture+Joan+Starich

The ten changes that I did to my piece in order were: 1 - Cropped out layer of Marissa and pasted it on the background of the sky 2- Cropped out the layer of myself jumping and pasted it on the background also 3 - On the picture of Marissa, I had to erase the floor coloring from in between her hair and fingers. 4 - On the picture of me, I had to change the opacity to lower so that it looked like I was fading into the sun 5 - I darkened the coloring of the sky a little, so that the brightness of the sun popped out more. 6 - I increased the sharpness a little on the picture of the sky, so that the clouds popped out more. 7 - I faded some of the edges of Marissa's hair, because they were cut off so directly because of the floor that it looked unrealistic. Blending it makes it seem like Marissa really is falling into the sky 8 - I changed the saturation of me, so that I was closer to black and white rather than boosted color. 9 - I changed the opacity of Marissa a small amount so that she wasn't perfectly 100%, which makes her not stand out too much. 10 - Lastly, I increased the coloring on the rays around the sun just a little, so that they popped more to the eye.

The compositional technique I used was the rule of thirds, dividing the piece with two of the thirds having a person in them. It was better, because instead of having the two people perfectly in the center, it shows creativity and clever design usage. The texture I emphasized was the sky, and the clouds boundaries. The sun's rays have a certain texture and leading lines that lead out to Marissa and myself jumping. The clouds' edges are really distinct and make the piece overall pop. I feel successful with the project because it demonstrates several good techniques I learned, and looks like a fun picture. If I would change anything, I would change the background, because it might appear to look to simple and plain. Overall, I felt strength in this piece.