Archive for November 2010
Photoshop Assignment Sheet
I just finished my Photoshop Assignment Sheet project. I was a little nervous, I will admit. All of the other Photoshop projects I have completed have been very well instructed, whereas this one was very basic. It was a lot of figure the details out on your own kind of work. I enjoyed it a lot though, because it really made me challenge myself and think about the things that I have been learning. When I really have to think about how and why, without just being told what to do, it makes it sink in and stick with me even more. Even though the project I chose may look kind of basic, there was a lot of small details that I had to pay attention to. I think that is what really made this pop, was the small details that I would not have thought to have much importance, but then I realized it was what made it great. I took the basic design and added a little bit of personal touch to it with different fonts and sizing of things. I really enjoyed this project and can’t wait to learn even more, and create more projects from my own brainstorming.
The only real challenge I ran into was trying to get the bottom shadow how I wanted it. I tried the drop shadow style, but it just wasn’t quite what I had pictured. Then I tried the smudge tool, as suggested in the tutorial. That was closer, but I just couldn’t get it to look right. Finally, with a lot of adjusting, erasing and redoing, and a helpful suggestion from a classmate, I got it how I was picturing it.
Check out my final project!
http://inetstudent1.francistuttle.com/rh0886044/photoshop/as1/tabs.jpg
Add a comment November 15, 2010
Teamwork
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” ~Ryunosuke Satoro~
How true that is! It’s easy to get consumed in projects and think we have to do them all by ourselves and nobody can do them as well as we can ourselves. Then there are those that just want to be able to take all the glory by themselves. But just think if we are great by ourselves and can get great things accomplished on our own, what wonderful possibilities there could be if we all work together. Who cares if you have to share the spotlight with others? Chances are if you worked long enough with your teammates, you have formed some great respect and friendships along the way. So, why not share the glory with the people who were at your side the whole time.
There is no way the great Egyptian pyramids would have been built without teamwork, in fact the poor guy would probably still be working on them, one block at a time if he didn’t have such a great team helping him out. And what about the railroads or the skyscrapers or any other great engineering feat throughout history, they would not have even been thought of without a great collaboration of people.
So come on people, lets put our heads together and change the world!
Add a comment November 1, 2010
