“Are you bored with money? Is George looking old and tired? Let’s give him a digital facelift!”
So, I did! Doesn’t it look so much better?
Took me a hot second to make, but it was worth it!
Now, I know what you’re thinking.. “Aisling, why didn’t you just make it look like he got Botox or something? Why’d you have to use your face?” Well, because it’s not as easy! This is definitely more of a challenge, and it adds more to the quality of the media! It shows that I put in more effort AND it’s a lot more funny. Honestly, this week’s assignments have been so much fun. I’d definitely like some more of these visual assignments. Having to fix the lighting, angle, aim, everything, it’s like working on a puzzle. Except it’s actually fun, and the results are more satisfying.
This assignment was to give currency a “digital face lift”! I immediately knew I could easily incorporate the 80’s into this assignment. I chose to use Madonna because why not… She is the Queen of Pop after all! We all know she would be on the hundred dollar bill too.
To start, I am embarrassed with how long this photo took me. I googled a way to use Photoshop to create a money filter, and quickly was in over my head. I tried to follow that tutorial for about 45 minutes then gave up. In creating this, I used photos I found on Google, and just layered them on top of each other. I attempted to add a few filters to Madonna to give it the money appearance.
Are you bored with money? Is George looking old and tired? Let’s give him a digital facelift! This assignment is inspired by this gallery (http://imgur.com/a/VOH3n) of cartooning on bills, but you’re not limited to drawing. You can draw on a bill and upload a picture, or use image editing software. Nor are you limited to American currency (http://www.margonaut.com/newblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/spock5.jpg). Now go out there and make that money!
For this assignment, I decided to get all cartoony on the dollar bill. Instead of drawing another version of Mr. Washington, I replaced his picture with a small version of myself!
I chose this particular assignment from the assignment bank because I will take any opportunity I can to draw! That, and this assignment posed an interesting challenge! I’ve recreated a couple of things like this before, so I thought it would be fun to flex my creative muscles again and import myself into something official!
It seems a little narcissistic to choose myself to draw, but I’m very easy to draw, and if I had to choose between recreating George Washington and importing myself, I’d choose the latter option.
— Went to Google Images and got a quick PNG of a dollar bill.
— Used my eraser tool and layering tools to cut out George from the dollar. Then, using the cut out circle as a frame, I drew myself in George’s place.
— Added color and line work to connote legitimacy and depth.
— Saved my work as a PNG.
That’s really all there was to it! It was a fun, easy assignment that I wouldn’t have qualms with doing again. Thank you for the opportunity!
This 3.5 Visual Assignment gave me the opportunity to spice up the dollar bill and President George!
For this assignment, I simply uploaded a picture of a dollar bill and photo-shopped a wig I found on Google onto George’s head using the Photoshop app on my phone. This assignment was pretty simple but I also really enjoyed the concept and had fun trying different wigs on George! This one turned out to be my favorite!
Are you bored with money? Is George looking old and tired? Let’s give him a digital facelift! This assignment is inspired by this gallery (http://imgur.com/a/VOH3n) of cartooning on bills, but you’re not limited to drawing. You can draw on a bill and upload a picture, or use image editing software. Nor are you limited to American currency (http://www.margonaut.com/newblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/spock5.jpg). Now go out there and make that money!
George Washington–who? The dollar has finally received its well-needed facelift. Who better to be on the currency than Sammy A. Squirrel with all of his heroic work at the Super Secret Squirrel Agency?
It was just supposed to be a facelift on Washington, but it turned into a squirrel takeover. Make sure to exchange your old dollars to get these beautiful, nutty new dollars that will never disappoint. Anything that has Agent Skippy on it is sure to be priceless, so these dollars may be worth more than one dollar. Get your nutty dollar while supplies last!! (Update: We’re sold out. Sorry for any inconvenience.)
In order to transform the regular dollar bill into a nutty dollar bill, I used an app on my phone called Adobe Photoshop Mix, a free app on the Appstore. Originally I planned on using GIMP to edit the squirrel over George Washington, but my computer decided not to install it, so I turned to my phone for photo editing. I thought this was going to be an easy assignment, but I was wrong.
It was easy to cut the squirrel out of the white frame around him, but trying to put him in the place of Washington was difficult. The president’s hair was constantly peeking out from behind Agent Skippy’s fedora. I finally found a useful tool on the app called “fill” that filled in areas using the colors/patterns from the surrounding area. With this tool, I made most of Washinton’s face and hair gray like the background behind him (it’s actually quite terrifying behind Skippy). It did blur the pattern a little bit, but it got the job done.
This is definitely not my best work, but I am happy to finally have a finished product I am satisfied with. Hopefully I can get some software on my computer this week and make even better images!
My first of three Visual Assignments this week is to provide a “digital facelift” to a one-dollar bill, based on a gallery dedicated to drawing on money. This particular challenge, as well as the two to follow, were all worth three-and-a-half stars at the time of their selection, making my weekly total ten-and-a-half stars.
For the sake of brevity, I basically went with the type of graffiti you normally see on money, including the stereotypical French mustache and beret; the opening lyrics to an infamous folk song; declarations of love; a bouquet of flowers; and two nods to classic pop culture references, namely “Kilroy was here,” a popular catchphrase associated with graffiti dating back to the days of World War II, and “Show me the money,” the line that won Cuba Gooding, Jr., his Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1996. It took me eight layers of editing, including the original dollar, for this to work; once I did, though, I was one quick upload to Flickr away from completing my first assignment of the week.
Money Money Money , you see them all the time you spent them , you earn them. however have you ever seen Money with art on it?. Well i have sometime seem sometime with Super Mario art or even Retro style. Well i decided to make on of my own, i believe i did an pretty good job with it.
