Thursday, April 18, 2013

Evaluation



Evaluation


During the making of my Avatar I encountered numerous problems, these were:
1.    Not being able to do my first idea, as it was too hard. I tried doing it in different ways but they all became too hard to do. So I decided to change my idea, witch turned out to be better anyway.
2.    I lost my USB, so I had to start over. This was a bit challenging trying to get it done in time but turned out well.
3.    A few times when I was working on my photoshop I did not know how to do something, or forgot it, I just asked a friend or Mr. Powel. If this was not possible, I would either watch one of the videos on black board or try doing different things.

 My planning and organization skills aren’t very good, so they let me down a few times. I often half way through something, think of a different way to do it, so I would get rid of what I had been working on start fresh. This was good in some ways as I was thinking of new better ways of doing certain things, but then it was bad because I would have spent quite a bit of time on the first one but then not use it at all. A couple of times I forgot to bring my USB to class so I would have to borrow someone else’s then transfer it to mine the following lesson. This wasn’t very good as I had files on all these different USB’s.

I made sure that I had all of my layers appropriately named and in the right order so that everything that need to be seen could be seen, and in the right way. 
I had some issues with keeping on track whilst creating my avatar, and wouldn’t work the best I could in class. But I did borrow out a laptop most weekends and continue with my avatar. I also would work on it in prep after school. By doing this it helped me keep up with getting certain stages done in a good time, so I wouldn’t have to rush.

No, I don’t think that I did the best I could with keeping up with my blog. I often would think about it, but then not end up doing it. I don’t think that my reflections support my as well they should.
  
Discuss your feelings about the Avatar task:
·      Are you satisfied with the final result?
I am satisfied with what I have created, but I do feel that I could have done better.
·      Would like to change any aspects of your avatar?
I would have liked to use a different back ground and make it look more like a jungle
·      If you could start the project again what would you do differently?
If I were to do this project again I would have planned it out better, and not make it up as I went on.
·      Are you pleased with the progress you have made in using Photoshop?
I am pleased with what I have done with photoshop, I have learnt a lot both from Mr Powell and from playing around with the program.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

THE IDEA

I have decided to change what I am doing for my Photoshop, as I lost my flash drive and rather than doing what i was originally doing I had a better idea. My new Photoshop holds the idea that we are all 'Animals in a Concrete Jungle'. I will have Portia and Olivia as animals than have them in a big city with vines growing off them. So the faces of the girls will make them look like the animals, and the vines on the buildings will represent the idea of the concrete jungle.