This week in class, we had to complete a portrait series of three pieces. Wh had to look at the National press photographers association portrait contest and use ideas from it. We looked at the 1st - 4th place winners. Each had a story to go along with the photos. So, my story is self expression and learning. Like in school you are required to take certain courses, even though they may not interest you. This piece is me walking ht e opposite direction of a one way street. I am going off course of what is expected of me.

This is the second of the three tutorials we had to do. We had to paint someone or a self portrait. I decided to paint a fellow class mate, Seif. I used the cut-out filter as a start to get all the base colors in the face. Then i went back in and added all the details. I used a brush for the hair and the eye brows. i then used the burn tool to add depth and facial features. There was one other piece we had to do wirh painting that i completed, but i like this one more.

This is one of the pieces i was working on this week. The second half of the year we are focusing on photos. We had three tutorials this week and i completed one, the one above. And the second drawing one i am almost completed with. I kinda went of course the tutorial for this one. I used the filters and how to black out the eyes, But i added the scratch to her and played with the contrast of the picture. I added the blood drip and used the burn tool to make her look evil.

Our first week back we had a new project, something we haven't done before. We had to work with portraits. Me, Ryan and cole went around school and took various pictures of each other. We each had to do three portraits, and this is one of the Three i've done. I used various filters and HDR to edit the images. Tis one i used HDR.  I will post the other images i've completed later.

After the speaker we had last week in our assembly, it made me thing about what we are doing to the wildlife. He mentioned the florida panther becoming extinct because of roads that cut off connection between the rest of the continent. So i decided to make a propaganda piece to try and protest to help save the florida panther.

This is the second piece i made this week. The first one was a Hanukkah card i made for the holidays. This piece i made in the style of a contest on worth1000.com However, instead of following the guidelines for the contest, i wanted to do it my own way. I didn't want to use a celebrity so i used a fellow classmate Safe. I put a mini version of him on his lap. I warped his feet to make it look they are dangling. I also used perspective e to make it look more real and i also added a shadow to wee he was sitting.

This week in class we had to do a propaganda piece. I chose to make a piece into a school rule. At Shorecrest, you are not aloud to have tattoos, but if you do, you must have it covered up. So i used a old piece of my class mate Dylan, and made him black and white, an out cast. Along with the rest of the class walking away. The i put some expressions and a catch line i came up with, Personal expression prevents depression. Which in fact i think does. If people cant express your self, infact they will become depressed.