My Business Card

Copy #1

Copy #2

I have the more simple card on top, but I kind of like the 2nd card with more smoke.  I like them both but couldnt decide on only one.

The artist statement I found

This artist statement is by Nik Ainley.  His statement talks a little bit about photoshop (because it is the photoshop spotlight) but the majority of it is still inspiring.  His work is insanely good I incourage you to check it out, he has some of his work on this page and also at shinybinary.com

http://www.photoshop.com/spotlights/nik-ainley

15 Artists

Friends (Do not have websites, but facebook instead)
1. Jesse Guzik-The way he takes photos and edits them in photoshop is very unique, unlike anyone else's photos I've seen.
2. Jessica Beaumont-She has a lot of feelings in her drawings/paintings, sometimes loud and upfront, but other times hidden inside the drawing.
3.Laura Velasco-Influencial portraits and drawings that express people's feelings.
4.Karrah Kobus-Very different style of photography, use of many different layers giving it an older feel.
5.Bill Hickey(Hickeyphotography.com)-Very good action shots of my favorite sports.

Deviant Art (All artists under this were found at deviantart.com)
6. John De Bord-Great landscape photos.
7. Adam Dobrovits-Very crisp photos, also fall colors.
8. Leszek Bujnowski-Good photoshop skills.
9. Anja Buhrer-Good photoshop skills on real photos.
10. Myrna Y. Jacobs-Awesome darkroom photo skills.
11. Charles Winburn-Knows his camera settings well, tilt, macro, shift, shutter, etc.
12. Cody-Great sense of movement in his photos.

Random websites
13. Tylerstableford.com-Good unique angles for photography.
14. Adelldonague.com-Great graphic design layouts!
15. NIK AINLEY/shinybinary.com-By far my favorite photoshop artist.  Has a lot of amazing work.  Found him originally on the photoshop.com spotlight, but the site I listed is his own site full of work.

Edited movie poster

This is my edited movie poster.  All I did was make the cord on the microphone go to the top of the page.  Then I also added a layer of black at the bottom and put the text on that so it would stand out more.

MY movie poster

I chose this poster because it was my own image.  I take photos quite a bit and when I looked through mine I seen this one I thought it looked perfect for a movie cover.  I wanted to be able to make something that was mine and not have to take a photo from google or etc.  I feel that the composure and the way the photo was taken worked well.  If this were a "real" movie, it would be about a younger guy becoming a music star.

The process: I started out by removing a few objects in the photo.  There was a bench and window corner that i took out.  I did this by using the clone stamp and patch tool.  I also added a couple objects, the headphones on his head and the microphone were added to the photo.  For the text, I just used a basic font and added some shadow to it.  And for the bottom text I just found a font I thought was most similar to other movie poster fonts.  As for the photo itself, I cut the guy's body and the back ground into two different layers.  In each layer I adjusted the curves to my liking.  I also dealt with the temp, contrast, vibrance, etc.  Finally, I added a blank layer on top, filled it with black, then erased it until I got the corners darkened to how I wanted them.  

Follow your dreams

I chose the quote "follow your dreams".  I think everyone should atleast TRY to follow their dreams because if you dont, you will always wonder what if...Besides, the adventure itself is a pretty fun one.  Life is too short to not enjoy so go for it while its here.  I chose these fonts because they flow well with the back ground on the mountains, and I also like the "curvi-ness" to them.  I dont think a straight edge or real fancy font would work with this, so this font worked pretty well.

Good/Bad Movie Posters

I think this movie poster is a great one.  The images are really interesting and pulls my eyes into the poster.  I also like a lot how they have photos of the main characters and also a photo of what the movie is about.  I think they did a good job at fading the characters photos and movie image together, with the title being smack in the middle.  The colors dont pop out at you too much, but I like the colors for this movie because it gives it a "western" feel and a little bit of an older feel as well.  Kind of like Indiana Jones.

I dont particularly care for this movie poster.  There arent any vibrant colors or anything that really pops out to my eye.  It also doesnt give you a very good hint of what the movie is about.  Also the way the body is composed in this image doesnt really flow with the water he's under.  Overall I just think this is a really simple, bland kind of poster.