Practice with photoshop

For this assignment, we were asked to draw a variety of shapes using the Photoshop shape tool. We had to experiment with shapes, color, style, and filters/texture. We also had to select part of a photography and remove the inverse to create colorful shapes. 

 This is the before and after of an explosion symbol. I changed the color from black to purple.

The black flower on the right is what the symbol started off looking like. I then added a style to make the flower more colorful on the left. 

I used music symbols for the last part of the assignment. I had to use a texture and in order for the texture to show up, I needed to change the color. This one is a little hard to see but I hope it is noticeable enough that I changed the texture on the right.

For this, we had to get a picture inside of a symbol and so I used oranges inside of a heart and again here is the before and after pictures.

Answers to Krause Questions: 

Connotation: Because these images didn't have to give off a certain meaning, it is hard to answer a lot of these questions. The colors I chose though were not completely random and do give off the colors as if the shapes were real. For example, the color of the explosion I changed to purple, which can come off as a firework. The fun colors of purple and pink that I made the flower reminds me of spring. Music notes aren't typically a pink texture so it is hard to say whether this gives off a meaning. With a pink texture, I think of a girls night of singing and dancing. For the oranges in a heart, I think of an advertiser trying to sell oranges to an audience. If I was thinking about meaning before doing this assignment, I would have changed my color choices, but overall I do think these colors, styles, textures, and inverses' could give off a certain meaning.  

Attributes: I am satisfied with how my shapes came out. The audience can easily see my shapes and it is readable on a white backdrop. These designs can be presented in a wide variety of sizes and in various sorts of media because they are simple designs. The heart with the oranges though would only be able to be used for a fruit advertisement or a summery drink. They are not too funky where they wouldn't be able to be used, but they all can't be used for the same thing. 

Placement: The shapes that are not black should be the most noticeable in this assignment. If these were to be placed within a layout, the elements should not be further cropped or rotated. They are a good size unless they are to be the main focal point or a smaller focal point. It really depends on what the layout would be for.