Two Fruits

Pineguava

For this assignment I had to find two completely different fruits, with different textures and colors. I chose a pineapple and a guava. First I found the picture of a pineapple with a chunk of it cut out. Next I copied and pasted it into firework. Then used the lasso and marque tool to take out the edible part of the pineapple. Then I found a picture of a guava cut in half and used the lasso and marque tool to cut out the outside of the fruit. I changed the size and shape of the guava and put it in the middle of the pineapple. I named it a pineguava.

Pictography

This assignment is called pictography. We had to find an image of an inanimate object, copy it, shrink it  and  use a ton of the same picture to create the original picture. I chose a camera as my object. I used the lasso tool to select the  image and cut out the back ground. Then I used the Alt key to make hundreds of little copies of the camera and placed them in the spot where they'd look best. Once I had all my tiny cameras placed, I grouped them all together.

Black Swan Business Cards

For this assignment, I had to make 3 different business cards for the same business. The business is called Black Swan Graphic Design. All 3 cards had to have the same information. 

The first business card was to be unprofessional and not look neat or clean. To make this one, I copy and pasted the original black swan image onto a new canvas (I did this step for every card) and placed the image where I wanted it. The design of the swan is a mask. To do a mask I found an image from the internet; copied it, went back to my black swan image, went to Edit, clicked paste as mask, and don't re-sample. Then I gave the image a raised emboss and outer glow. I also made my font different colors.

Unprofessional

 The second card was supposed to  be semi-professional. Once I got my black swan image, I copied it and flip the image horizontally. Then I gave each swan a contour gradient. For the background I made a rectangle and pasted in a mask, which I found on the internet. I kept my font, and font color consistent.

Semi-Professional

 

The last card was supposed to professional and look like an actual business card. For the background I made a rectangle and fit it to the canvas then gave it a linear gradient and moved the handles. I positioned the black swan image where I liked, and put in my information with a sophisticated font.

Professional

President Typography

For this assignment, I did typography. I had to choose a President that is on American currency and use words that describe him and put them on his face. I chose Alexander Hamilton who is on the 10 dollar bill. I found words and facts about him and copy and pasted the words into firework. Each word has its own layer. 
To make the word fit the shape and structure of his face,

1. I wrote the word
2. Clicked on the word
3. Went to 'text'
4. Clicked Convert to Paths or 'Ctrl-Shift-P'
5. Then clicked 'Ctrl-Shift-G'
6. Then was able to move around each individual letter
7. Once the word is in the place you like, choose all the letters and click 'Ctrl-G'
8. Lock the layer the word is in
9. Move on to next word
10. Repeat previous steps

It was an interesting assignment that took a lot of time and work. If done correctly the final product can look very cool.