Surreal Practice Tutorials

The different things we did to make the Desert tutorial look realistic was we took one simple picture of the desert ground, and duplicated it. After all the duplicating we did, we transformed the ground by distorting it, making it look as if we were really standing in the picture, looking out in the open. Another thing we did to the ground was take a gradient, and change the color of the ground making it look like the dirt was real. We also worked on the sky. What we did with that was we took a gradient tool, and colored the sky. We also made clouds, making the picture realistic. We also put a post lamp in the picture, making it grow out of the ground, and dropping a shadow behind the lamp.

By doing both of these tutorials, they will help me creat my own surreal picture by making my own landscape, making sure I put shadows behind objects (if necessary), and puting a picture in a sertain spot and blending it in with another picture (the eye pupil and brick wall on the face for example).

ART SHOW "Fa'a Samoa"

This picture that was taken of me is a portrait picture. In photography class, we were assigned to take pictures of our partner as if we were taking pictures for a portrait. I chose to take this picture of my portrait because to me, this means something more than just an ordinary picture. It means something to me because the costume is a part of my Samoan culture, and when we were assigned to bring in a costume of some sort, I wanted to bring this costume. What I like about the picutre is the angle that I'm positioned in. I also like how I added the colors on top of the picture. I used those colors because blue and red are the main colors of the American Samoa flag, and I thought I should add a little yellow to it.

Graduation Program

I didn't get to see the other students programs, but I don't think I have a strength in my design. Graphic designing was harder than I thought it would be because it's difficult to come up with a layout and imagine how you want it to look like. The most important part of Graphic Design is to make the picture look cool and different than just an ordinary picture. Graphic Desigh plays in the roll of advertisment like magazines, billboards, newspapers, movie covers, show titles, etc.

Alternate Program: Si Se Puede and Academic Letter

I didn't get to see the other students covers, but what I think was the strength of my project is the two pictures of STUGO and the Champion Pegasus on the Si Se Puede. What I struggled with the most is making the Academic Letter program cover. I think I did my best on the Si Se Puede because I put more effort into this program than the Academic Letter program.