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.