+ 100 Years

This was my least favorite of the three images I created. I was disappointed in the composition of this image, because I should have made myself larger to get a better effect with the gas mask over my face. I also should have tried for a background image of higher resolution.

+ 25 Years

I also like the way that this image turned out. I decided to remove the color from my entire body as I felt that it made the whole piece seem colder, more robotic and metallic- like. The entire image I think is interesting to look at, however if I were to improve this image I would try to improve the spot where my arm is attatched to the robotic hand, however like with the image of my head shot, I had trouble with settings that I had chosen with opacity and layers that I was unsure of how to fix.

+ 50 Years

This was my favorite of the three images that I created. I like the composition, as the wallpaper that I found to go behind the image of my face both contrasts and accents the colors in my hair and face. If I could change anything about this image, I would change the light area that is around my neck. I attempted to change the color of this area but had many problems changing it because of some mistakes that I had made with layers and opacity.

Photoshop Project #1

Well, my first photoshop project is definitely proving to be a challenge. I find that I understand the photoshop techniques as we follow along in class, but then as soon as I go to apply them for my first project I draw a blank. So, this project has forced me to sort of guess and check in Photoshop.
Right now I am working on my first project, and I am having a problem with changing the value of the skin on my neck. I took the face of an older woman that I copied from Photodisk, and pasted it on top of my own, however there was no neck portion of the pasted photo so it looks very unfinished right now. I am actually quite happy with the way that it looks anyways, because for this one I wanted to go with a simpler, more realistic look, like a photo. For my other two projects I want them to be a bit more out- there, more science fiction- like.