The collage shows the dreams that I am striving for that will come true very soon.  The first one is an image of a diploma.  In too soon of a time I will be graduating from Mary Washington with a degree in Chemistry and even possibly a second degree in Biology.  I have been working hard to complete this task and it is one dream that I will look forward to reaching in the near future.  The other image is of a picture that I took when I was on vacation, I would love to go back to that beach and plan to visit there again soon.

To create this collage I went onto the website photovisi.com and chose the templet for my collage.  I then uploaded the images from my computer onto the website.  Once that was completed I downloaded the collage onto my computer and onto iphoto.  The collage was then uploaded onto flickr and the appropriate tags were assigned and it collage was shared with the public.

This picture always brings a smile to my face….even if it shows my friend and I colliding into each other.  In softball it is important to always call the ball…if you dont many times players collide and often one of them if not both get injured.  In this picture a ball was popped up into foul territory and both myself and the catcher went after the ball…..we both did not hear each other calling for the ball…so we collided.  The most important thing about this picture is that the ball was caught .  Another thing that came from this incident is the phrase “magical pitching bubble” which is now what I am confined to when a ball is popped up in foul territory.  I love my catcher and this image that was created, it brings back memories for the both of us.

To create this picture I used photovisi.com to merge the photos together and then downloaded it back into iphoto.  From iphoto I uploaded the merged image onto flickr where I tagged it with specified tags to allows for the public to see it.

This assignment was called Splash the color. It is visual assignment 340.

“Color splash is a technique to emphasize details- you remove all color from a photo, and then restore original color to a single object”

I chose a picture of my cousin playing in the leaves last fall. It is one of my favorite pictures of him and I really like the idea of using it for this assignment. However, after I started, I regretted it. It was very difficult to edit around the leaves, but I did my best and I think it turned out pretty well. (It is rough in a few places)  Next time I will definitely chose something easier to edit around!

I used GIMP to edit this photo. And I used Eric Jeschke’s tutorial on “Selective Colorization.” This tutorial helped a ton!  The hardest thing was trying to edit around all the leaves!

As I was looking for my last star, I came across an older assignment that was actually submitted by one of my good friends! I didn’t even know she took this class. Since I knew the creator, I decided that it was meant to be. I also thought the idea of over-editing yourself was funny! So I first had to find a photo and came across one I took when I dyed my hair for the first time. Pixlr seemed to be the next step for editing the picture. I messed around with it for a while with different effects but I didn’t like any of them. They didn’t really seem to be what I would call “over-editing”. I finally came to the realization that I was going to have to free-hand this one. So using a paint brush (bring down the opacity to around 22) I gave myself ridiculous makeup, bright white teeth, and a pink streak. Overall it turned out pretty interesting, although I hope I never look like that!

^^ The Original

^^The Ridiculous

Don’t know what Daikatana is? Me either. BUT, I did land on it randomly by doing my fourth visual assignment, “An Album Cover“. I think this is the coolest visual assignment I’ve done yet. Click the link and learn more if you want to make your own album cover! Here’s how I made mine.

Step 1. Click for the random Wikipedia page. This will be your band name. I got Daikatana:

Step 2. Get a random quote. The last few words of the last quote is your new band’s album title. I got the quote, “After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.”:

Step 3. You go to a Flickr link, and the third photo is now your album cover:

Now what you do is create an album cover with what you found and customize it to your hearts content! Once again, I’m not the biggest fan of GIMP, but it will do what you need it to and save you $600 instead of buying Adobe Photoshop…although I do love it =( Anyways, I created this album cover:I think this all goes together awesomely! Daikatana, not only is a first person shooter(according to wiki) but it makes me think “Die, Katana!” The picture goes well because the black and white, as well as the style of the building give  me an impression of an older/eerie feeling. Plus it’s deserted, like everyone died…(zombie apocalypse?) So then I have the witty quote left. Which I think is cool because if there was a zombie apocalypse, I feel more should be done than said…BUT THIS IS A MUSIC ALBUM SO IT ALL MAKES SENSE! More will be said BECAUSE they will sing! I put it in “Chiller” font to give it a creepier look.

I’m sorry if you don’t get it, but it makes PERFECT sense to me! And I had a blast doing it! Go create your own!

8/10

ME!!! This is my third visual assignment and it was called “Find Yourself“. Sure, I probably could have been a little more creative in finding letters that spell R-O-B in the environment, but this place has a story with me. When I was growing up, my family used to play a game on car rides to find each members name on a store or such. My name NEVER came up. (I guess people named Rob or Robert aren’t big entrepreneurs) We would always see Mark, Bonnie, and Dan while driving around on the East Coast, but never a Rob. I kinda just figured there was no place named “Rob’s”. Glad I came to UMW/Fredericksburg AND that the owner(I’m assuming named Rob) opened this little gem! Now I know that there is at least one place that exists with my name!

6/10