For Project 1, we worked on making a Halloween card.
It wasn’t easy and I often made a mistake, but I was able to understand and use Photoshop more efficiently. I learned how to download an image and use it as your background image, cut an image out of its background, wrap text around a shape, use different effects, and how print the card out.
Here are the images for the card
For my card, I got the Halloween saying from a website, which is ultimately what inspired my work. I used spooky trees from Unsplash.com to give an eerie vibe. I also got the jack-o’-lanterns from there. To go along with the saying, I put a black cat on the front, also from Unsplash.com. On the inside I finished off the saying, wished the reader a Happy Halloween, and included the other jack-o’-lantern. I made the inside black to go along with the theme. On the back of the card I drew one more jack-o’-lantern and wrote “Designed By Trevor Maier, 2019.” This turned out to be quite some fun.
I definitely feel that I could have improved my work by trying more things out. I still only have a small grasp of Photoshop, but if I played around a little more, I might have found something that I really liked. The thing I found most challenging was just remembering which tool did what, along with switching layers and completely separating an image from its background .
I can use what I learned for this project, like the downloading of pictures, separating an image from its background, and printing on my future projects.
I felt that the assignment could be improved if we were given more time to work on the actual project in class. We would get more time to work on it and we could ask more questions and get an answer right away.
Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment. We were given the opportunity to make something and have the sense of feeling accomplished afterwards.