Ashley Adams: 2010

What I Want for Christmas

This Christmas I am hoping to recieve some of the following gifts:

-An ipod touch

-Movies like Singing in the rain

-ipod docking station

-clothes

-candy

Apart from gifts, I'm very excited for christmas, as I will be spending it in Sascatchewan with my family.

This is the animation I made in Fireworks. I made the flower growing by myself, but I took the graphic of the grass off the internet. With some difficulty with the colours and gradient fill, it managed to turn out ok. I added music to suit the mood throughout the animation.

Ski Hill Opening

I'm not really looking forward to the ski hill opening since I don't ski or snowboard. But this winter season I'm thinking of trying skiing. The last I tried it I was only 10, but I'm hoping that this time I won't fall so much.

THE COLD

For this winter I plan on dealing with the cold by wearing mittens, toques, a jacket, gloves, drinking hot chocolate, sitting by the fireplace, avoid being outside too long, building a snowman, and going sledding.

Re-Post

My first post wasn't showing up so this is a re-post of my colour scan.

For more information about the scan read the previous post: http://ashleyadamss.blogspot.com/2010/10/colour-scan.html

Halloween!!

This Halloween I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do. I know that I'm going to be Mario, but I haven't got any plans yet. Sometime before now and halloween I'll probably watch a couple halloween movies which is my tradition. And also eat some candy!!

The Untold Story Of The Sad Cat

Photoshop: Text Projects

These are my projects from Part A: Text Projects. In this picture I morphed the text to go around the donut. I liked the contrast of the pink donut to the blue writing. I found this project to be pretty easy.

For the second project I made my name look 3D and animated. I found this project to be difficult because there was soo many steps. But, with perserverance,on my third attempt I got this. I like how the white in my name, and the shadow makes the image appear to be 3 dimensional.

Photoshop: Blending Images

I found this project very difficult. It turned out O.K. I would of liked it the picture of the girl wasn't transparent, but I couldn't figure out how to fix it.

Photoshop: Tattoos

This project was the quickest one to complete. I was unsure of how to complete it, but with some help from the pure tutor I think it turned out well.

Photoshop: Painting Colour Away

In this picture I painted away the background to emphasize the butterfly. I found this project really easy. I like the pop of red and and pink!

Photoshop: Visual Colour Change

In the first picture I changed Stephanie's hair and shirt to vibrant red. I found this project really easy so I did two. I also changed a ladybug to blue. I think this picture is more believable than the first.

Photoshop: Motion Effects

This is my motion effect photoshop. I took a picture where there could be motion and blurred it. Then I made the face at it's front legs clear. I found this project confusing so it took a while, but I eventually figured it out.

My Logo

My Website will be about candy from around the world. So..I thought it was suitable to put the globe on a gumball machine. I used the contrast of cool and warm colours to accent the globe. There is also a good range of curved and straight lines. I made the gumballs (coming out the slot) complementary colours to accent each other.

My Nature Scan

For my final scan I used two dendelion's and a duck. I glued down the first dandelion and glued the pieces that fell out as if the wind was blowing. I glued down the second dandelion. I pasted the duck with one wing in front and one wing behind the dandelion as if he was holding them.

Black and White Scan

For my black and white picture I took an image and cut it apart. Then spread them out and rotating them. It's very skewed it's reminds me of the dove commercial that says our perception of beauty is distorted. Once I scanned the image, I went to Fireworks and converted it to gray scale.

Colour Scan

This is my colour scan. I selected any red images from magazines. The bright red colour really makes this image pop. I layered the three large images over all the small images to make them stand out more.

Decription of PhotoShop Pictures

#1- I put the eyes and nose of a cheetah on this dog
#2- I put my mouth the the face of this adorable cat
#3- I took the zebra print from a zebra and put it on a white horse
#4- I took the same zebra print and put it on a penguin
#5- I took the eyes and nose of the dog and put it on this cheetah

My PhotoShop Pictures

Photoshop!!!!!

This is me photoshopped. I enlarged my eyes. Severly stretched my cheeks. I love the big front teeth look so i added that. I opted for the Michael Jackson nose. To complete the look I enlarged my hair.

Steph and Kaesha: This is Kaesha, but then I added Steph's eyes. I think I put them too far apart though.

This is Steph and Kaesha morphed together again. This time I gave Stephanie Kaesh's nose and mouth. It's weird how much people's features suit them, but look really funny on someone else's face.

These are a few of my favourite things:

My favourite:
TV Show: Friends, Glee
Colour: Orange
Book: 13 Reasons Why
Season: Fall
Animal: Dog
Movie: I don't know there's too many
Day of the Week: Saturday Friday
Food: Cheesecake
Birthday Cake: Angel Food Cake
Sport: Dance
Favourite Cold Beverage: Lemonade, Coke
Favroutie Warm Beverage: Chai Tea Latte
Day of the Year: Christmas
Number: 86
Flower: Daisy

Website

My idea for my website is all about candy/sweets. I personally have a sweet tooth. I've never seen a website completely dedicated to sweets...so that's why I'm creating one. I think it would offer a wide variety of options for backs grounds, ideas, and different formats.

My Blog

My blog is going pretty well so far. Just some problems with the blogger program itself spacing out my pictures. I 'd go back to fix it and it would be perfect. Then I'd publish and the pictures would space out agaiin. So that's why My Favourite Pictures post looks so funny. The projects that I'm most proud of is my nameplate, my logo assignment, and although the spacing is funny, I still like the pictures I took with Kaesha and Steph. I think I could work on describing my work more.

My Favourite Logos!!!

Pepsi Logo: A classic logo. The wavy line's fit symmetrically into the circle shape. The use of the contrasting colours (red and blue) make the image stand out. It's very patriotic of Americans. I also love the condensation on the logo. It gives you the idea Pepsi is a cold and refreshing drink. The texture also appears to be very smooth.

The Apple Logo: This logo is simple but it's iconic. Sometimes the simplest of images make the biggest impact. The curved lines form to make this apple shape. The shade of grey adds to the logo without being to distracting. The texture appears to be very smooth like the surface of their products. The image is mostly symmetrical. From the bite being a perfect semicircle, to the apple leaf.

The Burger King Logo: This logo clearly shows you that it's Burger King. The colours contrast each other since they are from different sections on the colour wheel. There is a good range from straight to curved lines. The texture is mostly flat, but appears to be smooth. I love how the font "Burger King", is a burger itself with the hamburger buns!

The WWF Logo: This logo is very affective because of the contrast between the black and white. The simple outline of the panda is more effective than a detailed panda. There is a good range of curved lines. There is also vertical symmetry within the panda's face. The panda represents the whole idea for what WWF stands for. There is no texture in the logo.

Hot wheels Logo: This logo shows great contrast of colour; from vibrant red, to vibrant yellow. The use of shade makes the image appear 3D. The curved lines appear smooth and therefore the texture appears very smooth and rounded. The flames coming off the end give you that the wheels are in fact 'hot'. The forward slant at the front makes the logo seem as if it's moving.

Nike: The classic Nike swoosh. There is good use of straight and curved lines within this logo. The black shade makes this classic icon pop! Although this icon is so simple, it makes a big impact.

Shell Logo: I love this logo. I love it how it's for shell...and that's what it is. They used contrasting colours; vibrant red and yellow (similar to the Hot Wheels logo) to make the image stand out! The use of balance, like negative and positive space makes the image very interesting. A good use of curved lines, and straight lines makes this logo one to be remembered.

McDonals Logo: The golden arches show the contrast of colour (vibrant yellow) and shade (black). The shade of black outlines the classic arch shape. This logo is also vertically symmetrical. The texture of this logo is very smooth.As most of the other logo's there is a good use of straight and curved lines. Use of tint makes the image appear to be behind the sun.

Some Other Favourite Pictures

Colourful Portrait. (Online Image) Avaible http://www.blogger.com/goog_1384210274

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Sabrina

I like the angle of this picture. I also like the editting that Sabrina did to make the colour exaggerated.

Reflection. (Online Image) Avaible https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6QvExAyB2juzlhC-GRftQTuFgWpYn40kuoFGBqiCESfFSgD29Oz8xGgKNzl_AwI4pqDBOmK9GNOWkuQUkiIrVV0GCqHtplkaaJ350xjmHrLF1IWGCvhMif_Q71LoIcU0UoVKom7U2oE/s1600/Reflection.jpg 09/23/10

Cameron, Logan, Ben, Declan

This is a cool picture of using the reflection from outside. I like the outline of the bricks from inside.

Silloutte. (Online Image) Availble
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Mystery Person

I like this silloutte because it was taken during the day, although if you looked at this picture you'd assume it was taken at night.

My Nameplate !!!!!

My Name Plate:

Background: I used the gradient folds background in the colour pastels. For the texture I used large dots at 27% intensity. The theme is subractive. I sharpened the image twice, created an inner glow around the edge using orange, and saturated the colour to 33%.

My Name: I put it on the setting colour. I choose the font Copper Std Black in size 52 and bolded it. I choose a bright yellow colour. I used solid shadow in a bright blue to contrast the yellow. I added inner glow to add highlight to the bottom of my name.

My Favourite

My favourite movies are as followed:

Comedy: Step Brothers, Will Farrel is hilarious
Action: Inception, This movie really made you think
Horror: When A Stranger Calls, It's one of the few horror films I've seen
Mystery/Thriller: Scooby Doo, The classic mystery

A trailer for Inception:

My Favourite Pictures

This is a reflection of Kaesha and I. It was taken by the door at the school.

Portrait: This is a portrait of Steph and Kaesha from above.

Landscape: This picture was taken at the creek by the school. It's a very beautiful picture of nature.

Close Up: I love this picture because of the contrast between the colour of the leaf and the rest of the picture.

Something man made lost in nature: This picture was taken from on the bridge looking down. We spotted this juice box, and thought it would make a good picture.

One Colour: This picture emphasizes red...a close up of the fire alarm against the bricks.

Texture: The texture of the bricks is emphasized in this picture. Steph and I are walking away in the background!

A silhouette: This picture is a silhouette/shadow of Steph, Kaesha, and I. We were posing as Egyptians!

Exaggerated Angle: This picture was taken from below a dandelion which is an angle that you don't often see.

Something grown in an environment that shouldn’t be able to: This vine we found was growing on the fence. There is much contrast from the harsh barb wire to the soft leafs.

Ashley Adams

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