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Surviving COM 220

This is a short video I made for my COM 220 class on how to survive the class and some of my tips!

Gate 2 – Task 3 – Layer Masks (Ps)

Influential Professional Designer

For this project, we were asked to research a famous digital designer, and in all of my digging, I found Ruth Ansel’s work to be the most interesting to me. Ruth Ansel has definitely kept herself busy over the course of her life so far, working for some of the biggest names in the media.Continue reading “Influential Professional Designer”

Personal Logos

This logo describes me personally because I think the most important thing in life is love which is why I made it the focus point of my logo. The second thing I tried to emphasize is my love for stars. A lot of my clothes have stars on them which is something my friends makeContinue reading “Personal Logos”

2 Collages

Logo Recreation

5 Objects

For this assignment, we were instructed to find 5 objects that had a value of meaning to us and photograph them using a digital camera but find a unique way to display the item, with the background also having a deeper meaning of the object. For my 5 objects, I wanted to choose things thatContinue reading “5 Objects”

Color Correction & Cropping

For this picture, I adjusted the levels by using the eyedropper tool on levels and selecting her white pillow to adjust the levels to that. I also decided to crop the image to make sure her face was the most important thing in the photo which I think goes well with the fact that herContinue reading “Color Correction & Cropping”

3 Influential Photographs

The first picture I chose was this wedding photo taken by a professional photographer at the Mitch Lenet Wedding Photography group. I like this picture for many reasons, but the first is the obvious way the photographer uses exposure of sunlight through the gaps of the wooden door to illuminate the couple. This frames theContinue reading “3 Influential Photographs”

Joe Rosenthal

Joe Rosenthal was an American photographer, born on October 9th, 1911 in Washington D.C. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, that was taken during the second World War (Pictured Below). On the morning of February 23rd, 1945, Joe Rosenthal was visiting the island of Iwo JimaContinue reading “Joe Rosenthal”