YOU in HISTORY

For todays's 5 points, you will be inserting YOURSELF into a historical photograph.

This should be a scene of HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE and IN BLACK AND WHITE.

You get 5 points for posting the ORIGINAL PHOTO and the one that features YOU, seamlessly ADDED TO THE SCENE.

It should be like a HISTORICAL WHERE'S WALDO.... CAN you spot ME, behind Lee Harvey Oswald?

From these originals-

MORE-

UFO over OCHS

Your 5 point assignment for today is another one that calls upon your
already existing knowledge of Photoshop.

Convincingly put an Unidentified Flying Object into the sky above OCHS.

You can use an internet spaceship photo (or 'make' your own, mine is a tortilla warmer).

You can use an online pic of OCHS (or one of YOURS, or go TAKE one).

Any 'special effects' that you know of? (I used the LENS FLARE FILTER at the bottom)

You get 5 points if it looks 'kinda' real.

and-

COMPOSITE ANIMAL

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TEXT #4 ransom name

The idea is to use what you now know about CANVAS SIZE, editing, and combining images to create your name
by 'stealing letters' from PHOTOS OF SIGNS.

ONE LETTER needs to be an IMPLIED LETTER.
(I.E., a photo of a donut for an 'O', a photo of the Eiffel Tower for an 'I')

These need to be PHOTOS from PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIGNS... NOT illustrator images (which are drawings made on a computer.
This is worth 5 points.
When this has been posted (include all original images in your blog post)
fill out an EVAL sheet for TEXT WEEK & include the names of the assignments that you did this week.

TEXT #3 sign text

Hopefully this should be fairly self-evident.
FIRST use the CLONE STAMP tool or the PAINT BRUSH TOOL to DELETE / ERASE / COVER the existing text on the sign,

THEN use an appropriate FONT, at an appropriate ANGLE (maybe even use the TEXT WARP tool) to write in your own, new message...

KEEP IT SCHOOL APPROPRIATE, PEOPLE!

SWEARS are for SQUARES!

Get creative with what you consider a 'sign' - see the shirt below.... Billboards, bumperstickers, and handmade yardsale or panhandler signs count and stuff...

5 points, due FRIDAY!
... and- YES, post the ORIGINAL- UNALTERED pics with your RE-WRITTEN ONES, please!!!

JEDI MASTERS

From these originals-

TEXT #2- single word AS IMAGE

In this mini-assignment,
your task is to insert a SINGLE WORD into an image so it BECOMES A PART OF the image.

Think about WHAT word to add to WHAT scene?
WILL you have to alter the FONT, size, or ANGLE of the word to make it work as a THING inside of the picture?

DO NOT USE MY TWO EXAMPLES done in class.

The word TEETH becomes the actual teeth in a toothless babies mouth.

The word NAIL is being driven in by a hammer.

AGAIN, this daily assignment is worth 5 points and due at the end of the week.

TEXT WEEK #1- quote on image

1) I would start by finding a quote.

One that means something personal to you about-
LIFE
love
LOSS
overcoming
DREAMS
family
STRENGTH

Here are a few easy to navigate sites-

BRAINYquote

famousQUOTES

THEquotationsPAGE

2) Next you'll need to FIND an image that serves to illustrate or REINFORCE your quote.

This can be from the internet OR an image YOU TOOK, either way is fine, as long as the LINK between the image and the WORDS is there and understandable...

3) Then you need to SELECT A FONT that works, place the TEXT in an appropriate READABLE - LEGIBLE- CLEAR spot on the image.

4) Then post it on your blog under the POST TITLE of TEXT #1 QUOTE

You will be doing 4 text assignments this week and turning in a single 1/2 evaluation sheet at the end of the week... Each mini-assignment will be worth 5 points!


DON'T FORGET ABOUT YOUR 20 PHOTO FINAL series!!! The end of the TRI is in just over 2 WEEKS!!!

EXTRA CREDIT VID

Do you need 10 points of extra credit?

This is your SECOND-TO-LAST chance at getting some.

See this film-

at THIS link HERE.

By May 26th.

I will ask ONE SINGLE ORAL question worth 10 points on that day.

If you've seen the film, you'll get the answer.

BEWARE- I love this movie, but the reason I don't show it in class is because it is FULL TO THE BRIM with swear-words... It takes place in the 'red light' district in India (prostitutes and stuff) - but there isn't any nudity or anything- JUST LOTS OF HARSH LANGUAGE...

You were warned... Don't watch this with GRANDMA!

PHOTOSHOP #4 face merging

Your task today, FOR 5 POINTS, is to merge 2 faces together.

EITHER with internet images (celebrities)

OR with photos YOU HAVE TAKEN.

OR both... You need to have at least one CONVINCING merge on your blog for the 5 points, but feel free to do this a couple of times for fun & practice.

The CANVAS FORMAT is important, you should post the originals on the same CANVAS as the MERGE, like a visual MATH EQUATION... THIS plus THIS equals THIS.

Like THIS.

or THIS-

Photoshop #3- INSERTING FISH

In the first few minutes of class you need to do 2 things-

#1- SAVE THIS PICTURE to your desktop

#2- FIND AND SAVE a photograph of a fish (again, to your desktop)- FULL BODY- taken from the side... SO you see the entire side of the fish with nothing overlapping it.

... And then just hold on, you are about to learn how to DIGITALLY INSERT something into a photograph.

You will be posting 2 FISH INSERTS today, on your blog, for 5 points.

THE FIRST ONE will be you inserting your fish into the underwater scene I've posted above-

THE SECOND ONE involves convincingly inserting this fish into a person's hand- using the OPACITY tool to erase the overlapping hand and then CHANGING the TONES/BRIGHTNESS to match the picture you are inserting into.

I will explain how to do the second one in class.

Extra Credit Contest

This is worth 5 points per pic, you can do up to THREE.
Go to THIS WEBSITE and read the requirements.

Submit pics and the PRINT OUT THE confirmation EMAILS that are sent to you AFTER you submit.

Put your name on them.
Give them to me.
CHA-ching!

OPACITY- PHOTOSHOP #2

You will be combining layers and ADJUSTING THE OPACITY of the IMPORTED layer to achieve overlay effects.


5 points for BOTH OPACITY pictures below, you may use internet images.

1) In the FIRST ONE, you will be using the lasso to cutout a PERSON and add them to a photograph. Using the OPACITY to 'dim down' the layer, they will become a 'GHOST-LIKE' apparition in the scene they are added to.

THINK of a creative way to do this before you hunt for random people/scenes... A figure holding flowers in a graveyard, for instance, might be more chilling than a see-thru Beyonce at the MTV music awards.

2) In the SECOND ONE, you will be overlaying 'something' onto a background - STAY AWAY FROM using figures and don't just do a second GHOSTLY FIGURE... Think about an overlay that makes visual sense. Think about SCALE.

!!!POST ALL ORIGINAL SOURCE IMAGES THAT YOU USE TO MAKE YOUR OVERLAYS!!!
Some things to think about-

What would you overlay above a city skyline?

What would make sense if it was overlayed in the water of a lake, like a reflection?

What would fit nicely when overlayed with a field of flowers? Or in the petals of a single flower?

What happens when you overlay a TEXTURE behind a FACE? Brick? Lightning? Diamonds? How does it affect the FACE? Does the facial expression matter?

GET ARTISTIC!!!

Face Filters- Photoshop #1

Look at the nav bar over on the RIGHT SIDE OF THIS BLOG.

Find FEBRUARY, and click on the only feb blog post. It is the link that explains this assignment----------)

The FILTERS BAR can be found among the top bars once you open photoshop, this assignment is intended to get you 'in there' and experimenting with what these effects can do- have fun & see y'all tomorrow!

HUGE extra credit opportunity

Tomorrow, SATURDAY THE 9th, from 9-2
and event is happening in downtown Oregon City.

It is called 'Marketplace Oregon City' and it is -hoping- to be
a weekly event that can recreate some of the funky art magic that
happens at Portland's Saturday Market.

HERE is a LINK.

If you are an artist (of any kind).
If you love your city and support it's efforts to change and grow.
or
If you just want 15 extra credit points (which would be the equivalent of 3 of the upcoming daily PHOTOSHOP assignments)

Come down to the event.
See cool art, hear local music, eat weird foods (the cupcake with an avocado frosting was on TV this morning)...
TAKE SOME PICTURES!!!
THEN- Find me (at the OCHS art club booth) so you can get your 15 points!

MOTHER'S DAY PHOTO CUBE

This is EXTRA CREDIT.

10 points.
I need to see it by 5-8-2015.
Here's the LINK TO BIG HUGE LABS.
EMAIL ME your photo cube (as an ATTACHMENT, not a LINK) to:

Nicholas.Liebrecht@orecity.k12.or.us

And I will print it out on PHOTO PAPER.
Then you assemble it, show it to me, and earn 10 replacement points...

...and make your mother smile!