Final Project

Our final class project will consist of... Drumroll please...

A COLORING Assignment!

Yup, that's right, it's gonna be sweet. The reason I asked you guys to download photoshop and take pictures of your classmates is because we're going to be creating coloring pages today in class based on those images. Here's what I want for you when coloring though.

1. Explore new methods for coloring. Are you going to melt colors together and brush it on? Cut chunks off a coloring stick and rub it in? There are TONS of different methods out there that go far beyond simply coloring in the outlines of an image. Explore and have fun!

2. You are going to choose two images to color. Both pages should be 8.5x11, black and white.

3. Before you start coloring your images and after exploring methods, write out what you're going to attempt and your process and post it to your blog.

3. Upon completion, take pictures of your images and post them onto your blog. With the images provide a 2-3 paragraph summary of how the process went. Was it harder and or more complicated than you thought? What methods would you have liked to try that you didn't?


Here's how we're going to turn your photographs into coloring pages:

1. Open Photograph
2. Duplicate the layer
3. Go to Image - Adjustments - Desaturate
4. Duplicate that layer
5. Go to Image - Adjustments - Invert
6. Go to Blending Options for that layer and choose linear dodge
7. For that layer go to: Filter - Blur - Guassian Blur (Find the best combination of black and white colors using the slider).