Hailey DeFazio FMX210

  Artist Statement This week I learned how to create a frame-by-frame animation in Adobe Photoshop. This process started with drawing out my storyboard and deciding where I wanted my story to go. After relaxing on the beach for spring break, I was inspired by the wildlife and knew I wanted to have an animation about crabs. From there I experimented with my frames and layers, rearranged some elements of my story, and made my idea come to life. During this process I was able to combine many different elements such as images, text, shapes, shadows, and even include my personal logo into my animation. Many frames, layers, and editing later I have created my first animation! Finally getting to my final product was so fulfilling to see and I am happy to share, "Beachside Gems of Love", to my blog!  Initial Storyboard

Photoshop Animation Tutorials Link:  Tutorial 1 This tutorial was a quick and easy video that showcased the basics of frame by frame animation. He discussed frames, layers, and drawings. While the video was short and sweet, it demonstrated how simple this tool can be in photoshop. Being able to see your previous drawing is very beneficial in spacing out your objects to make the animation flow nicely. Frame by frame animation will definitely be useful in creating basic and short animations such as GIFs.  Link:  Tutorial 2 This tutorial gave more of a step-by-step tutorial on how to animate in photoshop. This video talked through how to duplicate and create new frames. It is very interesting to see all the frames come together in the end after putting in the work to rotate and move your drawings. The process seems to be straight forward and easy to follow, which makes me excited to use these tools. A good tip a heard in the video is to make sure to name layers to help with ...

  Artist Statement This week I experimented more on Adobe Photoshop while completing my Somewhere project. For this project we were asked to insert ourselves into movie scene of our scene. As seen above, I choose to add myself to a Ferris Bueller's Day Off  scene. To create this project I started with trying to match my outfit and pose the best I could to match the scene. I tried to copy the character Cameron's red outfit to make it look like the characters (including me) were paired off. After some photos were taken I then began my process on Photoshop. I used the quick selection tool, layer masks, and experimented with the lighting to make this image look as realistic as possible. Once I was done editing the details of inserting myself, I then finished off the project by adding my personal logo to the side of Ferris Bueller's jacket. This allowed for an even greater personal touch on this image and I am happy to share the final result! Original Photo Original Scene

  I found this photo on Kirby Jenner's Instagram page and I believe this image would be hard to Photoshop myself into. I would say this because with the netting, copying all the tiny details would be very challenging. I find this photo to be very neat, I but with this veil, coloring, and many red flowers, adding myself to the image would definitely take some time. I found this photo on Average Rob's Instagram page and I found his whole account to be super interesting. This picture stood out to me and inspired me for my own project because of the copy of emotions and outfits. In addition the coloring matches perfect and the editing was done seamlessly. By doing this I think it made this photo more comical and seem more realistic. This is definitely something I want to incorporate in my own somewhere project. I found this photo on boredpanda.com and it made me laugh. James Fridman has a lot of great work, but I found this specific photo to be very funny. He did an awesome job wit...

 Artist Statement This week I had the chance to work more in Adobe Photoshop. I learned how to change an image to black and white and then add in different colors to my photo. Below you will find the final products from this project. I used a selfie of myself in Acadia National Park and I chose three different color schemes to alter this image. I first used triad, then analogous, and lastly, I used split complementary. It was very interesting working with the color wheel this week and it helped me learn more about color swatches. By creating these images, I was able to enhance my knowledge on layers and masks in Photoshop and learned more about the selection tool. I am proud to show the final photos and am excited to continue to learn more about this platform!   Original Photo

  While watching the Netflix documentary, Abstract: The Art of Design | Platon: Photography, many photographs stood out to me. One specifically that stood out was this photo of Adele. This image was nostalgic to me as it reminded me of a few of her album covers and her use of facial expressions. This photo feels very vulnerable which is why it caught my attention. Eyes really do share a lot more than you would expect, and I would say that Adele’s look in her eyes carried the emotion this photograph possesses.    The color of this photo also projects emotion. Being in black and white helps convey this feeling of vulnerability and nostalgia. There are no distractions with this coloring and simply lets the portrait speak for itself. Black and white photos tend to help show emotion in a way that color photos cannot. It was very interesting to hear about Platon’s process and how he gets to photos like this one. This photo was from my trip to Acadia National Park. The selfie de...