Evaluation

I started but selecting what part of the rocks I would set my dancer in front of, i then found the speakers to cut out and paste into the rocks as if the rocks were casing the speakers i did this by cutting them out and playing with the opacity then adding a shadow next to it so it looks like it is part of the rock, i then started on placing the dancer in the piece and changing the colour and saturation using adjustment masks on the piece, and also playing with the opacity of the image, i then used a custom brush tool to create bubble coming off the dancer and the speakers to give it that illusion of movement i did this on a new layer, next i made a new fill layer and added a filter called noise which left a white dotted look on it i changed to layer to overlay to get rid of the black to just leave the white so it looked like little air bubbles to get that underwater effect and again played with the opacity, i felt my image was missing something so i added different colour starfish and created a masking layer on them to make it look like they were glowing under the water so give it a bit more colour, this was a technique i used in the first demo we did when we started, i then went about added a ripple to the layers to once again give it that underwater look i found it very effective , then all i had to do what make a few touch ups like shadows and little mistakes i had made. I then flattened the image and played around with the levels until i felt my image had the look I wanted it to, all in all i am very happy with my final piece, although i had to change my plan at the last minute due to a lack of images i felt i created a worthy piece for the online magazine, a few changes i may make is i done know if added a ripple effect to it was very smart although it does give it an underwater look at the same time it messes up the image and makes it slightly unclear, Health and safety was included in producing the piece, taking a 15 minute break every hour and a half and using the equipment safely and setting up my chair in a good position to give myself a good posture so i do not suffer from possible RSI ( repetitive strain injury ). Below are images of the pictures i used for my piece as well as the final outcome of these processes.

This is My final peice: