Raul collage!

I. Theme/ story line/ Ideas-  My theme behind my collage is to show the audience that I am a faithful 49er fan and I like my Bay area, San Francisco.

II. Layers selections- I chose to do a 49er poster in the background.  Then I added the San Francisco skyline and then I added the SF bay in front of the city.  Standing on the surface of the Bay I put Colin Kaprenick throwing the football and a layer of me diving to catch the football, with fire booster shoes and holding a foam finger.

III. Foreground/mid-ground/ background-

• How did you create a sense of depth in the image?  To create a sense of depth in my collage I added the effect of shadowing. So the building looks like it is coming out of the picture to have the feeling that you are in the city.  Then I had placed Kaprenick and I in front to help add depth to the picture. 

• What is in the foreground-The foreground  is Colin Kaprenick  throwing the football.  With me diving to get the football.

•  midground- is the bay area and background- is the 49er wallpaper of the image.

IV. Filters/effects/layer modes-

• How did you add filters and effects that help the overall composition?  I added shadowing so the viewer will see depth in the collage.  I added a glow to my foam finger to help emphasize the idea of me being the 49ers number one fan.  Then I made the head coach of the 49ers  Jim Harbough in the top left corner.  With the opacity high so he is a ghost like image of himself. I also used the opacity tool for the fire that is coming out of my feet, to dul down the flame.

V. Text and Picture of Self

How did you incorparate you image and text in the composition.   

I placed myself diving for the football and the text illustrated the idea of me being open to catch thefootball.

VI. Overall Evaluation of the Piece:

• How do you think your project represents your creativity in photoshop?

  When I first finished my collage it seemed  dull to me because there was no creativity in it.  It was just a collage of what I like, so I added the fire coming out of my feet so that this collage would have a creative element.  I also added a glow and a curve to my words so that they wouldn't just be words on a page.  I wanted them to have a wow factor so I did what I did.

• What do you like best in the project?

  The best part of doing my collage was when I finished the project.  I felt so good and proud in myself for what I did in photoshop. 

1. 1. • What was the theme, idea or story you tried to develop in your piece.   My goal was to show that I like the 49ers and I have a liking in the Bay Area, San Francisco.
      • What objects did you use as symbols or metaphors for your ideas.  To help show that I like the 49ers I added a 49er wallpaper, Collin Kaprenick, Jim Harbough and me holding a foam finger showing that I am the number 1 fan.  Also to show that I like the San Francisco I added the San Francisco skyline and the bay.
   1. • What layers did you need to cut out  and what tools did you use to do it?  I needed to cut out many layers like the water, the San Francisco skyline, Kaprenick and Harbough, I cut them out using quick mask mode.  The other layers like the flames, the picture of me, and the foam finger with magic wand.
      • Were there any challenges you confronted and overcame?                       A challenge that I had to overcome was my picture because my fingers got cut off and in order to fix that I had to cover my hand with a foam finger.