Jordan G

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I chose this picture because I liked the dark colors and the nature inspired pattern. The design choices I made were using a dark font with red outline because the black font and bright outline contrasted with the pattern. I like the font that I chose for this graphic because the curves in the letters work nicely with the sharp edges of the leaves. Something I would change if I did this project again would be getting rid of the weird translucent highlight, and changing the outline on the letters to a darker red shade, because the red is a little bright for the dark pattern.

I chose this picture because it shows I like writing, vintage/old things, the color red, and nature, (hence the plants in the background). I made the design choice to put a wreath looking thing around my name because it ties into the plants in the corner. Something I did well on this project is how the colors tie into each other because the red wreath around my name matches the the typewriter, and the font color matches the plants. In my Spark Remix, I chose a new image and new font. I made these changes because I felt the first image did not have a clear relation to my personality.

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I decided to make my feelings portrait about feeling lucky for my dog. I am the most grateful for my dog, and I feel lucky to have him. I write about how he is that best dog, and how he is always there for me. I chose the color yellow for my background and text because I wanted it to be light, and yellow is normally associated with feeling happy. I chose a font that made me think of feeling lucky.

I chose to use a picture of my dog instead of a picture of me. I made this decision because I couldn't think of a pose that would portray lucky. And I chose this picture because it is my favorite picture of my dog, and because it was the nicest photo of my dog that I already had on my iPad.

This is the first copy I made . during this project. I put my dog over the letters, but decided I wanted him to be under the letters.

In this second copy, I figured out how to put my dog under the text by moving around the layers. I felt like the colors were to saturated though. Also, when you put the text over my dog, the outline of the dog doesn't look as jagged, which I like.

In this third copy, I lightened the opacity of my dog in background, so all the colors weren't so saturated an intense.

This is the fourth and final copy I made. I like this copy because the text doesn't look as saturated, and when I lowered the opacity of my dog, the text became less opaque too.

In this copy, I went to Image Adjustments and played around with changing the the curves, vibrance and highlight. This copy is sort of like the second copy, but a little different.

ᴘᴏʀᴛʀᴀɪᴛ ʀᴇғʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs:
𝟷) ᴀғᴛᴇʀ sᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛs ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʟᴀssᴍᴀᴛᴇs, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ sᴜᴄᴄᴇssғᴜʟ?
I think the projects that were most successful had colors that went well together, and all the different elements stood out and were clear.
2) ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛs ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀғᴜʟ?
One of the reasons some of these projects were powerful is because of the words used. A lot of the words portrayed powerful feelings like stressed, lucky, broken, or mad.
𝟹) ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ sᴀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀɪᴛɪǫᴜᴇ?
People said they liked how my colors contrasted with my dog, and how the gradient and font were very happy colors.
𝟺) ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴇᴇʟ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇsᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ?
I feel like the strongest part of my project is how all the colors work together and contrast.
𝟻) ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ?
During this project, I learned about more features in Photoshop, like how to use a drop shadow, and how to do a gradient.
𝟼) ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʟᴀssᴍᴀᴛᴇs ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ?
During the gallery walk we did, I saw people's projects, which portrayed important things they were feeling inside, that I didn't know.

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ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪᴅᴇᴀs

I am making the final decision to make the earrings (above, middle).

ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ, ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟶

I started tracing the picture of the earrings, including the inside part of the earrings.

ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ, ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟹

I traced the outside of the earring, and started filling the inside parts I want to be laser cut. Today, I want to finish coloring my image.

ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ, ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟺

Today, I finished coloring in the image, and I fixed the air brushed lines.

ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ, ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟻

Today, I dragged the JPEG of my trace into Adobe Illustrator and turned into an outline. I am excited to cut it tomorrow!

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Today, I got my final pieces of my earrings. I bought some earring hooks of Amazon, and that will be the final piece of my earrings.

For this project, I created earrings with a lotus flower in the middle. I started by finding an image online, and dragging it into Photoshop. I traced and colored in the picture, and then dragged it into Adobe Illustrator. In Illustrator, Ms. Kushner taught me how to make an outline of the drawing. Then, I put the file of the outline on . my blog, and Ms. Kushner cut it. I think I succeeded in this project because the earring turned out exactly how I wanted.

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Lizzo encourages young girls and women to be happy with their bodies. And of course, she also makes amazing songs.

Whoopi Goldberg is an inspirational black author, comedian, actor and television personality.

Wilma Rudolph is an inspiration to me because even though her doctor and her mother said she would never walk again, she became the first black woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics.

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A photo is good when it has high resolution, colors that go well together, and when the photo is taken of something interesting.

ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟷

ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏs ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ᴏɴ ɪᴘʜᴏɴᴇ 𝟷𝟷

My partner, Zoe took this photo on my phone using portrait mode. I think this photo is successful because the birdhouse is centered in the middle of the photo, and because Zoe used portrait mode, the background got blurred.

I took this picture of a mosaic outside. I think this picture is successful because the colors are vibrant, and all the shapes are very geometric and sharp.

I also took this photo using portrait mode, and I thought the rainbows looked good against all the brown in the courtyard. If I would have taken this photo again, I would have cleaned off the wood so it didn't look dirty

ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟹

Zoe took this photo of me. I think it is successful because my black coat stands out against the snow.

Zoe took this picture, because we thought it would be cool since we also have the photo of the birdhouse when it wasn't snowy.

We took this photo of the rainbow wood again but in the snow. I think it is successful because the snow looks nice on the tree and over the wood.

ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟾

Today, me and Zoe tinted this photo pink.

ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟷𝟿

In this edit, Zoe turned all the snow blue with the gradient tool.

ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟸𝟷

We edited Dayveana out of the background using the rubber stamp tool.

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Today we took this photo. We plan on putting a picture of ourselves peering out of the birdhouse tomorrow. We also might experiment with putting clouds inside.

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ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟸𝟽

Instead of putting ourselves inside the birdhouse, Zoe and I put the sky and a hot air balloon. To do this we put the photo of the sky/hot air balloon, lowered the opacity, and erased the parts that weren't inside the birdhouse hole.

ғᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 𝟸𝟾