Skylar's Butterfly

First I made one layer with a square turned it purple, made a second layer, turned that blue, made a third and turned it turquoise. Then I mad three stems with a green pencil, and added stars at the top. To make my stars I selected the star option moved the points around and changed the colors. I pressed ctrl+alt to multiply the stars and put about 10 on each stem. I repeated this again except this time I put them else where and changed the size with the skew tool. I did the same exact thing to make the sun except I made the stroke thicker and yellow. to make the butterfly I made two circles, moved the points around and put an outer bevel on it. Next I added another circle to the middle with the same effects. Then I put alien fluid slaptters in the corners, doughnuts in the middle, and top and bottom corners. Next I placed Two black swirls at the top to represent the antenna. Each one of these separate objects had there own layer.

Skylar's Spot Colors

Original Above

In order to make this image look the way it looks I had to do the following. I saved this picture with all the colors off google on to my file, then I opened them on FireWorks. I used my polygon lasso tool to outline the middle pink flower. I pressed Ctrl+Shift+I(selects the outside) and went to command, then creative, then sepia tones.

Original Below

For this project, we were told to make one landscape picture. I chose one of  the most beautiful ones I could find. In order to make this I had to used both my lasso tool to make one big circle glob around my water. Next I pressed Ctrl+Shift+I to select whats around my circle rather than whats inside. I changed my selected area to a sepia tone. Once I was done with that I grabbed  my wand tool to select every area other than the blue water then changing them to sepia tone. Now that's how I used my tools to create this image.

Original Below

This image was rather easy but beautiful to make. First I placed the original on my canvas, then used my lasso tool to select around pink book. Next I pressed Ctrl+Shift+I to select outside of the book and chose a sepia tone.Then I went in with the wand tool and selected all the colors other then pink and converted them to a sepia tone(which didn't make much of a difference).

 

In order to do this, I used the lasso tool to circle the tree, made the backround sepia tone. After that I Went in my tree with my wand tool and try to select everything but the leaves and change it to a sepia color.

Skylar Zelenko's Alphabet/Font

Zelenko Font

In order to make this font, I made a canvas 8"x10" with a resolution of 200. I made 26 layers and named one by one Aa, Bb, Cc, Ect. My starting font was "Aharoni" until I changed each of the letters to more of a definition font. I selected my "Skew Tool(Q)" and moved around my points to make it the way it looks. In able to make each uppercase letter with its lower case letter I pressed "Ctrl+G". For my stroke I selected "Viscous Alien Paint" and put a inner bevelment on each letter. I sized each letter to fit my canvas and typed the name of my font at the bottom with my font. Zelenko.

Skylar Zelenko's Cornucopia

In order to make my cornucopia I selected a 1000x1000 canvas with the resolution set to 200. Then I set my background to a pumpkin orange. If you look in my cornucopia there are various fruits and vegetable like corn, pumpkin, squash, grapes, apples, tomatoes, sweet peas, potatoes, garlic, etc. For each one these items, I made a different layer and named each one by the contents. For example my first layer would be named basket, in which I would make my basket. If you notice each one of my vegetables and fruits have all started off with a circle, other then the leaves. In order to do this I had to move around the different points with my white arrow to adjust the item to the appropriate shape. To make mutiple fruits and vegetables, I pressed Ctrl+Alt while holding them, and it duplicated the object. I changed the fill for each of these with the appropriate color, and used the pencil tool to makes stems. I also I added some textures and patteren, which you will see if you look closely at the corn or the tomato tops. To make my basket I added circles and made them get smaller behind each other. For my leaves I added stars, while moving around the points it began to look like a leave. I changed each of the leaves sizes and colors to give it fall spirit. Then I pressed Crtl+Alt once again to duplicate the leaves. I also added two text boxes one in the lower right corner and one in the top right corner. I chose a font to fit with my Thanksgiving theme. Thankyou for reading my blog!

Skylar Zelenko color emotions

Hopeful

This emotion is hopeful. I chose this color because purple is a hopeful color for me. Its soft and pleasant. I made the image look like the sky because the sky is the limit and that gives me hope. In order to make this image I did the following. I made a 400x300 pixel template and set the resolution to 200. I chose a soft purple for my back round. Next for my first layer I placed stars with the stroke set to, "1-Pixel Hard" and my fill a dark purple. My second layer consisted of fatter stars filled with a very dark purple. Then I chose "Viscous Alien Paint" and made cloud like figures. For my third and final layer I selected my wand tool and made purple lines over my clouds to make a nice swerve effect.

Fear

My second emotion is fear. I chose this green  for fear because dark green reminds me of scarey things. This image represents to me a nice green field and a scarey green cloud engulfing the feild filling you with fear. In order to make this image I did the following. I made a 400x300 pixel template and set the resolution to 200. I chose a light green for the back round to make almost a green sky. My first layer I chose a green "Viscous Alien Paint" and made cloud. Then I chose a mint green for my rounded rectangle and placed it in the corner and set the stroke at dots. Then I chose alien splatter to fit in the corner.

Loathing

My third emotion is loathing. I chose pink for this emotion because I'm not to fond of it. This image reminds me of that really annoying girl in the school(any school) that always wears pink and chews pink bubble gum while talking to you. In order to make this image I did the following. I made a 400x300 pixel template and set the resolution to 200. I chose a hot pink for the back round to make kind of an annoying  feeling to play off of my pink scratches which represent anger so they equal to a kind of loathing feeling. My first layer is pink lines, in which I chose my wand effect to make various different scratches and set my stroke to "1-Pixel Soft" and my fill to a purplish pink. My second layer consisted of the same thing excepts my fill was set to a light pink. Last but not least i Made my third layer pink "squares."

Depression

My fourth emotion is depression. I chose grey for this emotion because its more of a gloomy color. this image is of a grey night, with a scarey broken bridge and dark clouds filling the sky. Nights like this often make me feel depressed. In order to make this image I did the following. I made a 400x300 pixel template and set the resolution to 200. I chose a grey for my back round , then added three rounded rectangles and placed them towards the top, which was my first layer. Then I added paint splatter with the fill a light grey and spread it across the clouds. I chose a thin water color and made a ground with holes. I also selected my wand tool and made a bridge with the stroke set to crayon basic.

Amazement

My fourth emotion is amazement. I chose blue for this emotion because if you chose different types of blues and make them play off of each other they look exciting. I made a 400x300 pixel template and set the resolution to 200. I chose a blue for my back round, then for my first layer chose a star. I messed around with my handle bars to make the star change its shape. For the second layer I did the same as the first. For the fill of both of my stars I chose folds and moved the handle bars to give it that swirl effect.  Then for the  the side i chose confetti and made it more amazing.

crisp

To make this nameplate I had to make a new document with the resolution set to 200 and my height and width 300x200. I set a black back round and a red rounded rectangle. I set my rounded rectangle to linear red and black. I added a text box with the text style set to "Bickham Script Pro Regular" with a font size of 78. Then I finished my name plate off by saving it.

Skylar's Middle Nameplate

In order to make this nameplate I did the following. I made a new document with the width and height set to 300x200 and the resolution set to 200. I set my back round to a nice dark lavender purple and chose a rounded rectangle for the shape around the name. For the back round I chose a linear effect and the texture set to "Swish." My edge is set to Feather and I chose the back round colors to pink then purple. I added a text box and typed my name inside and set the font style to "AR DARLING" and my font size at 70. Then I finished the nameplate off by changing it to a "JPEG" and now my project is complete.

Skylar's Basic Namplate

To make this basic nameplate I did the following. I made a new document with the width and height set to 300x200 and the resolution set to 200. I made my back round a lime green so that it would be obnoxious, with my orange. I changed my rounded rectangle to a gradient, folds with the fill to an orange.  I moved my handles around to make it look like there are four sections of folds. For my name I added a text box and typed inside my name.  I changed my font size to 68 and the font color to blue and the font style to "AR ESSENCE". Next I changed my nameplate to a Jpeg,  and finished off by saving the file.

Skylar's texture image

In order to make this texture image I did the following. I created a new document with the width set  to 500 and the height set to 300 with the resolution at 200. I set the background to black and added three donuts shapes. I set the donuts fill color to a lime green and outlined it to a bronze like purple. The texture is set to grain and the edge is set to anti-alias. For the two donuts to the right I added a filter called solid shadow and moved the handles around to make the C like shape. This image wasn't originally a JPEG, in order to do that I had to go to optimize on my right and click JPEG-better quality.

Skylar Name Plate#2

In order to make this name plate I had to do the following. I made a new document with the width set to 500 and height to 300 all in pixels with the resolution to 200. For the canvas color I chose black and set it to transparent.  I chose a rounded rectangle, and made the background to(labeled under the gradient) linear. With the color settings to a light green faded into a dark purple. I chose a feather stroke(10), with my edge set to heavy, black. For my name I added a text box and centered it, with my font style set to Bickham Script  Pro Regular. My font size is set to 85 and font color to black, this is  centered as well .

Name Plate#1

I made a new document with the width of three and height of two, with the resolution being 200.
I chose a rounded rectangle, with the canvas color being a hot pink(CC0033). I set my edge to be feather, and my texture to be crosshatch(50%). My color fill for my rounded rectangle was set to black. Located under the Vector tools there's an A, I clicked on that A to get my text box. I changed my font size to 78, my font color to hot pink(CC0033). I made my font bold and italicized, with the font style set to AR DECODE(centered). Once I was done I saved my work.

Color Symbolism

Red:In Russia red means beautiful , in China, red is the color of good luck. In the U.S. we use red for things to represent love or valentines day, its a passion color.

Purple:In Thailand, purple is worn by a widow mourning her husband's death. A “purple  heart” is a U.S. military decoration for soldiers wounded or killed in battle.

Blue: In Iran, blue is the color of mourning. In the U.S the first prize gets a blue
ribbon.
Green:In ancient Greece, green symbolized victory. In the U.S. green represents the holiday St.Patrick's Day.

Yellow:In Egypt and Burma, yellow signifies mourning. In the U.S. we often use yellow as a warning color that's why construction sites have yellow signs.

Orange: In the U.S. we used orange to celebrate Halloween. In China and Japan, orange is used to symbolize happiness and love.

Brown: In the U.S. we use brown to celebrate autumn. In China brown is used to represent earth

Black:The ancient Egyptians believed that black cats had divine powers. In the U.S. black is used for mourning.

White: White means mourning in China and Japan. In the U.S. white is usually perceived to be wearing white.
 
Gray:  In the U.S. gray represents intelligence. In the China gray represents helpfulness.

Graphic Formats

tiff- A format for image files(large) 

gif- A lossless format for image files(large)

jpg/jpeg- A type of graphical file format for pictures with complex colors(small)

png-The definition of PNG is "Image file format"(huge)

Color Definitions

Hue: A shade or color
Chroma:  Intensity or purity of color.
Tint: The mixture of a color with white
Tone: The brightness or deepness of a color
Shade: A color lighter or darker then others
Complementary Colors:Colors opposite of each other on the color wheel
Analogous Colors: A dominant color with each on each side complimenting the dominant color
Contrasting Colors:Complementary colors  
Texture: The appearance of a surface
Graphic Design Principles: How a designer can best arrange the various elements of a page layout
Balance: In which elements are equal
Symmetry:Being made up exactly similar