Graphic Design Assignment #9

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Photoshop Paint

1. the strongest technical aspect of my artwork would undoubtedly be how the landscape as well as the sky came out. I used a white paint brush with a very low opacity and tapped the blue background. Also, I used a gradient change for the sky. The color of the sky changed to a lighter shade of blue as the eye looks down the image. Also, the grass came out very well due to the fact that there was a brush with a design of clumped pieces of grass. Also, the different colors within the grass are especially nice.

2. One aspect that could've been improved was the leopard itself. I made the leopard first, and then the background, but for some reason I decided to flatten the image making it so the leopard was all on one layer, making it more difficult to edit. 

3. The easiest part of this activity was making the grass look good, due to the option of a grass paint brush,

4. The most difficult part of this activity was, for sure, making the ears of the leopard look decent. Originally I kind of scribbled colors in the ear, because I wasn't sure how to make it look good, but I looked up some templates, and used those to create the current ears. Also, though not too difficult, painting over the leopard spots was very tedious.

5. I demonstrated the objective in this art activity by finding an image and using all of the tools that I have learned so far, and painting over the image with only the brushes provided.

6. If I were to have done this project again, I would have not flattened the image so I could have gone further in editing it.

Graphic Design Assignment #8

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Pop-Art

1. The strongest technical aspect of my work would have to be my ability to use the pen tool to trace the outlines of either the people of their clothes. Originally my picture of Howie Mandel had a black suit, and because of the desaturation and the change of the threshold, his coloring was basically all black. So, I added the lighter shade of purple to his actual jacket and then the darker shade to the lining.
2. One aspect that could have been improved on was the threshold level for Howie. In the final picture his face is sort of too dark. I could've went back and lowered the level to make it so there was more blank color (white), allowing for more color.
3. The easiest part of this activity was choosing the color scheme. I did not have a specific reason behind it, it just happened.
4. The most difficult part was using the pen tool while outlining both people. It wasn't necessarily hard, it was just tedious.
5. I demonstrated the objective of the pop art activity by creating two works that changes the actual colors to a cartoon-y kind of image.
6. If I could do this pop art project one more time, I would have changed the threshold of Howie's face, so I could have added more color. 

Graphic Design Assignment #7

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Animal Morph

1. My strongest technical aspect of my beautiful artwork would most certainly be my ability to successfully use the clone stamp tool to use the right panda's stomach fur to put on the cat's face to make it appear more realistic. Also, I thought my ability to make the originally all white cat have features like the panda, such as the ears, eyes, and I also changed the color of the his nose.

2. One technical aspect of my work that could have been worked one was forming the different objects such as the head and tail, to appear more realistic with the blending of the fur.

3. The easiest part was using the clone stamp to copy the fur from the actual panda over to the cat face.

4. The most difficult part of this activity was putting the panda fur on the cat face while still maintaining the look of the cat. For example working around the whiskers and the mouth of the cat.

5. I demonstrated the objective of this activity by using the clone stamp tool to morph the cat on to the body of the panda. I also used some layer masks to get rid of objects and making them flow better.
6. If I were to re-do this project, the only thing I would've changed was maybe add another cat head to the other panda. But, honestly I think that this could have been my best one, in terms of editing and making it seem realistic.

Graphic Design Assignment #6

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Radial Symmetry

1. The strongest technical aspect of my work was my ability to have the shapes within the image appear to draw the viewers eye towards the middle. This was done by the use of lines from all sides going to the center of this image.

2. One thing I could've worked on was how the yellow rectangles aren't exactly symmetrical. At each corner they aren't perfectly lined up.

3. The easiest part of this activity was choosing the gradient pattern for the background. This was so because along with the shapes, it brings the viewers eye towards the center. It does this by having a neutral color and eventually changing to warmer colors.

4. The most difficult part of this project was lining everything up so it appeared to be the same line (EX: all the rectangles).

5. I demonstrated the objective in this art activity by successfully making the image radial symmetrical. I did this by using tools such as the square and circle marquee tool, the eye dropper, and paint bucket. I also rotated shapes, overlapped, changed the opacity, as well as putting the layers into 7 folders.

6. To me, this was my favorite project that I completed and the only thing I would try and change would've been how the yellow rectangles are slightly not symmetrical. But, other than that, I would not have changed anything.

Graphic Design Assignment #5

(original)

(improved)

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Polaroid

1. The strongest technical aspect of my work is that I was able to successfully make the hockey stick appear to pop out of the polaroid frames, making it not seem two-dimensional, like the picture narwal would have been.

2. One aspect that I think could have been worked on is that I probably could've had more photo frames that covered his whole body, rather than leaving some out. But the problem with that would've been I would've had to restart the whole project because the frames that are overlapping another are cut off, partially.

3. The easiest part of this activity was choosing the character in which was going to be the background. Similar to another project our class did, I chose Patrice Bergeron because he is my favorite hockey player.

4. The most difficult part of this activity was trying to fix some of the polaroid frames because when I overlapped one, it would cut over the one behind it.

5. I demonstrated the objective by using the polaroid frames and the lasso tool to make a background seem more three dimensional. I also used the magic wand tool to clear out the inside of each of the polaroid frame. I was also able to change the background and use a different blend mode.

6. If I were to do this activity again, I would've changed the size of the polaroid frames so I could've incorporated the entire body of Bergeron.

Graphic Design Assignment #4

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Tattoo

1. The strongest technical aspect of my work was my ability to use the warp tool and make the tattoo form to the shape of my chest.

2. One aspect of my work that could've been improved on was trying to get the slight white border around my amazing body.
3. The easiest part of this activity was deciding to use a 127% real picture of my OWN body to put a tattoo on.
4. The most difficult part of this project was warping the tattoo using the warp tool, to fit the shape on  my chest.
5. I demonstrated the objective of this activity by using the warp tool, using a displacement map and making myself black and white, and using the burn tool along with the dodge tool to change the shadows on my body.
6. If I were to do this project again, I would've spent time trying to get rid of the white border around MY body, using the magic wand tool.

Graphic Design Assignment #3

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Landscape Collage

1. The strongest technical aspect of my work, in my opinion, was my ability to cut the images using the layer mask tool. The sailboat was not a transparent image so I had to cut out the background in small spaces. Also, my ability to change the color of the sailboat (originally white) to match the sunset appealed to me.

2. One aspect of my work that could've been improved on was that the foreground coloring doesn't quite match the rest of the picture. The other colors are brighter (pink, blue, and yellow), while the campsite colors are more green and aren't relating to the sunset.

3. The easiest part of this activity was choosing the images. I chose my campground, Hermit Island, for all the images (foreground, middle ground, and background). 

4. The most difficult part of this project was using the layer mask to cut out the background of the sailboat image. I had to use a paint brush at size 1 and zoom in all the way in to the picture to cut out it the way I wanted to.

5. I successfully demonstrated the objective in this art activity by using multiple pictures to make a custom foreground middle ground and background.

6. If I were to do this project again, I would've looked harder to find a newer picture of a campsite. By doing this it would've made the picture look more realistic.  

Graphic Design Assignment #2

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Personal Identity

1. The strongest part of my work, I believe, was that I was able to create an image that portrayed who I am, without it being a cluster of images.

2. One thing that I could've improved on was how my bottom half of the picture didn't have a true background. Even if I added something, it could've been cluttered, but I think I could've done something to enhance it.

3. The easiest part of this activity was choosing the one real image, Patrice Bergeron. He is my favorite hockey player, due to his level of skill and classiness. 

4. The most difficult part of this project, which wasn't actually hard, was deciding what cartoon images I wanted to use.

5. I demonstrated the objective by creating an image that said what my personal identity was. I chose one real picture and modeled the colors of the cartoon ones after colors from the real one. I used the correct tools, such as: the eye dropper, paint bucket, move tool. Also, I reached the requirement of a minimum of 10 layers.

6. If I could've done this activity again I would've added something for the background of the bottom half of the picture because its just white.

Graphic Design Assignment #1

-Jason Robidoux

Artist Reflection: Text

1. The strongest technical aspect of my work was my ability to have the J's in the middle change colors by using the gradient tool on just those specific letters. I had the letters go from black to white to red.

2. One aspect that could have been improved on, was that some of my letters weren't perfectly symmetrical, though appearing to be at first.

3. The easiest part of this project was choosing the colors/ letter. I chose ''J'' because of my name, and I chose these colors because 'murica 🇺🇸. 

4. The most difficult part was using the gradient tool, and successfully having the change in colors have the same pattern.

5. I demonstrated this activity by having the image symmetrical (for the most part), and using three colors. Also, I was able successfully use the same font, use the transform tool, gradient tool, paint bucket, eye dropper, move tool, and as well as having at least 10 layers.

6. I wouldn't have changed anything, honestly. I truly liked the way this came out. I also like the fact that you can not really tell that the letter that I used was "J".