Landscape- Spot Color

I used the Lasso tool to circle the color. The marquee tool to make squares around the color. Also the magic wand tool to select certain colors. I went to the Command tab and then made it gray scale.

Ladybug- Spot Color

I used the Lasso tool to circle the color. The marquee tool to make squares around the color. Also the magic wand tool to select certain colors. I went to the Command tab and then made it gray scale.

Guitar- Spot Color

I used the Lasso tool to circle the color. The marquee tool to make squares around the color. Also the magic wand tool to select certain colors. I went to the Command tab and then made it gray scale.

Raintree

      I used the Lasso tool to circle the background colors and make them sepia. Also I used the marquee tool to make a square around the pixels. I used the magic wand tool and click in a color and it would get all of that color around it.

Cornucopia

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      The first thing I did to make my cornucopia was I selected the donut shape and made a large shape, then I got the circle shape and made big circles going into smaller circles. After that i still had the circle shape selected and I made the circle orange, then I selected the pencil tool and made slanted lines on the pumpkin. Afterwards I put a bevel emboss on the big pumpkin stem and created little pumpkins. Then I made A LOT of purple and green circles and arranged them to look like grapes. For the green and red apples I made a green/red circle and got the pencil tool and made a brown line. for the pairs I had a circle then used the sub select tool to stretch it to look like a pair, then copied and pasted several more. To make the corn I made a lot of little ovals and used the pencil tool to make the corn and arrange it how I wanted. I did almost the exact thing to the carrots that I did to the pairs, but I used the pencil tool to make green stems. For my tomatoes I used a red circle and  pencil tools. For the eggplant I made a shape with the pencil tool and then colored it purple and made a green stem. For my background I made a strait line then selected the free-form tool and swooshed the line around until it made circular lines, then copied and pasted it several times. Also I used the the line tool to make orange dots in front of the black lines. For my name I selected the font tool and used Gabriola font then used the Raised Emboss, and Guassian Blur.

Emotion-Relaxed

       The emotion I chose for this canvas is "Relaxed". I chose Relaxed because at night we go to sleep, the stars are out, the clouds are up. It makes you relaxed and ready for bed. First I made the background black. then added a lot of white circles and created clouds with them. After that I added little stars everywhere and made them dark blue and purple.

Emotion-Frustrated

         This emotion is "Frustrated". I chose the colors orange and yellow because they are really annoying colors. Putting them in lines and zig-zagging them around makes you frustrated because you don't know what to feel. First I added an Orange background. I selected the Line tool and chose the yarn option and put them everywhere. Also put orange dots in random places.

Emotion-Down

         The emotion of this canvas is "Down". I chose the color blue for this emotion because people refer to being down as being "blue". The first thing I did was I made the background an aqua color. Then  I added dots on the top to make it seem like its raining, people seem to be the most down when its raining and gloomy outside. I also did a light blue fading into dark blue in the bottom corners with the Line Tool. Then I added "Fur dots" in between the bottom corners.

Professional Nameplate

         This is my Professional nameplate. I first added a circular shape to my canvas, then fit it to my canvas. Afterwards I added a feather texture to the edges. I used a gradient background called Linear, and added dark pink fading into light pink. I added my name with the text tool.

Sharp Nameplate

    This is my Sharp Nameplate. First I used a circular rectangle,then made the background all black. I chose the gradient pattern Waves and chose a greenish blue and purple. I moved the handles around until I got the perfect image in the back. Then I added my name and made it white, with an underline. I find this nameplate very Sharp.

Basic Nameplate

          I created a basic nameplate. For this nameplate I got a circle shape, I made it pink and white, then moved the handles to create stripes. Then I got a donut shape, and for the background is a gradient pattern, Satin. The colors I chose were a light blue, and a purple. On the donut shape I used a swirl texture.

Texture Plate

          This is my texture plate, I decided to go with a blue and green color scheme. I chose the GIF because it was most like my original. I was going for a colorful oily effect, this makes you want to reach out and feel each and every color you see on this canvas. I used a dark green fading into a light green to light blue then to darker blue, then the bottom right is fading back into a lighter blue. I used a paintbrush to make all the lines, the paint texture I used was a textured bristle.when I was done making the perfect lines, I added some dots to make it pop.

            This is nameplate #2, I created this in the program FireWorks. First I made the canvas 500 by 300 pixels, then I made a circular rectangle and then did a ctrl+alt+F so the shape fit the canvas. To make the background I added the folds effect, then added several different colors. After adding some colors I moved the middle bar different directions to make the colors how they are. For my name I clicked on the Font, wrote my name and then Bolded it, underlined it, Italicized it. Put a glow, raised emboss, and a Gaussian blur. 

Nameplate

          This is my nameplate. The first thing I did was put a rounded rectangle on my canvas, then I did a ctr+alt+F to fit the rectangle to my canvas. After that I clicked font and wrote my name, clicked the Bold,Underline keys. I clicked the glow, drop shadow, Gaussian Blur, to create the effects on my name.   I created a background, added different colors then moved the middle centering bar a bunch of different ways until I found this background shape.

Color Symbolism

 Red: In the US, red is mostly worn on what we call Valentines Day. In China, red means good fortune and joy.

Purple: In the US,  purple is mostly worn on rett syndrom in October. In Asia, purple represents spiritual awareness, physical and mental healing, strength and abundance.

Blue: In the US, blue ribbons are worn for Love Our Children campaign. In Iran, blue is the color of mourning.

Green:In the US, green is mostly seen on Saint Patrick's Day. In ancient Greece, green symbolized victory.

Yellow: In the US, yellow ribbons are worn to support our troops.  In India, yellow is the symbol for a merchant or farmer.

Orange: In the US, orange radiates warmth and happiness. In India, orange means courage and sacrifice.

Brown: In the US, brown can  be sad and wistful. In Nicaragua, brown means disapproval.

Black: In the US, black is the color of authority and power also for mourning. Europeans use black for mourning.

White: In the US, Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. In a lot of countries a white flag is raised to symbol surrender.

 

Grey: In the US, grey means security. In Europe, grey means modesty.

Graphic Formats

tiff: A format for image styles. Format for organization (Large)

gif: Stands for Graphics Interchange Form

jpg/jpeg: Joint Photographic Experts Group. A lossy compression technique for color image

 png: Portable Network Graphics

Color Definitions

Hue: a variety of colors
Chroma: the purity of a color
Tint: to make a color lighter
Tone: softer than the original color
Shade: darker than the original color
Complimentary Colors: colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel
Analogous Colors: colors that are next to each other on a color wheel
Contrasting Colors: colors that are from different sections of the color wheel
Texture: the feel or texture of a color or substance
Graphic Design Principle: Proximity, Alignment, Repetition, Contrast, Typography 
Balance: is the global adjustment of the intensities of the colors (red, green, blue)
Symmetry: a balance or mirrored image of a substance.