Polaroid Project - Dog

     This is my polaroid project entitled "Dog." The strongest aspect of my work is the placement of the polaroids. This is the strongest because it covers enough of my dog that you can still clearly tell it is a dog, but it looks as if its many polaroids spread out. An aspect of my work that could be improved is the parts that come out of the polaroids. I could improve this by getting another picture of my dog that has easier parts to make come out of the polaroids.
     The easiest part of this activity was choosing the background. This was easy because I looked up hardwood floor and filled the background. The hardest part of this project was keep tracking of the almost 55 different layers of polaroids and the images within them making it hard to find specific parts of the work to edit.
   I demonstrated the objective of this activity by having more than 10 polaroids down and having at least 1 pop out on the polaroids. If I could do this again I would do the same thing but with a different picture that would allow me to have more pop outs.

TED 2 - DVD Cover

     This is my school appropriate rendition of the Ted 2 DVD cover. The strongest aspect of my cover is the middle bar, this is the strongest because it is the most accurate to the original case. The weakest part of my work is the fact that I couldn't include much from the actual movie due to the fact that is has a lot of illegal/non-school appropriate paraphernalia. The easiest part of this activity was the text I made for the title. The hardest part was finding pictures to represent the real movie. I demonstrated the objective by making a DVD cover based on a movie in the correct dimensions. If I could do this again I would pick a movie that's more school appropriate.

Picture in Text - Great Wall

    This is my work entitled "Great Wall." The strongest aspect of my work is by far my "path." This is the strongest aspect because it follows and path and is shaded with the shadows perfectly  The weakest aspect of my work is my trees. This is the weakest aspect because they are dark and with the background somewhat hard to see.
     The easiest part of this project was making the text itself and getting ready to have the picture placed within it. This was easy because you only had to type the text, rasterize, and transform it to make it fit with the picture. The hardest part of the project was transforming the text to fit perfectly. This was hard because some of the text was hard to get perfectly shaped.
    I demonstrated the objective by putting the background photo into the text and recreating the photo with text. If I could do this again I would choose a different background photo. I would do this because the one I chose was very hard to get the text lined up perfectly for the photo to go into the text.

Jacob Ostroff - Identity

     The strongest technical aspect of my work is the cut-outs i made on the 4 athletes. This is my strongest aspect because I cut out all of the background only leaving the players perfectly cut out to be used without covering the background due to their own backgrounds. An aspect I could improve upon is my spacing on the league logos. This could be improved upon because they're all very different in shapes and sizes so I could've resized and worked them around to be more even looking.
     The easiest part of this activity was the background and the text. This was easy because the background required me to just drag and drop it in and the text just required me to type "Boston MA" and then color the 4 colors of the Boston sports teams. The most difficult part of this project was cutting out the backgrounds of the players. This was hard because it was difficult once there was barely any background left because it was very easy to cut out part of the player and have to redo the cutting.
     I demonstrated the objective in this activity by cutting out the backgrounds of the players, using the new tools we learned, and I used things such as opacity from the first project. If I could do this project again I would change how everything is spaced out to make it look less cluttered and clean.

Graphic Design - Text Art "MLK"

     This is my work entailed "MLK" made with text in Photoshop. The strongest aspect of my work is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the focal point. This is the strongest aspect because it provides a focal point for the work and covers many of the requirements. Something that could be improved is the gradient in the middle, after looking at it for so long it started to look slightly off, I could change this by making a new gradient.
     The easiest part of this activity was the 2 arches I made. I made the first one using the warp text tool then duplicated the layer, flipped it, and moved it down to reflect the top one. The hardest part of this project was had to of been making MLK in the middle. This was difficult because I was not very familiar with using masks but I used a mask to mask the image over the J's and it took me awhile to figure out.
     I demonstrated the requirements in these ways: The arches for warp, flipped, and gradient text and MLK demonstrated opacity and size. If I could do this differently I would've made a different person in the center.

End Project - Collage

Coffee Camera

Artist Reflection:

     This is my work made with my Coffee Camera. The strongest aspect of my work is the 5x7 work shown in the picture. This is the stingiest aspect because it shows all values of light, and you can clearly see the thing we took the photo of (pumpkin with hat on). An aspect that can be improved upon is the camera itself. The can was fine but I would've improved upon the tin foil outside and the paper on top to make sure no light got through. When we did our initial testing a small amount of light got through allowing for a light gray spot in the corner of the paper. I would've covered up more on the can itself to make sure no light could bleed through.

     

     There were easy parts and hard parts to this activity. The easier part of this activity was taking the picture itself. All we needed to do was put the can on 1 stool, have the pumpkin on the other, and then lift up the tape for 3sec and we were done. The hardest part of this activity was covering and painting the can. I found this hard simply because I am not very good a small crafts like that and it took me a long time to do so.

     I demonstrated the objective in this activity by doing all the steps to making the camera work. First we had to put a test strip in and then go outside for 30sec to make sure light wouldn't bleed through. Next, we had to put a test strip inside then have something to take a picture of across from the camera, then we lifted up the light hole flap and held it there for 3mins. After we did 3 mins the picture came out black so we dropped the time down to 1min, 30sec, 25sec, 20sec, 5sec, and finally 3sec. After we had a successful test strip at 3sec we did our final on a 5x7 sheet and exposed it for 3sec and got our perfect picture. If I could do this activity again I would change the picture we took. While I do like the one we already took, I think it would be cool if we had done a picture of something bigger and have a detailed background of the tree line behind it to really show off the capability of the coffee canmera.