Progression - Blog 5 .

 What is the most significant accomplishment in looking at your Midterm or Final? You can talk about technique in Photoshop, investigating your Big Idea, creating a meaningful artwork, etc.

My Midterm was my most significant accomplishment in this class. This piece was by far the most meaningful piece that I have created in a long time. When I was given the assignment I felt compelled to make a piece that not only fulfilled the Big Idea of Time but a piece that also was a social commentary. 

Also, this was also a new learning experience for me because I have never created a diptych before. I had to think about how I was going to compose the images in a way that both of the images were able to stand alone, but work together. The Photoshop techniques that I used were rather simple, but I did to try to use elements to ensure that the images were cohesive such as color and texture.

    Choose a project in the class and discuss your most challenging learning experience in Photoshop. Focus on a technique or concept from Photoshop that was difficult at first, but that you mastered by the end of the quarter.

The Edible Architecture Quiz was the most challenging project to me by far. I had trouble with the idea of blending the image of a fruit and buildings seamlessly. It certainly took alot of time to make and to figure out how to layer the different elements so that it created one image. I think with the completion of this quiz, I feel like I mastered this technique. 

Compare two projects from the quarter to compare and contrast how you achieved making meaning in the work. Try to showcase in your examples an improved capacity to making visual images that mean something as opposed to being a showcase of technique.

With  the projects there were times when I wanted to have meaning and there were times when I was just completing the project with more attention to technique. For example, in the Retouching quiz and the magazine quiz, I was  just concerned about the technical aspects of the project. I wanted to make sure it was realistic looking and I  wanted to master the technique itself. However, in my final I was so overcome by emotion that I wanted to make sure the viewer knew how I felt. Also, I wanted to include the subject of HIV/AIDS to raise some awareness while I was conveying my message.