Final Exam Project
I was exempt from this because I passed the Photoshop certification test but I felt like messing around and turning Edgar Allan Poe into a goth. Enjoy... I call him Edgoth Allan Hoe.
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Photoshop Practice Tests
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Spring Break
The candle wick represents my burning and wilting patience over spring break with my father, sister, work, and basically everyone I know... Index Print
Retouching Old Photographs (part 2)
Here's the original: ...And here's the retouched version: I really tried...
Motion Project
This photo doesn't necessarily depict motion, but it was taken using motion: 1. Motion of the camera when I moved it to take the panorama shot, and 2. Motion of Carter when he ran around me to get to the other side and point to his other self. This was all part of a successful attempt to recreate the spiderman meme, which I am very proud of... Index Print
The Importance of Art
I strongly disagree with the statement that "Tax dollars should not be wasted on art, music or theater classes in high school. Public high schools should be about training young people to enter the workforce. Period." It's a very shallow way of thinking. It bestows importance only on topics such as math and science, while oppressing people's talents and forcing them to be just like everyone else. It's forcing a singer to become a history teacher, it's forcing a painter to be a biologist, it's forcing a filmmaker to be a lawyer, because they are not exposed to the art world, they are not taught anything new to develop their skill, and they are discouraged from pursuing their passion. That's not a future I'd like to live in, in which all we have is teachers and lawyers and doctors, an artless world created by people who believe that funding "true knowledge" is important but that funding things that make people happy are pointless. Office jo...
Why Not
While I was doing the reflection project and I had all this writing on my face, I thought "hey, this is pretty aesthetic," so I decided to take a ton of cool pics of myself. Enjoy :) #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Reflections of a Future Self
This image is supposed to symbolize my desire to become a writer in the future. Since I'm wearing a sweatshirt in the image of my current self it represents that I'm pretty covered up and a bit timid and not necessarily expressing myself to other people through my writing like I want to; contrarily, my future self, wearing a tank top and covered in writing, is more open and confident and showing the "real me" under the sweatshirt and telling people kinda who I am through what I write. Idk I thought it was a cool idea... Index Print