Reflection Page

My Reflection over 2013

 

 

2013 was a very fun and prosperous year for me! In that year I turned fourteen, making further steps toward deep teen hood. I also started high school! I was so worried at the end of eighth grade about it, but over the summer I matured and became a more responsible and modest person. So high school seemed big and confusing at first, but then I got used to it and high school flew by really fast.

 

Before high school though, I had a great summer! I worked most of it, getting a lot of money at my parent’s business. My dad and mom both own a physical therapy clinic. Anyway, when I worked there I just cleaned and did grunt kind of work. But it paid off and I got paid minimum wage! So I earned a lot of money!

 

Also, during Christmas, me and my family took a week long Disney cruise to the Bahamas. It was really really really fun! We had an awesome time and it wasn’t cold, as the Bahamas are very hot! We also went to Mexico and I got a sombrero for my friend. I also went scuba diving and that was VERY fun and the water was crystal clear! We also had Mexican Fanta which has the best taste on a hot day and I even got to practice my Spanish! I also made some new friends, and one that I still talk to! He lives in Minnesota and I love to joke about the weather with him.

 

Last year I also created some nice drawings and stories! And my two cousins also got married and I met my now best friend Cella! I really like her and I met her through my friend Emma. We have lots of fun talking and having a good time together. I really enjoy drawing now because of her, and I’m already great at writing stories but I am getting better!

 

School was fun too though. I had lots of fun last year conquering Illustrator and my other classes. Some of my teachers took getting used to, but now I’m a pro in their class. I make good grades, and I, just like every other teenage girl, have a crush on someone.

 

2014 Is coming on slow but I think I have it! Summer is almost here and now that I’m reminiscing over the old year I’m very happy that I got all that stuff done. And that I met all those people! This year has been fun anyway. Full of sleepovers, parties, friends, fun, and greatness! I celebrate miracles almost every day with my family and my friends. We’ve all been through good times and bad and I just think that I’ve had the best time!

Cover Page

This is my coverpage for my memory book! I really like this and I had fun putting all of my projects together and then creating the clipping mask for it! It looks really cute and I like it alot!!!

Another Photo phrame

This project was fun to create! First you select the area of the frame, and make it an object. Then you give it borders and a drop shadow. Then you skew it so it looks like a picture. Then you add hue and saturation to the back ground so you only focus on the picture. Then you give a radial change to the outside and it looks beautiful now~~~

Little square Photo phrame

Basically you make two copies of your image, then make a new layer and fill it with white. Then you draw a square with the selection tool and do layer mask. Then you give the layer an outer glow and then you can now duplicate it and drag the squares out to where you desire.

Pop Art

This is the pop art thing that we did. I really liked this project. First I had to mess with the imageing of the picture. I changed the mode to bitmap, greyscale, and RGB several times. I also changed the amount of usage of these modes. Also I used Image adjustments to change the brightness and contrast. Then I created a clipping mask and then painted my face with the color of my choice while leaving the background blue. I look like the Joker!!!!!

Curl and Tape

I created these two wonderfully easy things in photoshop. the crane one I just selected an area, gave it a linear black and white gradient, and then warped the page up. The tape was an easy transparent brush creation, with a little erasing help and different color choices and drop shadow and burn too effects. I loved these two projects and they will look great in my memory book.

Vintage Polaroid

First you select a large portion of the background and fill the foreground and background colors with white and then a soft grey. Then you do filter render clouds and that will make it cloudy, then you add some noise and a pattern to give it that card stock feel. Then you place the actual picture on there. Then you inverse the picture selection to cut out extra pixels. Then you add inner shadow and stroke  and change the hue and saturation till it looks like the way you wanted it to look. Then you are done!!! And you have a beautiful picture now too~

Pasta ad pictures

Pasta Ad

This is my beautiful project that I simply created with just a bit of photoshop magic. I took some pasta and photoshopped it out of its respective photo and added it here to my picture. Then i copied them. Then I added a nice font and added my logo at the bottom. I also thought the white background was too white so I added a softer background with a little off white greyish color.

I added the nice looking font to give it a more adultish and sophisticated feel. I also used white background not to take away from the pasta images and a greyish font. Also not to take away from the pasta images. I also put my logo on the bottom and made it really small so it didnt stand out too much but people could still see it. I was also doing this to support gay rights since my pasta is for EVERYONE