Lesson 5: Drawing Shapes

WHEN CAPTAIN AMERICA THROWS HIS MIGHTY SHIELD

Project 2 & 3

I'm actually quite proud of these two, I think they turned out quite beautifully

Project 2 we made to create a matte painting in Photoshop, combining several pictures to make one.

Project 3 was making another movie poster, but blending, shading and adding elements. I think it turned out quite well!  (though, apparently my tiny Baymax was not needed)

Lesson 4: Drawing Lines

This lesson shows how to use, make and edit the various lines and line tools. In all honesty, drawing individual lines for something that could be made using the shape tool does seem a bit much, but for those times you do need just plain lines, this works well.

Personally, I made a tiny city/logo. I think it's quite cute.

ILLUSTRATOR Lessons 1, 2, & 3

The first three lessons under the illustrator tutorials covered the basic fundamentals of the program one needs to know before creating images.

Lesson 1: This lesson covered how to open, create documents, and save withing Illustrator. It also went over the differences between the several systems of measurements, namely inches, millimeters, pica, and points.

Lesson 2: This lesson covered the fundamentals art-board. Specifically, it showed how to make, duplicate, and arrange the boards.

Lesson 3: Lesson 3 covered how to move around the artwork itself. It covered the various zoom levels and options, and  the various methods of moving between multiple pieces of art.

Lesson 15- Creating Web Graphics

Lesson 15 covered the process and tips for creating good looking web graphics. Most importantly, it brushed over the differences between CYMB system and the RGB system of colors, and the different and best formats for web pictures.

Lesson 14- Printing Your Image

This lesson covered printing and the various parts that go into it. Personally, I don't foresee much printing in my future, but I could be wrong. Either way, it's good information to know.

Lesson 13- Creating and Formatting Text

This lesson covered Photoshop's text application. The vector-based text is really nice, clean edges are generally important. Personally, I do not like all the commands are formatted, but I managed to get an agreeable little fake book cover from it.

Lesson 12- Camera Raw Synopsis

This lesson covered Camera Raw, an independent program that runs inside of Photoshop. It's primarily meant to make global edits to pictures, though it can be used to removed blemishes and unsightly pieces of background. It can add amazing shadows, highlights, and colors to any photograph... with the right edits.

Lesson 11- Retouch and Heal

This lesson covered probably the most widely known application of Photoshop- photo retouching. It showed how to remove blemishes, unwanted hairs, and how to non-destructively brighten and change colors.

I used a picture I took last year of one of my middle-school friends (ack, I really should go back and visit sometime)... Anyways, here's what came of it!

 Before:

After:

Lesson 10- Quick Mask Mode

This lesson covered how to use the quick mask mode in a variety of ways in order to carefully select, edit, and change an image. The videos covered how to use these tricks in order to make a stained glass effect (which I think turned out wonderfully).