What's Your Stance POST

On  social media I've seen people share post on current events.  Sometimes I share current event topics on my social media(ex: facebook). Some public topics  that I've strongly agreed with was the #blacklivesmatter movement others are the refugee crisis, poverty and global warming my stance on those topics is that, these are big problems that our government and society should makes steps to change. I have liked/shared a post that is a current issue and important to me.  I think my stance is right because I go for what is moral and what I feel is best. "They" are wrong because they usually only focus on their point of view and not think about who is being affected.
 Current topics:
EDUCATION- 
http://www.right-to-education.org/blog/children-s-right-education-where-does-world-stand

POVERTY-
https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-poverty

SELF SYMBOL GIF

1. My self symbol concept is a sun rotating and me blinking and smiling which is suppose to represent me being a happy person.  I choose to put a sun because I feel it represents happiness and  to connect it to me I added me smiling while the sun is rotating then I added the blinking to make it more realistic.

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3. My idea has evolved because at first I was just going to do a sun rotating but that didn't really represent me so I added a drawing of myself to  help communicate a concept of my self and I added to details like smiling and eyes blinking to represent me.

GIF

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Final Picture 

1st Picture

2nd Picture

For my project my concept was to put my face on a hundred dollar bill. I am happy with the results since its how i wanted it to look like. To create this image i used the magnetic lasso to cut out the portrait of me. Then I copied and pasted it to the 100 dollar bill photo, making it a new layer. I used the  magnetic lasso to cut out Benjamin Franklin. Then I filled in the space with a gray color. Then I placed my portrait  in a spot I liked then i used the layer mask to make the image fit in the circle. I also edited the brightness and the saturation to make it blend more with the the bill.

LETTER PROJECT REFLECTION

1.   Before I made my final drawing I did up to 20 thumbnail sketches of the letter U in different style to see which one I liked best. This was helpful because I got to see which one looked better then, I had peer feedback on my designs. This was helpful because they helped me pick which one I should do.

Here is a picture of my thumbnails sketches

2.  What I did to represent my concept visually in my design is I used  many different colors to give it a realistic effect. For example in the sun I didn't just use yellow but also red and many shades of oranges. Another thing I did was used small details in my designs like on the tree and the water.

This is a picture of my design .

Here is a closeup of my design .

3. The most challenging aspect of this project was coloring my design because I had to plan ahead because I couldn't erase it since it is in color pencils and I had to make sure I was using many  variations of one color to make it flow and realistic.

4. I am satisfied with my project because it looks like how I planned it to be and it looks like a U which is the letter I was assigned.

5.  If I could change anything about my design is maybe do a different background like where there is many other trees or plants around the U.

Summer

HELLO! I am Tamia and this is my graphic design blog. In this post I’m going to share some photos from my summer.

This a photo of the view when I went to Miami, Florida. I chose this photo because  I like the way the view looks.

This picture is when I went to this Cuban restaurant in Florida. I choose this picture because the food was so good!

This is a picture I took at the beach while I was in Miami. I decided to post this picture because it represented my summer because while I was in Miami I went to the beach everyday.