Brandl+Jenna-+Texture



=Brandl, Jenna- Texture: =

Ten Changes Made To Final:

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 * 1) Background Image:
 * For my background image I used the brightness and contrast tool to control the levels between the dark wood branches and the bright green of the leaves surrounding the path which also has the bright white lines sticking out from the ground because of the different values of a dark and light palette.
 * 1) Arrow Sign:
 * While working on my next picture which had the yellow arrow on the wood sign in the woods I decided to take this sign and incorporate it into my picture of the path. The first change I did to this picture was to cut out the background behind the sign so I can show the arrow pointing to the path. After I did that I placed it onto a new layer on top of the path picture and then I took the opacity and turned it down so it would give a look like a flashback in your memory of “Oh! I saw that sign and it told me to go this way.”
 * 1) Long Leaves Creeping Up Sign:
 * These leaves were probably the most difficult to actually do. These leaves I saw when we were walking back to school I saw these leaves creeping up a medium tree and thought they would be a cool thing to incorporate it into the picture. I loved how the colors of the leaves had the deep red but since it is turning into fall it’s tail ended up going green. To begin changing the pic I took all of the tiny pieces in between the leaves and the tree and background behind the leaves and got rid of it. After I transferred it onto my final picture and moved it over the sign. I then changed the size, opacity, and rotation for the picture so it would look like it has been growing over the sign for a while now. I also added the same picture once more to create a long leaf that crawls down all the way through the top to the bottom of the sign and for this second one I rotated, flipped it horizontally, size and opacity to make it look like one long leaf and not two different pictures.
 * 1) Stick with Fungi:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I took this picture I found it while going down the path which you can see for my background image. I decided that it would help give a little more detail to look like it was growing on the wood on it’s own. Even though it doesn’t stick out a lot it still reflects a different layer of texture on it but since adding two of these it crosses over each other. I changed the opacity, size, flipped it and the rotation to layer it under the leaves so the texture could make a cool little layer underneath the piece.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thicker and Bigger Leaves (Front of School):
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Even though I used to different pictures of the same plant they both played nicely with each other. One had a dark shade which I layered over the other one to create thicker leaves to layer in between and underneath the longer leaves used before to move up and down the piece. I used the opacity, rotation, size and the vertical flip to move these leaves to make the leaves look like they belong within this piece. Then for the lighter leaves I layered them on the bottom just over the yellow arrow so it looked like it was covering the arrow naturally and it was meant to be there. For these leaves I used the same as I did for the other thick leaves but I did not flip the thick leaves vertically like the other one.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">Final Composition Techniques:

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For my final composition I really liked how it formed a flashback of a memory over the image you are seeing through your eyes right now. I feel like your eye catches the yellow sign against all the green leaves and then the sign points your eyes to the center of the piece which it will lead you down the trail and make you wonder what the trail leads too.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">Texture & Elements:

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Some of the texture and element pieces within this piece that I incorporated could be found within each image I changed and made it better to fit with each of the other images I used to create this piece. Most of the pictures originally you could see the texture but when adding opacity to create the flashback look it took some of the texture away but it did add more elements with what I did in each picture and how each value really sticks out in my pieces.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">Concept:

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For my concept I kind of explained what I had in my mind while explaining some of my other pictures and techniques but what I had in mind at the beginning I really didn’t know what to do until it all started coming together in my mind and that’s when my concept formed. I wanted to demonstrate a flashback to the past and what you are seeing right now in the present. How I represented each of these was the arrow showed what I saw in the past like a flashback or memory and the path showed what I am seeing right now and beyond further on the trail is what lies ahead for my future and the path I am going to take to get there.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">Successes & Improvements:


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I feel really happy with how a lot of my pictures have come out so far and that was only my first time taking pictures for my first project but when I could put them all together it taught me something new that I am able to do and it makes me really happy knowing that. Some successes that I saw throughout my project included my picture taking, my concept, how I put them all together and I am just really happy with how everything turned out. Some improvements I could make would make some details like the arrow stick out a little better and make the sticks stick out better off the wood so you can actually see the detail in the picture with the mushrooms growing on it. Though overall I am really happy with what is to come in the future since I was happy with what was able to come from this project and I want to see how my abilities are able to increase during the rest of this semester.