Artist Statement

In my portfolio you will find 16 different projects all of which I required different skills and techniques to complete the projects. These skills were acquired in the process of taking pictures and using Photoshop. Although my portfolio may not be perfect it is my work and I am proud to show it and not afraid to admit in any way that there are improvements that could have been made, but it’s to late now. I have learned so many things in this past semester that to tell each thing would make this artist statement insanely to long. A broad selection of the many things I learned is Photoshop in general. I have never used Photoshop until this class and learning how to turn my pictures different colors, blur them, fix the lighting, and numerous amounts of more effects are the main things I can touch on for what I learned when relating to Photoshop.

I feel that I was most successful with my Photographic Effects project. This is due to the fact that I had to use Photoshop to mess with my own pictures and who better to fix my pictures then me? I knew what I wanted myself to look like, but I had not learned how to do it all just yet. I had more freedom when doing this project so it made it fun for me and worry free because I felt that regardless of what I did to my picture I couldn't go wrong. The project was not precise on what exactly had to be done but had a wide range of the effects you could use which relieved me off any stress- I was able to comfortably do the project which I believe I was the most successful with between all the projects.

On the other hand I did struggle as well. My biggest struggle was with Photoshop solely because of the fact that I had a difficult time remembering how to do all that was taught to me and combine them to make the image amazing. I had people around me to assist me when I would get lost or forget how to do something. The hardest thing was simply remembering it all because it’s so much information to retain. In the future I feel I can improve by being more creative in what I do when using Photoshop because I do not fully think outside the box just yet. Although my mind has opened to new ideas in the past semester and I feel that is a great improvement. =]