Kaleidoscope

For the kaleidoscope project, I picked the theme of the 4 elements: water, earth, fire, and air. For fire I drew a flame, for earth I drew some green leaves, for water I drew a water drop, and for air I drew a double spiral to try to look like wind. Then, I scanned the images and uploaded them to photoshop. I layered the 4 pictures on top of each other in different ways and cut a triangle out of the layers. Then I duplicated the triangle and flipped it horizontally to make it symmetrical. Then I used the triangles to make a hexagon that had lines of symmetry from each corner to its opposite corner. Then, I duplicated the hexagon enough times to fill up the photoshop page and it made a kaleidoscope effect. 

I made 3 different kaleidoscopes. Each has a horizontal line of symmetry. However some hexagons were easier to line up than others.

15 Green Things

For this project I chose to use the 15 random images to make the head of the dragon

1. Grass - I used it as a pattern on the dragon's neck
2. Max/baby - I just used the dotted background to make a pattern on the dragon's snout
3. Laura City - I took the texture of her coat and used it as a base for any part of the dragon I was missing
4. Fireworks - I took the design above the words and made it like the dragons eye socket and brow ridge
5. Free Air - I used the box labeled "free air" to make scales on the dragon's lower neck
6. Trees - I cut out the shape I wanted from the picture and made it the dragon's lower jaw
7. Daisy - I used the cat's ears to make the dragon's frills
8. Wheelchair - I used the body of the man in the wheelchair symbol to outline the dragon's head
9. Hands - I cut out the hands and used them to make part of the dragon's jaw
10. Street Arrow - I warped duplicated the arrow and made them into horns for the dragon
11. Arch - I cut out the image inside the arch and used it as piece that was missing in the dragon's head
12. Car - I cut out the car's headlight and made it into the dragon's eye
13. Apples - I warped the apples and made them into scales on the dragon's upper jaw
14. Meter - I took the top of the parking meter and used it to make the end of the dragon's snout
15. Sam funny - I cut out the boy's teeth and warped them into dragon's teeth

Digital painting

For my digital painting I chose to make a portrait of the villain from the upcoming sequel to the Avengers. His name is Ultron and he is a highly intelligent and deadly robot set on destroying the human race. I chose to paint him because he has a very cool design and he glows red at certain spots on his head and chest which I thought would be cool to make in photoshop. Originally, the picture was much larger and showed more of Ultron but I realized I wouldn't have the time to paint over the whole picture so I had to crop it to show just his head and shoulders. But i still am proud of the way it came out with all the blending colors and detailed curves. It really looks like shining metal.