Tattoo

Artist Reflection:
1. The strongest technical aspect of my work was probably the drawing itself. This was a computer class, so I didn't expect to get to draw during it at all, but I was pleased when I learned we would be doing that for this project.
2. The application of the tattoo onto her arm could probably be improved on. It was difficult to make it look real and I still don't think it looks as real as it could if I had had more practice in photoshop.
3. The easy part about this project was the drawing part. I enjoy that and I am used to that, so it was easy for me to do it. It was also easy to take the white out of the drawing because we've had practice with that in several other projects.
4. The difficult part of this activity was making the tattoo look like it was really on the skin. Bending it to the arm and making it the right color and transparency and size was difficult.
5. I demonstrated the objective of this activity by creating an original tattoo and photoshopping it onto the skin to make it look real. I warped it and recolored it and blurred it until it looked like it was really on her skin.
6. If I could do this project again I would make it look more real. I would improve both the original drawing and also apply it to the skin better.

Personal Identity

Artist Reflection:
1. The strongest technical aspect of my work is probably the different opacities and the effect that has on the piece as a whole. The slightly lower opacity of the kangaroo really emphasizes the fact that it is tired and slowly slipping into the deep REM sleep cycle. The very low opacity of the map in the background gives the work a subtly different texture.
2. The technical aspect of my work that could be improved on is probably the color scheme. Right now it doesn't really flow and is kind of giving me gross vibes. The green clashes badly with the purple of the galaxy and the pizza stands out in a bad way. I could have recolored the zombies and the elastics around the lobster's claws.
3. The easy part about this art activity was the photoshop tools. I am familiar with the general ones from photography and it was kind of review in this project.
4. The hard part about this art activity was that it as ANOTHER personal identity project. I have done so many throughout the years that I wanted to make this one different and more obscure than my previous ones, yet still me.
5. I demonstrated this objective because I used photoshop tools to represent myself. I used the kangaroo because it looks tired and I am always tired. The coffee is to show how I like coffee and various other hot beverages. The map represents how I love to travel and plan on doing it more. Pizza is a food that I like to eat, and while I don't like to eat lobster, my band name DOES have lobster in it. I put space and zombies because I think both are rad and I find the concept of both intriguing.
6. If I could do this project again, I would improve the color scheme and I would also make the editing cleaner.