Reflection# 4 Photoshop

               The vector tools are very different from the brushes. One, the vector tools only lets you create shapes like a custom shape, circle, or even a rectangle. Two, while using vector tools and you choose a color, the color automatically fills in the shape. Now with brushes, you manually paint inside the object you drew. To re-create my drawing, I used all different shapes. I used the rectangle tool, the sphere tool, and the custom shape tool. Although, I used the rectangle and custom shape tool the most.
                I think the shapes were more effective on my drawing. Don't get me wrong, the brushes were useful but the shapes made the outcome of my project much more professional. Using the brushes, made my drawing look like a child drew it. Now with the shapes I was able to choose from a variety of effects in order to add them to all my layers. I must admit, with these effects "project 4" looked really good.
                The most difficult thing about working with vector images is getting the size of the shape, just right. That's pretty much what made me slow down during this whole project. Luckily, I quickly got the hang of transforming the shapes. Once I mastered this, I was easily able to scale shapes and rotate them in order to make the drawing look more professional.
                Overall (strength-wise), both my images were pretty strong. I believe that even though my picture from Project 3 was strong, Project 4 came out on top due to its great effects and colors. At the end, both of the pictures worked great together to make my final image.          

Task 2 Reflection # 3

             I chose this person/celebrity because I'm just simply a fan. Music is everything to me, and Tyga (the rapper I did the lab on) is om my list of favorite rappers. I just have a lot of respect for Tyga and that he's doing his thing in the music industry.

             I didn't finish putting all the images in the cutout. But I did get to put 4. I remember choosing 2 pictures which were mixtapes of his. I chose those because they were 2 mixtapes which I thought were great. The other picture I used was of his clothing brand, "Last Kings". I chose that picture simply because the clothes is what's in style right now and is something I definitely wouldn't mind wearing. Especially because he's an excellent artist and i support him.

             I was able to make the silhouette work by making a pretty good selection. I tried my best to make it look perfect. One word I used to trace "Tyga" was YMCMB. This is sort of like the clique Tyga is under. Another word I used was tatted. I picked this because almost his entire body is covered in tattoos. The other word I used was "Last Kings" since that's his clothing brand. The last word I used was SWAG. I used this word because that's exactly what Tyga has, swag. It's the way he dresses, the way he carries himself.

             Everything worked for me. The only thing that probably caused me a little trouble was remembering to choose 8 pictures. I think we had enough time in class to finish it, it's just that I got stuck on a step and it took some valuable time away.