"Life of Pi Inspired Projects"

These are both projects I did inspired by the movie Life of Pi. The first project is just a pun I thought of based on the movie title. In the new garden outside of the breezeway there was a metal butterfly thing in the ground and I took of picture of that and some flowers. By doing this I did a double exposure technique and created a flower filled butterfly, hence "Life of Fly". The 2nd project was more of a stretch. I took a picture of a boat at sail at sea during the day and used the paint tools to create a night scene with a large moon and stars. I also darkened the water and created some shadowy mountains. I used a flower picture with a multiply effect for a border. 

"Independent Reading Project"

This is an alternative book cover I did for the book Fallen Angels written by Walter Dean Myers. This book is about a 17 year old African-American high school graduate Richie who decides to join the Army fresh out of high school. This is during the Vietnam War, however, he does not think he will actually be deployed to Vietnam because of rumors of peace. So, I picked a picture of war helicopters that were first used in Vietnam for the top. This is an icon for the Vietnam war. Since the picture was a lighter color I used a black text. The font I found on dafont.com and thought it worked well with the theme. I used a double exposure technique for both Vietnam and the United States. Within the countries is a picture of race riots in Harlem during this time. In the book, Richie's younger brother writes to him about riots happening in Harlem because a white police officer killed a black teenager. I used a grey background for most of the cover. I contrasted this with white text. I found a grainy texture online and used this with a low opacity to give it an aged, historical feel to combine with the black, white, and grey. 

"Double Exposure Projects"

The goal of this project was to create an image using a double exposure technique. This is where two images come together to form one from two. I used a picture I took during the winter of my backyard and the face of Vince Staples. That was how I got the original image or the very first one out of the four. Next I was experimenting with backgrounds and Andrew mentioned outer space. So, I took an image of outer space and put in into my image and put it on overlay. This made the 2nd image. Then I just pulled ideas from McDonalds and the American flag. I used the same process with these two. I then put them all into a single project and lined them up. 

"NAPP Tutorial #1"

The first image is a picture of a Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, which is the most expensive car in the world currently. I used a technique to change the color on the car without effecting anything else in the picture. I turned the red car into a pink car. This was a fun and simple project, very easy to do. I reccomened this technique to anyone. 

"Dollar 2"

                                                       

This is my second dollar that I made. The dollar idea is that companies can pay to put out their own dollar and have certain benefits with that. This is similar idea to companies having Credit and Debit cards that they offer to customers that give them rewards at their store, but can still spend money other places. I combined Progressive Insurance company and Subway to create this 5 dollar bill. 

"Dollar One"

This is the first dollar design I came up with. I played off of the idea Andrew had for a state dollar and made one for Kentucky. I was a little goofy and used Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken as the face of the dollar. I then used a bunch of 100's and filled the background with them. I then used the brush and colored it with black and green. Then I used a picture of the state of Kentucky to put behind Colonel Sanders to finish the project. It was a fun and challenging project and it definitely took some creativity to come up with your own dollar design. 

"Art Show Poster"

This is my Autumn Art Show poster. This was made for an art show that will be happening at the Crozet Library in the month of November and into December. I used a filter on a picture of the Crozet Library to make it look less a drawing. Then I put in the Western Warrior in the top left corner of the poster.