During class on Monday and Thursday, we continued to learn about various Photoshop tools. On Monday we were introduced to the pen tool. I had a lot of trouble using the pen tool. I had difficulty figuring out where the best places were to put anchor points. I also struggled with creating the desired curve around the part of the picture that I wanted to isolate. I have used the marquee tool in the past as well as the quick selection tool, but I tend to avoid the pen tool. I think that I just need some more practice with the pen tool. I know that it is necessary to master the pen tool if I want to create a more professional looking piece of work.
On Wednesday, I spent a lot of time working on my project outside of class. I scanned one of my pieces of artwork from an art class that I took in high school, and I attempted implementing it into my project. The work was an image of a tree done in marker and watercolor. I was not happy with how the work was working with the photos that I decided to use for the project, so I decided to discard it from my project's final design.
On Thursday we looked at how we can manipulate photos by changing their saturation, brightness, contrast, and color channels. I used what we learned in class in my project. I found it very helpful to be able to isolate a specific area of a photo and adjust just that area's brightness and saturation. During the second half of class on Thursday we were given lab time to work on our projects.
I am happy with the final outcome of my landscape project. I think that I took a unique approach, and I am interested in hearing what my classmates have to say about my finished work.
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