Semester Reflections

I've learned how to use Pages and different software on a Mac, and even though I somewhat learned it, I'm really bad at Photoshop & Illustrator. 


Anything with Photoshop and Illustrator was the most challenging part of this semester for me. 
What I enjoyed doing the most was the Pages project from earlier in the year. I got to show off my knowledge of England and it was fun, designing the brochure and the itinerary the way I wanted to. With Photoshop, it was like a step by step procedure. I didn't like it at all. 
The things I've done this semester may assist me in my future - even though I don't like Photoshop, if I take  broadcast journalism I may have to edit photos and other things. 
I worked hard in this class, despite me not having pictures that were edited using Photoshop. I've always been shy to ask for help even if I need it. Besides, I'm just bad at art in general. Help & instructions wouldn't help me - they never have when it concerns art in any way, shape or form. 

Presenting Final Project

Today...I will present my final project. I chose #15 to present. I really don't want to present. 
Its not that I'm scared to present to only my Multimedia teacher (I take speech - I'm used to it) 


I have to talk about it for two to three minutes, but I guess I'll be fine. 
Afterward, I have to take this survey... 


The project doesn't look that great on a PDF, so I'll present it as a Pages document even though I have it as a PDF. It just looks better. 


But anyways, wish me luck! :) 

Citations for Project

Bibliography

In the above link is my PDF document for my citations for my final project. 

Ugh...finals week - more like STRESS week. Lucky elementary school students who don't have to take finals...well, I guess they will soon enough. Wait...I forgot that they don't get the three days of early dismissal :) 
I know I'll do well, but I dislike testing very much. And I feel sick... I didn't sleep last night because I had a really bad stomachache. I hope it's not anything serious enough to make me have to stay home sick. 


I'm almost done with my spread - I just need to complete the bibliography. 


I just want this week to be over already... no homework, no getting up ridiculously early for school, no work in general. I can't believe the semester's already practically over - I mean, save for finals - but it feels like last week was the first week of school. 

Food Template

I have the food template I was absent for, but I can't find any food pictures I can use for Photoshop. 


I think I'm going to switch out of this class next semester. I guess it's a good thing, finding out I'm as bad at computer art as I am with paper and pencil art. 


There are a lot of links to each day of the food template... 


Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Working on Project

I have to say that my technology classroom feels strangely empty today. Maybe it's because some of the people are at an MUN conference, but anyway, it feels weird. 


There are very few good photos on Wikimedia Commons, and for that I was disappointed. But I did find two good ones - one of Taylor Swift and one of Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl.) 


I'm off to edit them. I'll update in a bit. 


Also, on my Multimedia teacher's blog, I wasn't here for the two days we did the food collage. 
Please don't make me do it...Photoshop kills me. & I don't know if I was here for Illustrator either but I 
know I won't do anything really well on it...
The only thing I'm actually good at is IPhoto. I'd also like to know on a scale from 1-10, how often will we be working with Photoshop next semester because honestly, I can't manage to have a really low score in a class because of something like Photoshop, which is art, which I am terrible at. That's why I have never taken an art class at my school. I'm just as awful with computer art. 
If we will be working a lot with Photoshop next semester, I will have to consider changing classes.




I edited the photos from Wikimedia Commons, and they don't look bad, but they're not amazing, either.
Other than that, I didn't do much in class today. I guess today's just one of those days where I feel exhausted and I don't know why. 

Working on Project

I have to say that my technology classroom feels strangely empty today. Maybe it's because some of the people are at an MUN conference, but anyway, it feels weird. 


There are very few good photos on Wikimedia Commons, and for that I was disappointed. But I did find two good ones - one of Taylor Swift and one of Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl.) 


I'm off to edit them. I'll update in a bit. 

Photos

I have a lot of photos that I edited, so I'm going to put two of them here.
Tell me what you think! 

Final Project 2

At first, I wanted to work on a project that involves just Pages, but I also like editing photos with IPhoto.
I want to do a spread on my favorite celebrities, but I can't find their images on stock.xchng.
Now that I think about, a project with just Pages would be too time-consuming. I wouldn't be able to finish it by the end of the semester. 


If you have any suggestions on how to find celebrity photos on a free stock website, please comment, or if you know any websites that may have photos of celebrities, also comment.


I have this one photo of Taylor Swift that I edited that I really liked, but I don't know if the image is copyrighted or not. 

Playing with IPhoto

Basically, all I did today was think of an idea for my spread. I think I'm going to do a two page spread with IPhoto using pictures of my favorite actresses/singers. I messed around with IPhoto, changing up the original photos. I used a picture of Taylor Swift, one of Emma Watson, and a picture with Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl. 
Some editing I did on most of the photos was using the antique editing (the Emma Watson photos from the Teen Vogue photoshoot last year looked cool using the antique edit. I'll show you). 

I also enhanced a lot of the pictures. I used fade color, boost color, the straightening, the vignette, and tinting, sharpness and other various editing techniques.

I edited a lot of photos, but this one is the only one I'll show because the rest are saved for the actual project. It's almost time for my next class...I hope we'll do something remotely interesting in biology...

I'm just kidding - Biology's pretty cool right now. We're learning about genetics right now, and that's always fascinated me. 

Buh-bye!

Final Project

For my final project, I think I'm going to do a photo manipulation using IPhoto, even though I had wanted to do something with Pages. Even though it wasn't on the list of options (the options were all either Photoshop or Illustrator, neither of which I am good at), I am really good with Pages, and I would've gotten a good final grade :( 
I mean, yes, the project will be on Pages, but the content of the Pages document is Photoshop/Illustrator. I wanted to do a purely Pages project. If my multimedia could give me a specific project, or like different project ideas to do with Pages, I would do it. 
I mean, seriously, what if you're bad at Photoshop and Illustrator in general? There should always be a different option. I mean, we worked with Pages more than we did with Photoshop...




If only I could submit my Pages Project from earlier in the year as my final project... :( 


I really don't want to sketch my ideas. I know what they are, though. I'm just going to put an example of things I'm going to do with IPhoto on this post.


Original Image

Altered Photo


























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