Ethics, Image, Design and Textures

1. Edge of tomorrow

After taking a picture of leaf with a Nikon dslr camera after being intrigued by the way it looked I decided to create a unique album cover using the leaf texture. Using Adobe Photoshop I cropped the image and then copied the same image and put it on top of each other changing the opacity levels. This created a very unique texture. I then put some writing in the centre of the image and put opacity smaller on that too so the texture behind the text would still visible.

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Original photo of leaf texture.

Final image of a leaf texture turned into Photo album

2. True pink

Before creating this image, I was inspired by Pixel Union (2014) Pink Socks Turn Blue album cover. I was inspired by the way the socks showed so much texture and contrast. Also felt like the colour grabbed the viewer’s attention. After taking various photos of textures using a Nikon dslr camera; I felt like a photo I took of a scrunched up tissue would effectively achieve what I was influenced by in The Black Keys Turn Blue album cover. Using Adobe Photoshop I adjusting the images brightness level, contrast and colour. I then put text on top of the texture and chose a font that I felt like suited the texture. This enabled me to create a very unique album cover.

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Pixel Union (2014) Pink Socks Turn Blue album cover.

Original image of a scrunched up tissue texture.

Final texture image of a scrunched up tissue.

3. Circle and Square

I really liked this photo I took using a Nikon dslr camera of the zebra crossing. I decided to enhance the texture by using Adobe Photoshop and adjusted the photos contrast and brightness levels. I then duplicated the same image and put a clipping mask onto a shape of a circle to make the image more interesting. I also decided to spine the circle in the middle around to create more depth.

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Final image using a Zebra crossing texture.

4. Colourful Pattern

It was my first time experiencing creating my own pattern. It was quite a challenge at first with lots of trail and error and having to start over again until I got it right with a pattern I was happy with. To create the pattern I used Adobe Illustrator. Using the shape tool I drew out a shape of a square. I then duplicated the shape and reduced the size to then place it into the centre of the first square shape. Using the pathfinder tool I was able to crop out the smaller square to create a whole new shape. I then duplicated the shape and changed the colour. With the duplicated shape I spined it around so it could be in a 90 degrees angle. I then copied the same shape and then using the pathfinder tool again, I was able to create another unique shape.

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Final image of a pattern I created.

Sparkly Stripes

I experimented with Adobe Photoshop to create this image. After taking a photo of textures using a Nikon dslr camera of a leaf and a texture of a sparkly green motorbike I wanted to see what I could make by combing the two images together to create a whole new texture. I was able to achieve the new texture by placing the photo of the leaf in Adobe Photoshop and cropping it. I then placed a photo of the motorbike on top of the photo of a leaf into Photoshop and cropped it as well. I then changed the opacity of the picture of the green sparkly motorbike. I then was able to create stripes by using the gradient tool.

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