Audacity Mix

My topic was Hope. The songs that I chose for hope was "Yes We Can" by the Naked Brothers Band, "Only Hope" by Switchfoot, and "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson. I also used some instrumental versions: "Shine On" by Mathias Anderle and "Shark in the Water" by VV Brown. First, I started off with "Shine On" by Mathias Anderle then I faded it out and faded into "Yes We Can" by the Naked Brothers Band. Then I faded out and faded into "Shark in the Water" by VV Brown. After that I faded out and faded into "Only Hope" by Switchfoot. Next, I faded into "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson and then back to "Shark in the Water" by VV Brown. Finally, it goes into a cover of "Shark in the Water" by Huu and it ends with a sound of waves crashing. :)

Website Pages

These are my website pages. I chose this type of design because my favorite color is blue. The complimentary color of blue is orange. Then I love argyle, so that's why I made an argyle design on it. I picked the font Planet Benson 2 because it's a pretty epic font. It also looks like graffeti. To make the "Bio Page" I deleted my photo and logo on the home page. Then I put Bio and typed up my bio using another font. Then for the "Class Overview" page I used the "Bio Page" and put "Class Overview" in place of the word "Bio." Then I typed a paragraph. Finally, I did my "Projects Page" using my best Adobe Illustrator image, which was a flyer, and my best Adobe Photoshop image, which was my photo montage.

PHOTOSHOP: Photo Montage

First, I started off with a picture of Jaden and Willow Smith. Then I opened up a picture of me and re-sized the image. Next, I took my photo and added another layer to it, I could put it on Willow's head and erase the parts I didn't need. I put my head on Willow's head and it made it look like it was me all along. Then I got a picture of a beach. I saved Jaden and I picture as a JPEG and then I put our image in front of the beach. Then I got a picture of surfboard and put it in the sand. I blurred the bottom of the surfboard so it would look like the surfboard was actually in the sand. Then I found a picture of seashells in shape of a heart and put it in the sand. I had to add another layer and erase the other sand it was on because it was a different color sand. Next, I added a blue necklace and put it on Jaden because I had a white one necklace. Finally, I found "I heart Jaden and Danielle" shirts and put them on our shirts. I did that to make it more romantic and I thought it was a cute idea to do that. Then I blurred some things around us to make it look like were really standing there. Finally, I was left with Jaden and I on the beach.

PHOTOSHOP TENNIS: Panther

Step 1: First, Danielle started off with a picture of a panther.

Step 2: Then, Danielle took a picture of a jungle to use and the panther's background. She did a magnetic lasso around the panther and put it on the picture of the jungle. Then she blurred the edges around panther.

Step 3: I took Danielle's picture of the panther and put it over my picture of a skating rink. Then I made another layer on her picture and I erased everything except the panther. Then I moved the panther in a good location on the rink. Then I added some ice skates to make it funnier.

Step 4: Then Danielle took my picture of the skating rink and put it over a picture of a carnival. Then she put a layer on my picture and erased everything except the panther. Then she placed the panther somewhere in the carnival.

Step 5: Then I took Danielle's picture and put it over a picture of Kingda Ka. Then I created a layer on her picture and I erased everything until I was left with the panther. Then I moved it on the front end of the roller coaster and blurred the edges of the panther so it would look like the panther was leaping off the roller coaster.

PHOTOSHOP TENNIS: Macaroni

Step 1: I started off with a picture of just macaroni.

Step 2: I found a picture of a x-ray of Homer's brain and then put the macaroni in the place of his brain. I used the blur tool and blurred the edges of the macaroni. Then I added text to it.

Step 3: My partner, Danielle, took my picture of Homer's brain and put it on top of the tellitubies. She resized my picture and then put another layer on top of the Homer's brain picture. Then she erased everything until she was left with just the macaroni. Then she put the macaroni in all of the tellitubies stomachs.

Step 4: I took a picture of a basketball player getting ready to dunk. Then I took Danielle's picture of the tellitubies and put it on top of my picture. Then I created another layer on the tellitubies picture and I erased everything until I was left with the macaroni. Then I moved the macaroni over the basketball and blurred the edges of the macaroni.

PHOTOSHOP: chipmunks

I got a picture of some random skater things and put Alvin and the Chipmunks because they wanted to be there.

PHOTOSHOP: HSM

For this photo, I took one of my photos and the cast of HSM and put my head over one of the characters so it would like I was one of them. I did this by using Layer Mask and then using the paintbrush to erase things. Then I added text and put "HSM."

PHOTOSHOP: Layer Mask

First I uploaded a picture of a shark and then a picture of me on Adobe Photoshop. Then I resized both of my images by going to Image: Image Size. Then I used the Move Tool and moved the picture of me and to the mouth of the shark. Then I created another layer and used the history brush to erase the unnessary parts of my photo. Finally, I used the blur tool and blurred all of the edges to make it look like my head was really in the sharks mouth. Then I was left with this really epic looking picture.

Photoshop: Magnetic Lasso

First, I uploaded a picture of a shoe, my legit shoe, and put it up on Adobe Photoshop. Then I added another layer and called it background. I went to magnetic lasso and went around my shoe. Then I went to Select: Inverse and Edit: Cut. Next, I went to the background layer and changed it to a light blue. Then I had to use the Blur Tool and go around the shoe and blue some of the edges so it wouldn't look like it was sitting on top of the background. Then I went to the Horizontal Text Tool and typed the word "Vans" and I changed the font and the color.

PHOTOSHOP: Feathered

First, I uploaded this picture of Freddy Kreuger into Adobe Photoshop. Then I selected the picture using the "Rectangular Marquee Tool" and I made sure the Feather was at 20px. Next, I went to Select: Inverse and Edit: Cut. Then I repeated this process for two more times until I was satisfied with the edges.

PHOTOSHOP: Combination

First I uploaded a picture into Adobe Photoshop. Then I to the vertical type tool and I typed "Danielle" vertically on the far left side on my photo. Then I changed the font and the color of the text. Next, I went to Filter: Stylize: Tiles and I made sure the layer with my photo was selected, and it made my picture into a whole bunch of tiles. Finally, I went to the Rectanglular Marquee Tool and I selected my picture. Then I changed the "Feather" to 20px and I went to Select: Inverse and Edit: Cut. Then it feathered the edges and then I did this process two more times until I was satisfied.

ILLUSTRATOR: Logo

My logo is based on a future design of my company. The company is Danielle Rules and it would be a skater company. The company would have skate boards, long boards, skinny jeans, shoes, basically anything that skateboaders need. I made this by using stars and rectangles on Adobe Illustrator. Then I typed "D" and "R" and put the letters on top of each other. Then I picked some cool colors that would go together and I ended up with this wicked logo.

Within my flyer design I used different elements of design. I used different lines and I changed the color and thickness of the lines to make them stand out. I used complementary colors like orange and blue. I also used all three of the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. I used a lot of different shapes like stars, rectangles, circles, and polygons to make my pictures. The last element of design that I used was space. My main focal point was the talent show and then I arranged things around the word “talent show” to create good space. I used principles of designs as well. I used balance, which is the arrangement of the objects in a design according to their size. I used some repetition in my flyer as well. I constantly repeated stars since I was doing a talent show. Then I used the principle of emphasis/dominance. I used a lot of white space to draw the viewer’s attention to the word “talent show”.
I used many different skills from Adobe Illustrator to make this amazing flyer. One of the first things I used was combining shapes. I made three stars and then combined them together using “Pathfinder: add shapes.” Also, I made the magicians hat by combining a rectangle and the ellipse tool as well as the magician’s magic wand. Next, I used the skill text on a path. To make “RPHS PRESENTS:” curve, I made a circle and then used the tool text on a path to type along the path of the circle. Then I used text on a path to tell when and where the talent show was. I made a regular line and then used the tool text on a path to type along the path of the line. Then I rotated the line to a slant, so the text was slanted. Finally, I used the tool clipping mask. I found a picture of a night of stars using Google: images and then I put it on Adobe Illustrator. Then I used the Type Tool and clicked on the picture and typed “show me what you got.” Then I went to "Object: Clipping Mask: Make" and it left me with “show me what you got” with the night of stars picture within the text.

ILLUSTRATOR: Text On a Path 2

First, I went to the "Pencil Tool" and drew a random design. Then I clicked the
"Type Tool: text on a path." I clicked the design and type "mulitmedia design." Then I changed the fill color to a pink and the stroke color to a lime green. I changed the stroke size to make the lime green stand out. Finally, I changed the font to "Comic Sans Ms," bolded the font, and made the font as large as possible.

ILLUSTRATOR: Text On a Path

First I clicked "Line Segment Tool" and chose "Spiral Tool." Then I drew a big spiral. Next, I clicked on "Type Tool: Text on a path tool" and clicked on the spiral. I typed my first, middle, and last name. Then I highlighted the text and changed the fill color to an orange and changed the stroke color to a light blue. Then I make the stroke size a little bit thicker so the blue can stand out. Finally I changed the font to "Comic Sans Ms" and put the font size as large as possible.

ILLUSTRATOR: Clipping Mask 2

First I got a picture of a roller coaster because I love riding roller coasters. I saved the picture and then I went to Adobe Illustrator. Then I opened the picture up on Adobe Illustrator and made the picture bigger. After that I clicked on "Type Tool" and clicked somewhere on the picture. I typed my name "Danielle" in big letters. Then I changed the font color to white. Then I clicked the "Selection Tool" and selected the image and the words. Finally, I went to "Object" on the tool bar and clicked "Clipping Mask:Make." Then it left the word "Danielle" with the picture within the letters.

ILLUSTRATOR: Snowflake

First I drew a polygon in the center of the page. Then I changed the color of the polygon to a nice blue and outlined it with a lighter blue. Then I drew another polygon and put it on top of it and kind of rotated it 45 degrees clockwise. Then I went to "Window" and clicked "Pathfinder" and hit add shapes and it combined both shapes together and it sort of made an outline of a snowflake. Then I made a rectangle and I copied and pasted it 3 more times. I had a total of 4 rectangles. I put the 4 rectangles on the polygon. Then I went back to "Pathfinder" and clicked subtract shapes and it took away the rectangles and left me with this cool looking snowflake.

ILLUSTRATOR: Combining Shapes

First, I drew a rectangle in the center of the page. Then I changed the color to a nice orange. Next, I drew a star and put it over the rectangle. Then I selected both shapes and went to "Window" and chose "Pathfinder." Then I hit the "Subtract" icon and the star subtracted within the rectangle. Then I drew a polygon and put it right in the center of the star. After that I clicked the rectangle and drew two skinny rectangles. I dragged them on top of the polygon and made them cross each other. Then I went back to "Pathfinder" and subracted it and it left an X on the polygon. Then I drew another polygon and put it on the right top corner of the rectangle. I went back to "Pathfinder" and hit the "Add" icon and it merged into the shape. After that, I drew another star and put it in the polygon and then I drew a spiral and put it on top of the star. Then I selected the star and the spiral and went to "Pathfinder" and hit the "Add" icon and it combined those two shapes. Then I selected them again and went to "Pathfinder" and hit the "Subtract" icon and it made a weird shape. That's how I ended up with that weird design.

ILLUSTRATOR: Clipping Mask

First I got a picture of something I was interested in which was a bass guitar. I saved the pictured and then went to Adobe Illustrator. Then I opened the picture on Adobe Illustrator and made the picture bigger so it can take up the whole screen. After that, I clicked on the "Type Tool" icon and clicked somewhere on the picture. I typed the word "Bass Guitar" in very big letters. Then I changed the font color to white so you can see it. After that I used the "Selection Tool" and selected the word "Bass Guitar" and I rotated it so the words would go along the shape of the guitar. Then I went to "Selection Tool" again and selected the image and the words. Finally, I went to "Object" on the tool bar and clicked "Clipping Mask: Make." Then it left the word bass guitar with my image within the letters.

Welcome!

Hi! My name is Danielle Pickett and I will be using this blog as a portfolio for my Multimedia Design class. I will be posting my projects and examples along with a brief description of what I did. Please check back to see my work!