Self Portraits

Assignment 3

This assignment will move us from basic functions of Photoshop and Illustrator and into the more fine art side of the programs. You will be taking pictures of yourself and creating a self-portrait using both Photoshop and Illustrator together.

In this project, you will be using tools like

-        Photoshop

o   Paint Brush

o   Paint Bucket

o   Burn

o   Dodge

o   Smudge

o   Blur

o   Magic wand

-        Illustrator

o   Pencil

o   Paint Brush

o   Line

o   Add/Remove anchors

o   Direct Selection tool

In addition to these tools, you will work on

-        Layer Organization

-        Layer Labeling

-        Quick Photoshop palette creation

The requirements for this assignment

-        Organization

-        Create an image that looks like yourself
       - You will need to complete one to two images(s) of yourself total. These images can live in the same picture.

-        Color the image in Photoshop

-        Shade the image in Photoshop

-        Create a background that works with the image

-    Complete the artist statement

When this project is turned in, I will be taking

-        Your illustrator image

-        Photoshop image

Picture day information
All pictures must be taken in this class. Nothing from your phone's gallery, or social media can
be used. All computers have cameras on them, We will use those. We also have a small photo 
studio in the back that we can use for more dynamic images

Skin Tone Chart

Self Portrait (Assignment 3)	Excellent (5)	Good (4)	Average (3)	Below Average (2)	Poor (1)
Representation of the artist	The Image was A excellent representation of the artist	The image looked like the artist but needed a little work	The artist was recognizable	Represented the artist but	Did not look like the artist at all
Shading (Style Based)	The shading looked natural	The shading was done well but needs just a little work	There was some shading but a lot of shading was missing	There was little shading found	There was no shading
Completion (background)	The image was completed (With thought out background and self portrait completed)	The portrait was complete but the background needs a little work	Background felt thrown together and not thought of much	The background felt like it was just thrown in to satisfy the requirement	There was no background
Layer Organization	All layers were named and groups were used	Groups were used but not all layers were named or there were loss layers	Some layers were named. One grouping that wasn’t named but the group wasn’t used	No layers were named and no groups were used	Layers were not used.
Artist Statement & Proposal	The proposal was well thought out, detailed and gave a great roadmap as to what the student wanted to do. The statement gave thorough insight into the mind of the artist, what the piece meant and what they wanted the viewer to see	The proposal was well thought out and clear. The statement showed the student thought about their work and what it meant to them.	The proposal had a decent rough draft of what the student wanted to do but and the statement gave some insight to the student’s thoughts	The idea was vague in the proposal and the statement gave me no real information on the piece	There was no statement or proposal