For our first drawing project, we will create a symbolic self portrait. We will start by downloading images that represent us. We will then create a digital collage of these images in Adobe Photoshop. Finally, we will draw our collage with a black ink pen.
Here is an example of the digital collage I created in Photoshop to use as a reference:
Here are the images I downloaded:
In order to create our digital collage, we will need to learn how to use Photoshop. Today we will complete two tutorials. These tutorials will teach us how to remove the background from an image in Photoshop, how to combine multiple images into one Photoshop file, and how to use the transform tool to scale and rotate an object. We will complete both the veggie and kitten tutorials, save a Photoshop version of our file and a png of each tutorial to our username, and post the PNG to our blogs. You must post your work from today in order to receive participation points.
Links to the resources we will use today:
Veggie Tutorial (teaches us how to use a variety of tools to remove the background from an image)
Veggie Tutorial Starter File
Completed Veggie Tutorial
- Click here to view the step-by-step instructions for the veggie Photoshop tutorial.
(If you do not have this file open and cannot tell me what step you need help with, I will not help you.) - Click here to download the veggie Photoshop file.
Kitten Dress Up Tutorial (teaches us how to combine multiple images into one Photoshop file, and how to use the transform tool to scale and rotate objects)
Completed kitten dress up tutorial
- Click here to view the step-by-step-instructions for the kitten dress up Photoshop tutorial.
(If you do not have this file open and cannot tell me what step you need help with, I will not help you.) - Click here to download the kitten dress up Photoshop file.
Need help? Please follow the following process:
- Check the blog
- Ask two classmates
- Still stuck? Raise your hand and Ms. Lawson will help you as soon as she is available.
Exception: If you do not have the class blog open and cannot tell me what step you need help with, I will not help you.
Today we will:
- Complete the veggie tutorial. Save your file to your username as both a photoshop (.psd) file and a .png file.
- Complete the kitten dress up tutorial. Save your file to your username as both a photoshop (.psd) file and a .png file.
- Create and publish a new blog post with the following:
- a png of your completed veggie image
- a png of your completed kitten dress up image
- a paragraph describing how you create each image. Include any challenges you faced, and how you worked through those challenges.
If you have time, begin brainstorming some images you make want to include in your symbolic self portrait. We will begin working on our symbolic self portraits next class.
SOTA Foundations 2 