DPI - DIGITAL COLLAGE - WEEK 3

14/10/2024 - 21/10/2024 ( Week 3-Week 4 )
Carren Yeliandi / 0376990

Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media - Digital Photography and Imaging - Taylor's University
Project 1(a) - Task 2a

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 Table of Content

1. Lectures

2. Tutorial

3. Practical

4. Reflection

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Lectures

Week 3 : Introduction to Photoshop 2 Lasso tool, Pen tool & Layering

• Lasso tool : Allow you to draw and pinpoint specific areas of a document
• Pen tool : The most common tool used to create a path
• Layering : Different images stacked on top of each other

Lecture link 

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Tutorial

This week we were tasked to do a digital collage using Adobe Photoshop by utilizing tools such as the pen tool and magic wand.

Tutorial Video :

Exit Home. by Fauzi Yusoff

Video Demo by Mr.Fauzi 

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Practical

I first downloaded the pictures that were given to us to see what to work with.

I then made a new A4 size file and started cutting the pictures to suit what I wanted to arrange.

Fig. 3.1. Selecting using magic wand (21/10/24)

Fig.3.2. Selecting using pen tool (21/10/24)

I went and arrange 3 composition using the rule of thirds and the golden ratio.

Fig. 3.3. Composition (21/10/24)

The first composition was made using the rule of thirds as the base with the composition focusing on the center, This composition was made with the typewriter in mind as I wanted to make use of it so the color focus for this composition is the color blue hence the many parts of blue that were used. 

Fig. 3.4. First composition (21/10/24)

The second composition uses the golden ratio as it's base with the fish as the focus. I added some 'liquid' texture on the back to make a little chaotic flow on the background.

Fig. 3.5. Second composition (21/10/24)

The third composition doesn't really use any base as it was just my creative liberties and was freely made using my imagination but the ideas was using the movie projector to project 'the slices of life' hence the different parts of the composition.

Fig.3.6. Third composition (21/10/24)

In the end, Sir Fauzi chose for me to go with the first composition to proceed to the second part ,the adjustment layer, that were due this Wednesday.

Fig.3.7. Final Composition (21/10/24)

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Reflection

    To be completely honest, I was extremely confused on where to start when I was making the first composition. I had no idea on what to make and the limited resources didn't exactly help but in the end I managed to arrange the very minimum of 3 composition. I also feared that because of the limited resources, the composition will all look similar. However, at class the very next week, I was shocked to see the many different ways an arrangement can be done using said limited resources. I concluded that it wasn't the resources that was limited but the tools that I was using. I should've thought more outside of the box and experimented more using the tools on photoshop.