ART 330

Exercise 2: Self-portrait

Due Thursday, 09/11

Check out a digital camera from the library or simply use the camera on your smartphone. Take several (at least 5) photographs of yourself (“selfies”) and/or items/objects that best represent you. Using Photoshop, compile these into a self-portrait that you feel best represents you or an aspect of your personality. Use scaling, resizing, cropping, layering and basic color correction to compose your self-portrait. Avoid using any plugins or special effects.

You will submit this exercise electronically, to your blog. You will submit the following:

1) The 5 (or more) original images from your camera as JPEGs 

2) The final assembled self-portrait image as a high quality JPEG. Dimensions should be 1024 x 768 pixels.

In addition to the conceptual aspect of this exercise, be sure to follow the principles and elements of composition and design that you’ve learned in previous courses. If you need a refresher, follow these links:

Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition

Elements of Art/Design and Principles of Design/Organization