Replacing Color

So, I don't know about you guys but I definitely had trouble doing the practice assignment when we had to replace the color of the girls hat. My hat turned out really sloppy and when I was trying to select alternate colors I would get part of the girls face. I went searching for a site that could help me with that problem and here is what I found. I hope it helps you. Good luck!

http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/elements/replace_color.html

Composition

This image comes from one of my favorite photographers, Diane Arbus. Because twins are being photographed the native image becomes far more interesting than if a single subject was being photographed. Also, for me the image seems full of emotion partly because of the black and white color scheme but also because one of the girls seems a bit happier than the other. This leaves you wondering about their story.


This is a native photo that my friend Tori took. I like the angle of the photo and how the bubbles seem like they could come out of the picture. I also love the color in the bubbles. Also, how the image is cropped is good because there isn't empty space that takes away from the photo.




I took this picture at SXSW (a music festival in Austin). I really like the jpeg because there was a lot going on. You can't really tell from the photo but I was dead in the middle of the crowd and people were pushing me left and right. Basically I just got really lucky with this shot. The main subject is framed by the crowd and the edge of the image.

Poorly Designed

This image is an example of poor design because it is very cluttered. Though your eyes do go to the home first (or maybe the bulky piece of wood) there isn't a specific place your eyes go to next. The image provides too many dominant pieces for the viewer to look at resulting in a loss of appeal and a loss of the viewers interest.

Well Designed

Good design is indeed felt. You know something is designed well when it fulfills the goal you designed the image for in the first place. You also know good design when it invokes emotion within your audience. I feels that this image shows good design. The finger serves two purposes. One reason is to get the audience to look at the text (which it does) and the other reason is to show the sense of feeling. Though this image is a little off balanced I feel the designer used the negative space well in coloring it and adding aspects of an aged photo. Also, the asymmetrical display of the photo adds character to the image. In my opinion more character than if it was to be perfectly symmetrical.