Dots

I created this picture together with Annie & George. We shared the work and everyone put in a bit of work. We all made our own dots and in all different colours by using the basic shapes we learned and put them together.

Spring Arts Fesitval

For the Spring Arts festival we had to create picture for our parents to look and see what we have been doing. I created a Frog and made a very simple backround to go with it. Then I also added some text. I created some bubbles by myself too by using the skills we learned at the beggining of the year by using simple and basic shapes to create something. I made circles and then gave it a stroke to make them look like they are underwater bubles. Making something and then putting a backround can really change the picture and make it look alot more intresting.

Spring Arts Festival

Yesterday was the Spring Arts Festival and we showed all our artwork to our parents. For the Spring arts festival we took pictures we made and created a backround for them. On the pictue on the side you can see that I took the Penguin that I did a while ago and created a piece of ice that he is standing on. Then I Put a sky to the picture and also added Water. Once I got the picture done I put some Text to go with it. It makes the picture look more intresting this way.

Magic Wand

During the last classs I made a Magic Wand. I had to use a rectangle and then move the little squares in the corners to make it look more like a wand. I also then had to make these circles and blur them. I then gave it a purple backround to make it look more colourful and intresting. Making this Wand took me a long hile and was a challenge for me because I wasent very comfterable with Fill & Stroke so it took me a while to get more used to it.

Bubble Text

Making This text was very simple. I had to learn how to move and scroll around the text and be able to use the Fill & Stroke tool.I had to also use the bezier tool to pull out letters from each other in order to make it give that bubble effect. It was a challenge for me because you had to be carfeul not to drag it out to far otherwise the bubble would be humungeous and you had to be careful not to pull out to little otherwise you cant see a difference.
It goes pretty fast and is a quick way to make a bubble text.

Reflection Text

Making this reflection Text was even easier than doing the Buble text. It goes really quick and I really likes this one because it is simple but very pretty. I have this as a wallpaper for my Tablet. You can also decorate them with other shapes and objects that I created over the last months. Making this I just had to use the Fill and Stroke. And I used Path --> Dynamic Offset so it would give me the fading effect.

Making this wasent difficult and you dident have to know to many skills. The steps were also pretty simple but very clear and well described. -)

Bubble Text

I Made this BubblyText over Inkscape. I thought it as very fun and pretty simple creating this. Making this all you needed was to know how to use fill and Stroke and a bit of the bezier toold.

In the picture at the side you can see that there is my name and around it two bubbles which go over it exactly. To make this i had to go on Path and then Dynamic offset. So then i would be left with one node that i could pull up to make it give that bubbl effect. It was very simple making it and takes about 5 minutes to do without using the instructions.

I tought it would be pretty hard but it turned out to be very simple. It was fun creating these and then setting them as my backround picture for my tablet.

Jeans & Snowboard

At the side you can see that there are pants and a snowboard. In order for me to create this i had to use the bezier tool to create pants. Then when I had to shape of the pants a I could have created my own pattern and put it on the Shape i like. I also made a snowboard and put my own pattern on it.

To make the Pattern I choose shapes that I like like and grouped them together. It was fun to be able to create your own clothing, snoboards, shoes.. etc.

Macro Skills

Using the Micro option on the Camera was very intresting. I learned many new intresting ways. To take a good picture using the macro option you have to take tons of pictures like you usually do, so atleast one pisture is the way that you want it to look like. For Macro you need to get very close to your object so you are about to touch it. To make the picture maybe look a little more intresting you should try and change the persepective of the picture or take it from far below or form far above.
On the Picture above you can see that i tried to take a picture of the intresting pattern which goes zig-zag. In between each zig-zag there is dirt. The dirt is clearly visible and it makes the picture look very niceand giving it this nice touch of nature.
The macro function makes yoube able to see things that you dont see with your bare eyes.
I have a camera at home and im sure i have the macro function on it because i see the "flower" icon alot but i never really knew what it was for. Now i know that i can use it to take intresting pictures from up close.
The Macro function shows many things which are really intresting, for example it really shows some outlines and bumps and dirt that we usually dont look at or notice when we look at the corner of a bench or a piece of wood.

Beach Picture

The night is lighter than it's hue, originally uploaded by f. prestes.

in this picture you can see that there is a bunch of people jumping up. This picture shows that the photgrapher had to most probably take tons of pictures to get one good one. This picture shoes that the rules are broken. no rule of thirds... no symetry.... no depth of field.

Sunlight from WIndow

La soledad del Gran Azul, originally uploaded by conxitam.

In this picture the sunlights come right through the window. The photographer of this picture took put the window at the side which makes it a little more intresting for the eye to look at. Its a really beautiful picture. This picture is an example of the Rule of Thirds

Paint

59:365 "photography makes us feel that the world is more available than it really is." - susan sontag, originally uploaded by julochka.

I really like this picture because the depth of this picture makes it intresting. The paint looks like it was just freshly used and the depth gives the picture a more intresting effect.

Girl on a Railway Track

, originally uploaded by ashley rose,.

The photographer made this picture look very beautiful and has nice tones. The train Tracks in this picture show symetry and look like they never end.

Digital Photgraphy

We learned how to make pictures look very professional. Yesterday we went out to take some fotos around our School. We learned how to use some tools on the camera that we never used before. I learned how to focus and reframe an object which makes it look better because the picture that you reframe and focus stand out a bit from all others around.

We learned what rule of thirds was. The rule of thirds is a chart which is split into 3 coloums and 3 rows. The rule of thirds is used to make the picture look prettier and proffesional. To use the tule of thirds you should try and make sure that the main object that you are focussing on one of the points. On the Picture above you can see that the tree is the main object but there are also two other objects in the picture. The tree is put up into the right hand corner.

We also learned that we have to take a lot of fotos because there is a higher chance that one foto is good if you take so many fotos. You should try and change the way you hold the camera or maybe put a slight tilt into it to make it look a bit more intresting. The more you experiment with your camera the more likely you wil have a picture that looks like you wan it.

To get a better picture you should maybe get closer to your object so you have a better view from it. Getting close can make your picture look prettier.

Penguin

In order to make this Penguin i needed some skills. I learnt how to make this Penguin using an internet site which showed me the steps. The Process of making this Penguin was very fun especially learning how to use tools and get more familiar with them. I learned more about the gradient tool. Using the Gradient tool was used alot throughout this Penguin.

The Penguin was a challenging thing to make for me.

Boy

After Creating the Hearts we learned how to make a cartoon Head. In order to make this cartoon head you had to start of with simple shapes. I made this head using Youtube. On Youtube there are videos on how to make the Boy. First i thought i wouldent be able to make it look like a boy but if you follow the steps they go easier and easier.
I Learned a new Tool called the Bezier Tool. This tool allows you to be able to move any line or shape however you like. We learned how to control and get more confident with the nodes. once you work alot with the nodes it goes easier. You should make sure you dont have to many nodes because the object looks better with hardly any nodes.
I really likes making this boy because i learned more tools on Inkscape drawing this Boy.

Heart with a Backround

After learning how to do a heart we learned more and more advanced things to add to the Heart to make it look more realistic and intresting to look at. In the picture above i learned how to add a sparkle to the heart and to make a backround. I also learned to make another backround to the heart to make it more advanced. I learned how to do this just out of a simple circle again. It now makes the heart look more like a 3-D shape instead of just a flat hert drawn on a piece of paper.
In order to get the backround for the Heart we need to duplicate it and make it a little smaller than the first one. I also learned how to use different tools through watching videos on Youtube other people have created. Making this heart i found out alot of tools to make the heart seem more alive and creativ.

Learning things on Inkscape

My Hearts : )

In Inkscape i Have learned many things already made up of only very simple shapes such as circles , triangles , squares , rectangles etc. At the top i made a heart out of a circles. In order for me to convert the Circle to a heart I have to use nodes. Nodes are handles that help you form the shape into whatever you like. Its very intresting to see how you can make so many different kinds of shapes and objects out of just one simple Shape. We also did clovers and bones. The Clover and the Bone are also made out of simple easy shapes. At the begging it was pretty hard but when you do it over and over you start to get the hang of it. I really thought i wouldent be able to do that.

I also learned how to put in a Gradient. Gradients are fillings that fill the shape in a different colour. The heart in the middle has a purple, blue and pink gradient . The gradients make the heart look prettier. I like the gradients because they make the heart look alot more intresting to look at. You can make your own gradients in all colours you like. It was very intresting to see that at the begging when i started i had a normal plain circle and now i have a heart with all sorts of colours ! I really enjoyed drawing the hearts.