Contact Sheet

The first row was fairly self-explanatory considering we all used the same picture and went through the process together. Of course it was not super easy because it was my first time working so in-depth with Photoshop. Mostly, I just had to make sure I was changing the number in the resolution box instead of another one and that I kept the height at one inch.

The second row was all about color. I had some difficulty with Duotone. First of all, it took me some time to figure out that I had to change the image to Duotone after changing it to black and white. I was also thrown off by the fact that it was supposed to look like sepia and suddenly thought my coloring was wrong, but then I realized that with a program as advanced as Photoshop I could make Duotone a variety of colors.

The third row was also not that difficult. Once I found a picture that was wider than taller, also known as landscape, that was a decent resolution simply changing the dimensions to a square and a portrait was not that difficult. However, I was thrown off for a little bit because my portrait was kind of an optical illusion and I was not sure if I got the dimensions right or not. With the two crops, I also wanted to make sure I cropped out the less vital parts of the photo so I had to play around artistically for a while to achieve that.

The fourth row was a bit more difficult. I kept messing up the close-up because I would cut off parts of the sign I wanted to be there, but I simply had to play around with crop again. Then I had to go back to this one later and make the resolution higher so that it would be less blurry, which was kind of difficult.

The fifth row was challenging as well. It took a while to get my final abstract shot truly abstract. Finding the image in the first place was also difficult. Even though I did eventually find a higher resolution picture I upped it anyways so that it was as clear as possible.

With the sixth row I also ended up changing the resolution. I took an image of myself off of Facebook, which provides 72 resolution pictures. Needless to say my photo was very blurry. Other than that though, this row was actually fun. I enjoyed playing around with all the effects there are in Photoshop.

Hands & Corpse

Font Poem

The quote I chose is from the poem "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats. I chose it because it is my favorite poem and I use it whenever I can. It is my favorite poem because I really like its message. I also thought it had a lot of sensory words that would be fun to play with in Photoshop.

I used the font Verdana for the words "I HAVE," "BECAUSE YOU," and "ON" because all of these words are very straight forward and call for a simple font. Verdana is my favorite simple font, so I chose it. When it came to the word "SPREAD" I was looking for something that would look smooth, like putting peanut butter on toast. In the end I came up with Banshee Std. Next came the "my dreams." For them I chose Monotype Corsiva because it made the words look smooth and puffy like clouds. I also used the arch tool to wave the words and make them sort of trippy, or for the lack of a better word, dreamy. For "under" I was looking for something that seemed to be getting squished from the top. I ended up with Birch Std and I made the word really small. When it came to "YOUR FEET" I wanted the words to look big and gross like feet. The font that achieved this is Cutout Std. It even looks cracked like feet. For the "treads" I chose Cascade Script LT Std because it had a sort of "moving along" look to it. I also made that word angled up so it would have that "walking" appearance and I gave it pebble texture instead of color for symbolism. When it came to softly, I just wanted something cursive and pretty. I went with Snell Roundhand LT Std in speckled pink. I made repeating words the same because I think it helps the poem looking clean cut.

The first notable thing I did when arranging my poem was to put "SPREAD" on a lower level than the words it was next to in order to add to the italic flatness that represented the word to me. "Under" was also very important. I put that on a lower level than "YOUR FEET" for symbolic purposes. For the other words I really just wanted to spread them out in a slightly more interesting than linear way. I also wanted to make sure there was not too much white space. For the whole arrangement I did try to keep the Z pattern in mind.

When it comes to difficulties I had with this project they mostly involved the background. First, I had a hard time remembering exactly how to change the background color. Finally, I started to memorize the way where you go to "Edit" and then click "Fill." Then I decided my plain purple background was boring so I played around with the Gradient Tool until I liked it better.

I am most proud of the fonts and colors I chose. I worked really hard to make them fit their meanings. If I had more time I would probably just play around with the background some more and see what other things I could do to it and if I liked any of them better.