Contact Sheet

To change the resolution of my Butterfly image, I went to Image > Size and adjusted the DPI accordingly
To change the color sets, I went to Image > Mode and adjusted accordingly.
To exhibit different orientations, I used the crop tool to make the image a portrait, a landscape and square shot.
To experiment with framing, I took a wide angle shot and gradually zoomed in on my target by cropping and adjusting image size.
For my abstract image set, I cropped in ways that obscured what the image actually was. I gradually cropped an image of a caterpillar to the point of where it’s body resembles that of a bee or a tigers stripes.
I started with a picture of a family at Mardi Gras to experiment with artistic effects. I used the Rough Pastels effect with a Stroke Detail of 1 and a Stroke Length of 2 to give the photo a hand-drawn look. I used the Artistic Filter Paint Daubs to give the image a watercolor effect with a Brush Size of 8 and a Sharpness of 7. For my purely artistic image, I used the Glowing Edges effect to give the picture an electric look full of vivid colors.

Font Poem

My quote is full of powerful words that carry connotations, so I wrote my poem by using fonts that embody that word in style and tone. I began the poem with Stencil in all capital letters, size 80 bold to make a powerful initial impact on the reader. Stencil is font that conveys a firm, serious tone because stencils are generally utility-driven, used on military and industrial goods. It conveys a strong, “no-nonsense” tone, and let’s the reader know who is we mean business, and we are not to be taken lightly. I chose the simple italic Times New Roman for “the” and “on” as these words carry only grammatical significance and shouldn't be points of focus. Times New Roman is a common font, so readers should pass over it and should focus on the more unique fonts that are more valuable to the overall message. I used Mesquite Std, size 53 for the word “THIEVES” (I fixed this spelling error on the final draft). Mesquite Std is the font that “WANTED” posters in Wild West movies, usually advertising a reward for the capture of a bandit or a thief. Its menacing sharp angles and unusual serifs, coupled with the font’s historical significance, make it a great font for the word. The extreme transition from the previous word, “petty”, which uses a meek, simple Twentieth Century MT in size 30 to the edgier Mesquite Std also adds to it’s impact on the reader. Eccentric Std is a font that is tall, slim and has most of its intra-letter connections unusually high, causing letters with parallel legs appear to be standing. This helps to give the reader a quick visual reference for the word. “You” (the reader) is in a simple lower case to convey a sense of inferiority or belittlement to the bold “we” (the writer), as the writer is aiming to strike a subtle sense of intimidation into the reader. The message is, “You are on the writer’s turf, so maybe you’re in the wrong part of town…” Finally, “STREETS” is written in Cracked, a font that has an urban feel and looks like weathered street paint, or paint on asphalt.

I made many style and color changes for my second draft. I cultivated a 1980's era color scheme by incorporating bright colors and different textures. I colored and pixelated the word "you're", which gave it a yellow/pink polka dot finish. I rasterized the "STREETS" layer and used the Film Grain effect to give it an asphalt look. I embossed the letters in stencil to make them look like they were punched into metal, enhancing the fonts toughness. I used free transform to stretch out the word thieves to place more emphasis on it. Post to come...