Gabriella Magruder's Blog

What did you do this Semester?  What is your overall opinion on the design process and final outcome of the  project? Raccoon :   The project was to create a raccoon with a fall background.  The project took 2 weeks to complete. While making the raccoon I and many others noticed t he instructions were outdated and some of the short cuts and options were removed or renamed. So we had to experiment until our raccoons matched the instructions. While making the raccoon I  learned how to experiment within the limit of instructions, trying different methods while making sure the raccoon was the same as the instructions. After I finished the main raccoon I was told to a dd more to the area surrounding the raccoon so  I changed the size of the raccoon and added a tree, piles of leaves and nuts around the raccoon.  I Liked how the raccoon itself came out however the process of making it was frustrating because of ...

During the past two weeks I've developed a basic understanding of photoshop by  learning how to   use basic photoshop tools and understanding how to apply texture to a limited space using layer masks. I  also  learned how to use folders to organize layers and make them easier to manage and edit  while  making a photoshop document.  While  watching and following along with the basic tutorials I used the patch tool. A tool which is used to remove sections of a photo by filling it with another section of the image, this tool is used when the content aware fill tool cannot be used.  The content aware fill tool was used to remove large areas that are unnecessary and draw away from the main focus of the photoshop image or small areas to make the photo look, overall, cleaner .  The last tool I used was the clone stamp and healing  brush tool. These tools are used to remove small unnecessary things like tags...