Category: Self Portrait

Title: Self Portrait

Semester/Year: Spring 2023

Software: Photoshop

For my self portrait I composed together an image of a woman and a scenery of snowy mountain to show that I want to travel to places like this and take similar pictures. I used blending and filters to match the lighting from the woman’s scene to the lighting of the mountains scene and then applied a gradient map to create a stylized look.

Image source

Black and White Shot of a Woman in a Coat and a Beret Leaning on a Railing by Hatice Baran. Pexels license. Pexels.com. March 2022

https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-and-white-shot-of-a-woman-in-a-coat-and-a-beret-leaning-on-a-railing-14589752/

Black and White Shot of Snowy Mountain by Balaji Srinivasan. Pexels license. Pexels.com. April 2015.

https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-and-white-shot-of-snowy-mountain-14828268/

Self Portrait

spring 2023

Adobe Illustrator

I created circular emoji type characters to make myself remember to not take things seriously sometimes.

Title: Self Portrait
Semester/Year: Spring 2023

Software: Photoshop

Description: For my photoshop self portrait I chose to create an image of a Crow dunking a basketball on an eagle and added the course name using the text tool and warp effect. The crow is one of my favorite animals and my favorite sport is basketball so i felt this was the best way to include a couple of things that I’m interested in into one photo. I duplicated and cut the basketball from the original image and placed the layer over the crow giving the affect of the bird holding the ball. I also had to tinker with shadows and lighting effects in order to make the eagle match the lighting of the basketball hoop photo.
Image Sources:
“A Ball Near a Basketball Ring” By Mahesh Reddy. Pexels License. Pexels.com December 10, 2022

https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-ball-near-the-basketball-ring-14932882/

“Silhouette of Bird Flying” By Ezgi Bulut. Pexels License. Pexels.com Oct 10, 2022
https://www.pexels.com/photo/silhouette-of-bird-flying-14916667/

“The Rear View” By Debbie Tubridy. Flickr License. Flickr.com June 27, 2011
https://www.flickr.com/photos/momma-d/6057024741/in/photolist-aeeQr4-zXYVn-5Hzna-33Bag-cqgwAb-cqgwFL-frgW69-eFqB8f-5hjEpg-5hoZWs-5hoZGC-5hoZTw-5hoZzG-atbHqk-6QSE26-9pSQtZ-9pVRzm-dagVuL-akcCwY-d9r6kW-efsnLn-6rfsqf-dmqdpM-8rWxMB-2SepeB-nw38C-9RaJY9-gS9YSz-kGHJHp-5Lspb5-6BCCGM-6QD7Bz-pek4K9-eXR63G-abknbu-asdxQF-oEiBSw-cPkQP9-5Cds-5ixrdk-2SepZF-2SepNx-2SiPKY-2SiN17-2SiMjs-2SiP2G-2SendZ-2SiN9J-2Seq6k-2Senri

Title: Self Portrait
Semester/Year: Spring 2023
Software: Illustrator
Description: I used Illustrator’s shape creating tools to make various shapes to create a cartoonish image of me. I used the brush tool to add texture to the hair. and I manipulated the curves of circles/ovals in order to create the facial features like birthmarks, facial hair, piercings, etc.

Self Portrait

Spring 2023

Software: Photoshop

For my portrait I wanted to represent my willingness to keep going and seeing things through to the end. To do that I displayed an arcade machine on top of a high cliff with a red sky and the words final level. It being the final level as well as a mountain top shows the work it took to get there. I used a 3d filter on my text to make it pop and cropped out the full mountain so that it looks like a ledge. Added a red sky and moon for the background instead of the original blue.

Image sources:

“Photography of Person on Green Mountain” by Mirsad Mujanovic, Pexels License. Pexel.com. November 2017

https://www.pexels.com/photo/photography-of-person-on-green-mountain-691034/

“Red Clouds During Sunset” by Lisa Fotios, Pexels License. Pexel.com. February 2019

https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-clouds-during-sunset-1943232/

“7-Starman Arcade Machine (animated) – david bowie the arcade game” by Torley Creative Commons License. Flickr.com. April 2017

https://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/34085963072

Self Portait

Spring 2023

I created my own face in front of a purple circular background. Purple is my favorite color so that’s the one I chose. I have an arrow in my head just for the fun of it.

Title: Self Portrait

Semester/Year: Spring 2023

Software: Photoshop

For my self portrait I composited together an image of a cat and a lizard to show the duality of my personality. I used blending and filters to match the lighting from the lizard scene to the lighting of the cat scene and then applied a gradient map to create the stylized look.

Image sources:

“European Shorthair Cat on a Woven Basket,” by Cats Coming. Pexels Licence. Pexels.com. October 2018.

https://www.pexels.com/photo/european-shorthair-cat-on-a-woven-basket-1543793/

“Green Chameleon,” by yuvi’s picworld. Pexels License. Pexels.com. August 2018.

https://www.pexels.com/photo/green-chameleon-1695717/

Self Portrait

Spring 2023

Adobe Illustrator

I created a little purple robot character that represents my personality and included some text with some cool blending effects and a little background that looks like some water.