Leslie D. Martin - Project 4

Leslie D. Martin / Composite
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I am not a graphic artist, that's for sure. I can look at a well done image and appreciate the quality but am unable to reproduce that quality myself. Consequently, my images are rather pedestrian in comparison.

Of the images I produced this week, I would say this is probably the best of them. I think if I were do make any changes it would be to increase the size of the canvas, allowing blank space around the larger images and keeping the corners of the smaller images intact.

Now, on to the mandatory questions and answers:

1) I experimented with a number of blend modes but didn't care for the results of most of them, at least in the context of the images I was working on. The one that had the most obvious and interesting results was the linear dodge.

2) I used stacking order (along with some judicious duplicating and chopping) to create the overlapping. affect in the image. Placing one image "above" or "below" an image that had a interactive blend (such as the linear dodge) dictated how (or if) that blend interacted with an overlapping element.

3) I used a lot of drop shadows and traces. And I did quite a bit of drop & copy.

4) Probably the biggest layer tool is proper naming, especially when dealing with layers which have small elements on them that do not show up distinctly in the layer thumbnail. I will definitely work on keeping layers well named.

5) My biggest challenge is still my selection technique and quality.

6) Control-Delete is a favorite.

The link to my Project 4 page is here and the above photo. I also have begun keeping a general index page up dated and that can be found here.