It's Official.

I went mainstream
and got the instagram app.
I haven't really done too much with it
artistically, but I hope to eventually.
Anyway, a new school year
means lots of new material
for everyone to see!
I hope to be posting pictures
of my new work soon.
Tell me what you guys think
when you get a chance!

Scandinavia photos! part 2

Here are more photos! The first were from Denmark. These are from Norway!

Scandinavia photos!

Here are some photos from my trip, finally!

Engagement Photos

I did my first shoot for engagement photos yesterday! Here are some of them.

Scandinavia

Hello everyone!
During the few weeks
I haven't been on my blog,
I was in either
Denmark, Norway, or Sweden.
I have to say,
it was AWESOME!!!!
I will post pictures and tell stories soon.
I love you guys!!!

Art Show Post Card

Here is my final product for my "senior show" postcard.

Post card Ideas

Our assignment for this week was to do mock up designs for a post card that would be for an art show. (our art show, to be more specific) I did quick sketches for the front and back of three post cards. They may not be masterpieces, but hey, it's just a mock up! Tell me what you think?

Text over Photo tutorial

I found a tutorial and wanted to try it out. Instead of just copying and pasting that tutorial to the blog, I decided to write down what I did in the simplest way possible, and i will show the starting photo and my end result.

This is my starting point. I shall tell you what I did from here.

• open the picture you want to manipulate.
• open a new layer.
• select the text tool.
• set font size. (mine is 600 pt.)
• set font. (mine is Pristina.)
• your text will be black. change blend to overlay.
• command or ctrl click the text layer thumbnail.
• click the "create new layer" button.
• copy the background image layer.
• click and drag the background copy above the text layer.
• click and drag the text mask (the thing you made when you clicked the text thumbnail and made a new layer) and put the text mask with the background copy.
• select brush tool. use white as color.
• set brush size. (mine is 500.)
• paint over the bottom of the photo to the bottom of the text.
• you can delete the background image if you want.
• right click "create new fill or adjustment layer"
• select "solid color".
• choose what color you want. (mine is a white-ish color.)
• flatten your image.
• save your image as a jpeg.

This is my end result! This was really fun to do, and I hope you guys try it!

Magazine

I went to a store in search of magazines that immediately sparked my interest. I found two. The first is an issue of life magazine, and the issue is about the titanic. The cover is simple and has a powerful image. The text is clearly legible and different from the other title fonts of the other magazines. I like that the picture takes up the whole cover as well.
The second magazine kind of scared me a little bit. It is a tattoo magazine , and I can't really make out the title because it is behind a person's head. The thing that made me pay attention to this magazine, however, is the picture of the woman on the front. I am usually not one to judge a person on their appearance, but let's just say I wouldn't want to run into her in a dark alley.