Graphics 2 - Yvette Sands

Design Process

My name is Yvette Sands and I am a doctoral student enrolled in the Design and Development II course at the University of South Carolina. This website contains my Graphics 2 Project. The purpose of this project was to use a graphics tool or application to create a scene. I created a scene using several different elements in Photoshop CC. Using Photoshop I was able to experiment with importing and manipulating images, using layers, and using the various drawing tools that were available within the application.

For the Graphics 2 Project, I started off with a simple lake scene and added the following images:

· Girl sitting by the lake reflecting

· Book bag against a tree

· Bird on a rock

· Fish in the lake

· Boat in the water

· 2 birds in the sky

· Sun in the sky

In order to make the scene appear blended and not appear as a mismatch of elements I used several drawing tools.

Opacity feature – I used this feature to make the fish appear as if it was underwater and not just sitting on top of the water.

Shadows – I had to use the shadow tool for the boat to make it appear that the boat was in the water and not just sitting on top of the water.

Magic Wand - I used the magic wand to accurately cut out the images and place them in the scene.

Graphics 2 - Yvette Sands

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Design Process