For our midterm we were required to create a self-portrait using the Illustrator trace technique and the background for it had to be done in Photoshop. We were suppose to use our letters of introduction from the first day of class as inspiration. For my background I combined a few different things that I felt were important in my life or had some sort of impact on who I am today. I included a photo of the Eiffel Tower I took in Paris when I visited Europe the summer after my senior year, a map of my hometown of Harleysville, a photo of Tyler as well as the seal of Temple University, a couple figure drawings I had done as well as the invitation to my high school art show. In Photoshop I mainly changed the opacity of the pictures and in some cases the exposure and color balance to get to a point where every photo could be seen and was not being obstructed by or obstructing the view of something else. I created the self-portrait in Illustrator using the trace technique we were taught in class and treated it the same way I did the photos when I brought it into Photoshop. Overall I'm fairly happy with the final product. I found it difficult to create something that incorporated multiple aspects of my life without looking cluttered, and this was my third or fourth attempt at it. I'm interested to see what it will look like printed.
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