COLLAGE

This picture was resized about 3 times, and is now somewhat pixelated.

10 scans

the only original thing of mine turned out too light. :(

pixels! yay!

Started out this drawing with the purple squiggle and man, the squiggle became a bird looking thing, lets say its a chocobo from any of the Final Fantasy games. Then i thought the man was more mario-esque, so I wanted a horizon and keep with the pixel/zelda/mario/ff mood. put in shore and bridge and sun then waves, bridge lines and grass. Used the blur tool for the bridge to the grass.

Rock'em Sock'em Robots by Jeff Shaw

This was taken by Jeffrey Shaw. It is a close up of Rock'em Sock'em Robots, which were toys that were extremely fun to play with and made the sport of boxing familiar with the youth.

I believe that this piece helps to bring all who view it back to their childhood, comparing it to the children of today, who require so much more technology to be entertained. In the past, children would use their imagination and energy to keep themselves amused, whereas nowadays, children need a constant influx of the newest gadgets.

Critiques of this photo include the angle of the shot encaptures the fight well. It makes it seem like the golden age of boxing, with the dark background and the sudden flash to illuminate the heat of the battle in a split second. The rule of thirds is kept well in this image. The boxers are kept in the middle third of the photo while the ring is in the right and left third. 

source: http://jtshawphotography.com/?cat=3

1st photoshop-gibson self tuning guitar

This is my first photoshop assignment and i used both the pencil tool and the blur tool. I noticed that as I blurred the image it softens the contrast to make the image look more realistic. Using the pencil tool, I wrote my name on the guitar in the smallest pixels possible, using the neon green from the tuning knob.

PEACE AND LOVE

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