Nursery Rhyme

So, the image file for my picture was too large, since I animated it, but it is saved to my folder, so that's where you should look to find it.

Title: The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The rhyme is about this spider climbing up a drainpipe (which I couldn't find a good picture for) and then it rains, and the spider is washed away. The sun comes out again and the spider starts climbing again.

The part that stood out for me was the spider, the rain, and the sun. I started out with the spider sitting on its web, and then I animated rain into the photo and then once the rain stops, the animated sun comes out and the spider reappears.

Vexel Portraits 2

Yes, i do feel like my vexel portrait was successful, because even though it was difficult at first to pick out just where the curves should trace around what shapes, eventually I got the hang of it and my eyes "adjusted" so it was easier for me to see the shadows and highlights that made the whole thing look more realistic. The hardest part was definitely the mechanics of tracing the shapes and following the curves. I couldn't follow each and every thing, so it was hard to determine what parts I could leave out or cut short. The second hardest part was just keeping the layers straight! Ha! If i could vexel-ize anything else, it would probably be one of my own graphics that I've created, because I have a tendency to go overboard on the details, and doing this would make it interesting without making it look cluttered.

Self Portrait

2012 starts again

TARDIS in the Mountains (blend)

Matt Smith as David Tennant

Burnt Tessalation

Tesselations

Transformation Project

I picked Alice in Wonderland for my Transformation Project. All were altered in Photoshop, not just two.

Alice and the Cheshire Cat

Alice and the Too-Small Door

Alice and the Drink Me Bottle

Alice and the Rabbit Hole

Alice and the Tea Party

So I transformed myself into Alice from Alice in Wonderland because I thought it would be fun, and it was. The most challenging thing about this project would first of all putting together the outfit, because my parents kept refusing to take me to Unique, but the second most challenging parts were getting the colors to match with the backgrounds I'd chosen, in which case I switched into making myself look more animated. The simplest part was making the backgrounds, because for the most part I just took some scenes from the movies, either the animated one or the real life one. If I could add one more picture to the set, it would probably be something to do with painting the roses red.

The photo I'll be sharing tomorrow is Alice and the Drink Me Bottle, because it's the one I think turned out the best. It is Alice about to drink out of a bottle labeled "Drink Me" - one of the most iconic moments of the story. I fiddled with the coloring a lot and the end result made me look animated, so it looked like I blended in with the background more.

Transformation Brainstorm

1) I would transform myself into Alice in Wonderland
2) Because I think I could pull it off, being blonde and everything, and it just seems like a lot of fun.
3) I would take a lot of pictures of myself outside (if the snow melts) in the park across the street from my house, inside the house, and maybe photoshop a rabbit hole to be in.
4) I have a dress that might work, but I might need a bottle that says drink me or something that says eat me, I might also need a tea set/cup and saucer.
5) I will have to look through pictures to find iconic scenes to recreate, and try to get her expression down well.

6) This picture inspires me a lot, and would be one that I would try to recreate. I like her curious expression and the way she holds the bottle, like she's deciding whether to drink it or not.