Final project

My name is Bruce Hochstetler and I have enjoyed t taking Photoshop and I have learned a lot. My favorite part of the course was learning the pen tool mainly because I heard that if you’re good with the pen tool you could be more valuable. On my final project I decided to create a space station and I focused on creating a hangar with the bay doors open so I could put in a space background.

            I started by making copies of my original pictures and then I made five layer masks so I could mask out parts I didn’t want and I also gave each one some layer styles. I was going for a concept art type of art. The layer styles I used was outer and inner glow, drop shadow, color overlay, bevel and emboss, stroke, gradient and pattern overlay. I also decided to blend some colors together on the walls, ceiling, platform, and the rest of the room. I created a shadow for the battleship that I created. I used some adjustment layers like levels, vibrance, color balance, brightness and contrast, Hue and saturation. I also made some custom Brushes by selecting objects I wanted and the clicking on define Brush presets in the edit menu. I also made a couple of selections and made some color channels.

            This project was challenging until I had a clear idea of what I wanted to create and then it was just a matter of putting pieces together to create something extraordinary. I actually had fun with the project.

creating Grayscale for final Project

    The first thing i did was look on the internet for some good images of space stations. I found some images on wikimedia commons. I found a room that looked useable and i made some layers and put the floor,ceiling,and walls on seperate layers. I also found a cool image of space that i could use and i had a hard time finding a space ship to use so i decided to make my own by finding a battleship and making a copy of it and i did some erasing and i created my own space craft.I then made some selections and created some grayscales of the space station.

Putting images together and using grayscale

First thing i did was i wrote down various ideas about what i wanted to put together. I decided i would go for a perspective view, so i went around Chicago taking pictures of various buildings and Structures. I went to China town and took some pictures of A bridge and a few buildings. I also went to Navy pier and took some pictures there, but i decided not to use them. I also went up North to the Montrose beach and i took some pictures of the beach and Lake michigan. I also took a few pictures of streets and roads. I ended up on the west side so i decided to take some pictures of buildings in that area.
           I made a huge mistake when i was taking the pictures, i didn't take in account the horizon point of each of the pictures that i took. I didn't realize the mistake until monday and by that time my camera was already turned in to the cage and i didn't have time to take new pictures. I guess as long as i know what mistake i made and how to prevent it from happening again, that would have to be good enough.

          I also put in a grayscale and i made each object a different color of gray, at least a person can tell the objects apart from each other.

Man on Cliff

I selected the light part of the sky and i used the levels adjustment to make the sky a little darker. I also selected part of the background and used the levels to make it a little darker so it would actually blend in with the sky. I also used the levels to make the cliff and man darker so it looked like it is a part of the picture. I then selected part of the cliff and made a copy of it and i covered part of the man's legs with it. I then selected part of the background and i made a copy of it and covered the rest of the man with it. I also had to bring the brightness down a bit so it would blend in with its surroundings.

Self portrait

First thing i did was i made a sketch of my self and i tried to seperate the different tones and features of my face. I then started a Drawing layer and i made different layers for different parts of my face and then i colored it in.

My Photo

. I first used the Blob Brush to trace around my face so i could sketch the outline of my features. I also Traced around my glasses, Nose, and Mouth. I also noticed that my shirt had a tear in it so i decided to trace around it.

                   I, then clicked on my Draw Layer and i used the pen tool to trace around my face, glasses, mouth,and my School Badge.

Outlining a cartoon Character

   First thing i did was i drew a cartoon of a man and then i scanned him in to the computer and i put the drawing in Illustrater. I used the Pen tool to make my outline. I used a 4 point stroke on the main outline and i used a 2 point stroke for lines that were closer together. When i was finished i copied and saved it as a smart object in Photoshop.