M6 Part II - My Site

For this project, I designed my personal portfolio geared towards using it in my professional life. The site that is created so far is a great starting point for something that I can actually use in my real world. I started the site with a background and graphic of a gerbera daisy, which were most appealing to me and represents the type of imagery that I like. I took an image of a blue daisy and used various photoshop techniques including select & mask, add adjustment layer, adjust hue settings, and then make the background transparent.

I then proceed with the portfolio section with my work history and education summary. This is the area that I can expand upon after this class is completed.

I added a section for "Hobbies" so that I could work in additional photoshop techniques that I gained this semester. I used the Basic Photoshop training video where we learned to select using the quick select and masking options, as well as refining edges with the smart edge detection. I used these techniques for my first two images to make my subject stand out from the background. I then enhanced an image from the ocean, by adding colorization to the water and sky to make it more appealing.

I finished off the site with the required contact me information, and completed the proper links for each of the social media sites. I added some additional Wix background image options to the strips that had a plain background to give it some more color.

I hope you enjoy my site!

https://caabend.wixsite.com/mysite

M6 Web Site Project

For this project I would like to create a portfolio website that is more professional oriented. I would ultimately like to expand upon the pages that I start with for this project, but would like to have an about me section with a brief summary of my professional experience, a portfolio section that lists my jobs and education, and then the contact me section. I will also add a "hobbies" section to demonstrate the effects I have learned while taking this course.

Photo Retouch

For this project, I chose the photo retouch option. I used a picture of my biological grandfather than neither my mother or I have met. To accomplish the results, I first used the camera raw filter to make general adjustments to the photo. I also used spot healing to remove some of the damage in the photo. I finished the process by repeating the add adjustment layer, choosing curve or hue/saturation, and masking the selection to get the results that I wanted in the respective areas. I finished the image by brightening the snow and polishing off the tie to make it pop more than the original.

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Photo Retouching

For this assignment, I decided to do the photo retouching assignment, as I feel this will add more relevant value to my skills toolbox. The image I have chosen is from the 1950's, and is of my mother's biological father, who she never knew. This picture was given to us by my grandmother. I thought it would be a great subject for this assignment, to see what I can do to breathe some life back into the photo.

Book Cover Redesign - Part II

For my book cover project, I chose the book "Hush" by Kate White. I went for a vision that instill more fear and suspense. I used the horror font and man in the shadows on the spine to accomplish this. I hope you like it. Looking forward to your feedback.

Book Cover Redesign

For this project, I have chosen to redesign the cover for the book "Hush" by Kate White.

This book is about a woman who works at a fertility clinic, and is four months into the divorce process. The suspense/thriller story has many twists and turns, and is a real "who done it" mystery. I decided to take the cover and turn it into something with more meaning. I would like to use a green hue to the background as green is the color for fertility. The fertility clinic is a major part of the mystery and involves more crimes than just the murder of the head physician. While the main character sets out on a mission to find out who the murderer is, she finds herself in the path of a stalker who keeps appearing and scaring her. I would like to include the shadow of a man on the cover to signify this important character as well. I would also like to change the image of the woman on the front to one holding her finger over her mouth as if saying shhhhhhh. And then I will be turning the font into something more terrifying with blood dripping from the letters.