Studio Brief - Design Process – Software Workshop Photoshop - Evaluation

This project involved a process of attending workshops in order to ensure you were capable of using the software, before then independently creating a set of post-cards based around a given theme. My theme was triangle, and so I initially went around taking photographs of college and looking on various design blogs to get some research and inspiration. Once I had come up with my idea of creating a set of 4 post-cards with a final post card showing the others put together, I then made sure I had enough photographs to be able to work from. I chose my 4 photographs that I felt gave an interesting perspective of college that you wouldn't normally see. I then designed my diamond that was split into four sections; my plan was to put a section of the diamond on each post card; the last design having the entire diamond on.

I took my image and my section of the diamond and, in Photoshop, selected the area of my diamond that I wanted to use. I then deleted this selection from my photograph, leaving me with a white diamond  on my photo. To ensure that the diamond was instantly noticeable, I changed the levels and curves of the photograph making it become higher in contrast. To add some variety within my designs, for my final outcome, I made the selection inverted meaning that the diamond was made out of sections of the pictures. This makes it appear as though the sections that are missing from my four designs have been put onto my last design, keeping consistency throughout. I think that within this brief, although I have used Photoshop to edit my photographs in numerous ways, I haven't used it enough. However for me to produce work based around my idea, this was the most I could use Photoshop. I feel that I have kept my designs simple and minimal, clean and effective; I have also fulfilled the brief and like the way in which my designs create visual interest from not having any context.