Photography/Photoshop Final Project

For my photography final project I took a picture frame and stood around outside trying to find the perfect pose.

After taking the picture we went back inside and I photoshopped a picture of a Spongebob wallpaper into the frame because I am Asian and Asians are yellow. Also I like Spongebob. It was hard making the Spongebob image the same size as the frame and I also had to skew the yellow thing because when I held the frame outside it was at an angle.

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For my Newimal I combined a Sea Lion and a Grizzly Bear. They are very cute and can kill I think.

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Also for one last one, I did the light drawing rave party.

That is me eating a bowl of rice with chopsticks because I am Asian. Morgan drew the very nice bowl of rice and I think Caitlin is in the back highlighting me because she wanted to.

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Also since today is March 20, International Day of Happiness, here is a funny picture with my face

Acrylic Painting Final Project

For my final project in acrylic paint, I painted a mountain scene with dark, snow-capped mountains and white puffy clouds.

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What does DPI stand for and what is the difference between a low DPI like 72 and a high DPI like 600?  DPI stands for dots per inch and is a measure of printing/video dot density. Specifically the number of dots that can be placed in the span of one inch. A low DPI like 72 would show a low quality image whereas a high DPI like 600 would show a high quality image.

What is an aperture and what do the different f stop settings mean? An aperture is a hole or opening through which light travels. It determines the cone angle of the rays that come to a focus.

What is shutter speed and what difference does it make?  Shutter speed is the length of time that the shutter is open. The shutter speed affects whether the image has a blurred object or a still object.

What is ISO in photography?  ISO is the sensitivity of the camera to the available light. The lower ISO, the less sensitive the camera is to the light.

My Pinterest board of paintings and art that looked cool

Cartoon Final Project

For our final cartoon project I drew a comic about dinosaurs. I made the comic using water color, colored pencil, and Sharpie.

I used colored pencils to touch up the comic and add shading with the hatching and cross hatching technique. Using water colors was a challenge for me since I can't color or draw inside the lines so I used white paint frequently to cover it up outside the panels. 

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The difference between anime and manga is that anime is the cartoon show, hence the anime from animation. Manga is graphic novels/comics.

The difference between graphics novels and comic books is that a graphic novel is a longer and more complexe story condensed into one book whereas a comic book tells a story over many issues.

How are panels designed and layout in comic books, newspapers, and graphic novels? In a comic book panels can have any design/layout the artist chooses. There are often many different sizes and positions and views. Graphic novels are similar in that there are different panel sizes but there is a wider variety such as triangle or any shapes. Newspapers stick to one row of panels that usually have the same size panels.

Cartoon Bones Project

For my cartoon bones project I chose Pikachu from the show Pokemon. I traced him from a printout and colored him on a translucent paper.

The below image is a special camera effect I used which layered the bones over the original printed out picture.

Although Pikachu looks quite scary without skin and muscles, the resulting skeleton is vaguely similar to a human skeleton minus several fingers, toes, and ribs.

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My Pinterest board of comic art styles that I liked and some of which I used as references is linked.

Photoshop Project

For my photoshop project, I edited myself into this Lion King original. I also added a real moon to the background and moved the moon behind the original Lion King image. It looks pretty cool. I couldn't find the drop shadow so I have none. But it looks really authentic. Photoshop is fun.