Color Echo: Hue and Saturation

"Colors of infinite variety can be created by altering the effects of three variables: hue, saturation, and value" - Krause (209).

The purpose of this activity was to "create a word/image composition that features blocks of color in its border and/or backdrop" (219). The different techniques used in the in class activities vary from changing saturation, hue and lightness to posterization and magnetic lasso tool.

Below is the original image taken from Google.com

Below is the original image after +126 Hue: 

As you can see the colors have changed from the original apple image. 

Below is the original image after -60 saturation: 

Each version of the apple is changing. This version looks like the color has been somewhat stripped.

Below is the original image after -42 value/lightness:

Exercise 2:

The next exercise's purpose was to use color echo. I took an image of a coffee cup and uploaded it into photoshop. The next design techniques demonstrated will explain how my work has evolved. The first step was to magnetic lasso the coffee cup to eliminate the background. After that I opened a new file. I made a layer and then used the paint bucket tool on the other file to successfully get the same exact color dark blue that is located on the coffee cup and plate. After the background was successfully made the right color blue I dragged the coffee cup image to the newer file and moved the coffee cup to a section on the layer that looked eye pleasing. After that I used the free transform tool to make the coffee cup smaller. Following that, I used the rectangle tool to create a block at the top of the layer. I used the paint bucket tool again to find the exact color red to make the block at the top of the layer. I then used the type tool to create "Got Love?" and used the paint bucket tool once more to get the right color tannish/brown as the font color from a spot on the coffee cup. To add final effects I added posterization to the image. I found this exercise entertaining and fun! I truly enjoyed playing around on photoshop and using different types of tools on this image.

Legibility and Text Safe Areas

According to our book it states, "Legibility, the ease with which a viewer can read a headline or passage of text, is a crucial consideration when it comes to choosing and using a type face" (242).

The purpose of this activity was to be able to successfully match fonts to image theme and colors. With the introduction of Spring 2011, I thought it appropriate to find an image that conveys the color green and flowers. Using photoshop I implemented a picture found from Google.com and created a dance party invitation. I used the horizontal text tool to create eye pleasing and easy to understand messages. The font color as well as the font choice provide for an excellent combined theme: uplifting, fresh and springlike. Spring is one of my favorite seasons, which made this assignment very enjoyable.

Second Life Prim

The purpose of this exercise was to build an object in Second Life. The design techniques that I used was a triangle from the varying shapes library. I used the build tool to create a shape. After choosing a triangle as my shape, I proceeded to rotate the object to see the different angles. Once finished rotating the triangle, I placed the object in my inventory and made the triangle a part of my Second Life's body. The previous statements also demonstrate how my work has evolved from one version to the next. I think that because I have attached the shape to the body that it makes for an interesting view because the image is outside of normal societal rules. Although I like the image, I personally did not enjoy working with Second Life.