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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

I'm feeling nuclear - Final Collage CGA

 

        I chose this nuclear/solar like theme for my collage because I like how the look of the sun and other nuclear objects look in contrast to a dark sky.  The images give me a certain satisfaction and sense of awe.  
        In my collage I used many of the principles of design that help an image become better than if they were not used.  I made my collage asymmetrical but I did not skew the unity of the image.  There is a lot of emphasis on the image of myself because of its large size compared to all the other images.  I gave most of the images implied texture to help blend with the background better with many different tools.  There is a lot of contrast in the image, with the background being dark and the images on top of it having sharp colors that are further emphasized by the dark background.
        I used many tools in my collage to created different feels to the images.  One of the tools I used the most was the smudge tool.  This helped take away the boring circular shape of the images and it made it seem as if the suns were flaring and the images stand out from the background.  I used the levels adjustment layer and the curves adjustment layer to create sharper highlights and edit the midtones of the images.  I used color balance to create contrast between the images and the background.  I used many different effects for the images which include inner shadown, bevel and emboss, color overlay, and more.  I used techniques similar to our pug in the park exercise where I took the magnet lasso and went around the part of the image I wanted.
        Some ways I could have enhanced the effectiveness of the image was if I used symmetry so that the image seemed proportional.  I could have used more rhythm and pattern in the image to give a more dramatic feel to the collage.  My knowledge so far with Adobe Photoshop CS5 is limited but I hope to be able to learn how to use different aspects of it to make my future collages better.