Evaluation

This whole process of making an Avatar was fun and I really enjoyed it. This task really worked out for me, I had a few problems along the way but with the help of Mr Powell I finally got them all fixed. I feel like i used my time correctly I finished both my Avatars and had some time to work on my blog. Although I thought I worked really well I felt like I should add and fix things up, but I still like the way everything has turned out. I think I worked well on my blog, but I also had some problems this is because during the process of making my avatar I had some trouble with making the file into a JPEG. Once got them working I tried to put them on blogger but it wouldn't let me so, I had to put them up in the last minute. I did have a good saving method as i saved it every 10 minutes onto my USB and on my home drive at school. I am very pleased with my final product, I am so happy because I never thought I would be able to do this, and I love the way it has turned out. If I had to do this Project I again I would like to try and change the background, I would also like to try some different emotions. So far I am really enjoying Creative Media, I can't wait and see what we are doing next term.

Reflection

I am really happy with both of my avatars; I think they look really good. I liked the way I did the skin and the eyes I think it looks really cool. I loved how can changed the nose to make it wider with liquefy. I also liked doing the hair I loved how I could change the colour and see how it looks. I had trouble with the hair it was hard to get every bit of hair to change the colour because you can't keep some bits black and other bits purple. I also had trouble with the eyes, it was hard because when I put the eyes on a separate layer they were huge but when I put the layer on with all the other layers they went back to small but I finally got it at the end. I changed the colour of the eyes, hair and the skin allot because all the colours I tried didn't show both emotions. I tried red, yellow, green. But in the end I used the colour purple and blue.
This term on photoshop I have learnt how to:

* Mask
* Make and use layers
* Use the selection tools
* Free transform (apple T)
* Use colour pickers and colour adjustments.
* Crop command
* Liquefy
* Hue and Saturation

My avatar is always happy or sad; they show a little bit of anger but not that much. I used these tools to reflect their personality as i used the liquefy tool to widen her mouth on my happy avatar or I also used it to make both their nose wider and larger and the eye brows look wavy and sad. I used the mask in many things, I used it on the hair and the eyes and the skin. I used the colour adjustment to change the colours. I used transformed to make the eyes bigger to make it happy and sad. I really like working independently, I prefer looking at the demonstrations on the smartboard. I am a visual learner and i am not a huge fan on taking notes and I like working on projects and learning new stuff as i go. I really like this project because that is what Mr Powell did during this avatar project while we were working he showed us different stuff that we could use on our final project. So to get this project done I basically watched all the demonstrations and videos on the smartboard and I knew what to do. But I did ask for a little bit of help when I did get stuck.
I really had fun with Photoshop this term!! :) :)

My Final Avatar (Happy)

This is my final copy of my avatar i really like it allot. I hope you do.

My Progress of My Avatar (Sad)

I really like what i have done with this avatar. I don't think i am going to change anything for my final product. But i would like to add a back ground in at the back so it really shows the emotion. Other wise i really like it allot.

My Progress for My Avatar (Happy)

This is what i have done so far. I like how it looks, but i would still like to change the colour of her hair and lips. I would also like to fix up a little bit around the eyes so none of her real skin can be seen. But i think it looks pretty good.

Personality Profile For My Avatar!

My avatars show both emotions happiness and sadness. When my avatar is showing the emotion happy, she loves meeting new people, she loves talking and smiling and saying hello. When my avatar is sad she doesn't like talking to anyone, meeting anyone, she doesn't smile and quickly rushes in to the jungle. My sad avatar sits and thinks to herself near a jungle tree and cries. My avatars are very caring and understanding. My avatars love to run around with Na'vi creatures in the jungle. My avatars are from a group called Ta'vi,they stay on the north side of the jungle. People can get very aggressive when it comes to people killing there animals. Na vi People on the other side of the jungle hate talking to Humans, but on the other hand the people of Ta'vi like to make friends with the Humans, although they tend to get a little bit aggressive when the Humans are trying to destroy their nation. When Humans are destroying their nation the Na'vi and Ta'vi people and creatures come together to save the nation. The people of Ta'vi have huge eyes to see all around them without turning around. The eyes are purple because it shows a sense of welcome, and it is also so that the people of Ta'vi can have x-ray vision and normal coloured vision so that they know when their enemies are and where they are hiding. Ta'vi people are blue because the colour blue represents sadness and happiness. Ta'vi people have a zebra printed skin so that they can match their creatures and trees in the jungle. Ta'vi people have big noses so that they can smell around them to find their prey. When the Ta'vi people are happy they have huge smile this is because they like to greet everyone as they walk past. The Ta'vi people when they are happy they have purple so that it matches their eyes. When the Ta'vi people are sad their hair changes colour to brown to tell people they are sad and don't want to talk.

The Picture I Might Use (Sadness/ Depression)

http://coolaggregator.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/

I have decided to do Keira Knightly for my next picture showing the emotion sadness or depression. It will be exactly like Selena but with a few minor changes.

My Idea's

I think i will make my image look something like this but with a few minor changes, like the colour of her eyes and the hair and skin. I might also make the mouth a little bit smaller, because lets just say it looks a little bit freaky and alien like. To do this picture i used everything that i learnt this term and a little bit extra that Mr Powell helped me with.

My ideas

I was think about doing something like this to her eyes to make them look bigger. I also might change a pupil eye colour to yellow to make her look happy. To do this i used the tools:

• Mask


• Transform/or free transform tools(apple T)


• Layers


• the Selection tools


• Hue and Saturation (apple U)

But i would have to get a bigger picture to see and shape the eyes a little bit better.

The Picture I might use (Happy)

http://www.kidstv.co.il/bme/275224

I think i might use this picture of Selena Gomez. I would like to use this image and make her eyes bigger and her mouth wider to make it look like she is happy. I would also like to change the colour of her skin and put a animal skin on her, and i might change her hair colour as well.

Idea's for Avatar

avatar-forums.com

I really like this idea i think i might do something like this but make her look happy and use bright colours. I think i might use the zebra skin . I will make the persons eye bigger and mouth as well as change the colour of her skin and hair.