Digital Graphic Activity
created by Diana G. Saenz
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Example 1 (Regular Colors)| Example 2 (Sepia Colors)
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Original | Variation 1 | Variation 2
The Original :
This original image seems to be somewhat related. The parchment color lends to the feeling that this is a wanted poster which draws the attention to the picture in the middle. By looking at the image, you can tell that the eye is meant to focus on the cartoon character Johnny Bravo by the way that he is standing and the dark colors used in the background. The shading in the arms draw your attention to his physique which seems to be, by the pose of the character, his favorite feature.
The colors are cool and strong in the picture of Johnny Bravo which lend to the idea that this is a cartoon character in the middle of a wanted poster. This could lead you to question whether or not these two pictures were really meant to be together originally.
Variation 1:
This variation was created by applying a sepia style to the wanted poster as well as the Johnny Bravo picture. You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but these are two very separate pictures brought together by the same photo-editing technique.
With this new variation in colors and tones (all tones of brown and black) the colors seem more related. Also, the dark background was removed to give more emphasis to the figure in the middle since there would be too much black in the picture if it had remained.
It's well balanced now and married by shared colors and editing techniques.
Variation 2:
The second variation was created by using styles in Photoshop. By selecting the areas that I wanted to change with the magic wand, I could separate the area by creating a layer with the selection. The styles panel allowed this to be a very simple process. After separating the section on it's own layer, I just applied a style by selecting one from the Styles panel. Now the image looks like a cyberspace-styled techno poster. It's drastically different and it looks very 3D now with shadows and depth added by the styles.
Tools used: Magic Wand, Image Size, Mode, Brightness and Contrast Adjustment, Styles, Layers
The Balance:
The balance on the image is symmetrical because there are definitely
three sections to the image which balance each other out. The top is the
larger WANTED text, the middle is the picture of the character which is
meant to be the focus of the entire composition, and text at the bottom
is made of two lines of text which balances the heavier text at the top.
Attributes of the original image:
Foreground:
The foreground is the Wanted poster. The crumpled look of the paper and
the parchment colors help to give the feeling that poster is from the
'wild west'. The colors are limited to shades of yellow, browns and blacks.
This gives it a straight-forward feeling of age. Just the fact that it
is a wanted poster draws the eye, naturally, to the center picture and
less to the foreground section.
Middleground: The colors used in the background are strong, solid colors. The blonde color of the hair makes it obvious that the hair is very TALL and comical. You can see gradient colors of skin color on the arms which give the arms more dimension than the rest of the body. This leads you to notice them more and draw the conclusion that the character is definitely infatuated with his build.
Background: There is a solid black background on the original picture. The strong black helps to emphasize the blue in the middle of the background as well as the black on the t-shirt of the cartoon character in the middleground. This gives it a very distinctive cartoon-style quality. The gradient blue in the background emphasizes that this is a main character and has a strong personality.
COLORS:
Primary Colors: Blue in the background
Secondary Colors: No secondary colors are used in this
picture
Tertiary Color: blue-green in jeans
The different color schemes affected the picture
as follows:
Original:
The picture is very cartoon looking in the original. The colors are strong
and feel more like a cartoon pasted into a poster than anything more interesting.
Variation #1:
The colors of the poster and the image itself are adjusted into the sepia
color scheme. This allows the two pictures (the foreground, middle ground
and background) to see to blend into each other and feel more like one
object. The two feel like they belong together now.
Variation #2: The second variation was created by using
styles in Photoshop. By selecting the areas that I wanted to change with
the magic wand, I could separate the area by creating a layer with the
selection. The styles panel allowed this to be
How I did
that:
Black
spiral Space Poster: Making the black spiral used on the foreground
on this poster took these steps:
1. Open the poster
2. Select the magic wand. Set the tolerance to 32 (Check contiguous, Check Anti-Aliased).
3. Click on the poster's parchment color of the wanted poster.
4. Go to Layer, New Via Copy
5. Select the new layer that you created.
6. Select the styles panel (Window, Styles)
7. Click on the Striped Cone style. This will apply the new style to the foreground layer since you separated it from the rest of the image.
Sources: www.adobe.com, www.handcolor.com/studio/digital/sepiatone.htm
Adobe Photoshop is a software program designed to let users create high-quality graphic images used for professional publications as well as for access on Internet sites. Photoshop can be used to produce and edit high-quality images as well as creating interactive images that can be used on web sites. The use of plug-ins provide more and more creative opportunities with this software.
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This web page created : October 19, 2002