LK Photoshop Projects

City Panorama

2009-09-09T00:05:00.000-07:00

Design Log:

This is a panorama shot that I took of San Francisco, Ca a few years ago. I didn't have a panorama photo setting on my camera back then, so this is actually 4 photos stitched together. I used many tools to blend the images together, and then I used the color filters to make each view a different color.

Fisheye

2009-09-08T23:51:00.000-07:00

Design Log:

This is a random self portrait that I made about a year ago. The original image of the camera was just taken off of Google, and the picture of me in the lens was taken by my friend when I lived down in San Diego. I drastically adjusted the exposure and contrast in this image, and also in some areas I used the paintbrush tool for it's solid colors. I didn't make this picture for anything special, I think I was just bored and felt like playing around on Photoshop.

Rasta Lion

2009-09-08T23:44:00.000-07:00

Design log:

I created this image over a year ago and honestly don't remember exactly what I did, but I remember using many filters from the filter gallery and then using the paintbrush to get the red, yellow, and green colors in there. The original image came from google. I just typed in 'lion' or something and it eventually came up.

Secret Beach

2009-09-08T23:27:00.000-07:00

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Design log:

The two original photos used to create this image were taken right outside of Santa Cruz, Ca off highway 1. All I did was rotate one of the images horizontally and then combine the two in the middle. One image was a bit darker than the other though so it made the sky very difficult to blend. I eventually decided to just use the magnetic lasso tool to select the sky on one side and then mirror the image onto the other side.

Final- Magazine Cover

2009-05-20T11:13:00.000-07:00

Week 15- Adobe Tutorial Resources

2009-05-19T18:34:00.000-07:00

Design Log:

Before I began working on this assignment I watched the following two video tutorials.

"Using the Filter Gallery"
"Working With Brushes"

I found these videos at the Adobe TV website.

Original image:

Week 14- Pop Dots

2009-05-13T18:01:00.001-07:00

Design log:

I enjoyed using the Pop Dots technique on my pictures. It was sort of confusing at first, but once I got used to the gradient tool things seemed to get easier. Above is the first image I made. The photo was taken in Sunnyvale, Ca.

The image seen below is a result of me being bored before class and playing around with my original picture. I decided to post them both up for some reason.

Week 12- Introduction to Masks

2009-05-13T17:58:00.000-07:00

Design Log:

Although this is just a tutorial image from the Photoshop textbook, I can say that I learned a lot while completing the lesson on masking images.

In many cases when something in an image needs to be selected, using masks is better than using the selection tools because it can provide a smoother looking end result. This way can also save a lot of time, as well.

For this assignment we were allowed to write whatever we wanted inside the box below the dinosaur. I don't know why I decided to make it a Jurassic Park in Space poster. That would be the worst movie ever.... I won't be surprised though if they do come out with it in the next few years.

It'll probably be made by the same guy that thought of putting Samuel Jackson on a plane with a bunch of snakes.

Week 10- Surreal

2009-05-13T17:55:00.000-07:00

Design log:

Almost everything in this picture came from brush packages that I downloaded from the internet. The city in the middle came from an image that I got off of Google. I used the pen tool as a selection tool and cut out the buildings from the original photograph.

Midterm- Collage

2009-04-07T15:57:00.001-07:00

"Bob Marley"

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Design Log:

All of these pictures came from the internet. I found the quote at wikiquote.com.

The assignment was to use like 5 different pictures in a collage, but after putting this all together I couldn't add any more. I think that if I had, it would look way too cluttered. The main foreground picture is so powerful that I didn't want to put anything on top of it. I'm not lazy!! I just think that this is perfect.

Week 6- Typography

2009-04-07T15:48:00.000-07:00

"The Truckug Chronicles"

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Design Log:

I created this photo for my other blog, The Truckug Chronicles (http://www.truckug.com).

This picture originally started as a blank brick wall. The cityscape is actually a brush that I downloaded, and instead of painting it on directly on I used the "color burn" option so that the lighter parts of the brush would be lower opacity. The silhouette of the birds are also part of a brush package that I downloaded.

I wanted to use a font that was easy to read, but still looked like it could be written on the wall. Graffiti/handwriting fonts looked sloppy, and this one seemed just right.

I adjusted the contrast on the whole image, and then used the burn tool to make the darks darker, and the corners darker as well.

Week 4- Color Balance

2009-04-07T15:46:00.001-07:00

"Seattle Skyline"
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Design Log:

This photo was taken from The Space Needle in Seattle, Wa.

I didn't adjust the contrast at all, but I used the exposure tool and the burn/dodge tool to make some of the buildings darker and some of them lighter. I used the hue/saturation tool to make the photo a little more interesting. This picture was actually taken on a cloudy day. The trees in Washington aren't really purple either, even though I sort of wish they were.

"Field Goal"

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Design Log:

This photo was taken somewhere in the Santa Cruz mountains a long time ago. I don't really remember where exactly.

This photo was black and white and already very contrasted, so it was difficult to add color. I adjusted the exposure, then used the shadow/highlight adjustment tool. Afterwards, I used the burn tool and the dodge tool for minor adjustments.

I chose to use this font because it sort of has a western look to it.

Week 3- Duotone Project

2009-04-07T15:42:00.000-07:00

"Presidio Times"

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Design Log:

Both of these photos were taken in San Francisco, Ca. The background image was very colorful and contrasted, while the foreground photo was already black and white.

I adjusted the exposure on both images, and used the burn tool and the dodge tool to make the lights and darks look relatively the same.

background photo credit: Andrew