Student Portfolio Exhibit #8
For your 8th portfolio exhibit, continue to use skills you've learned so far! You can create a flyer, brochure, poster, card - whatever. It's your choice. The main thing you want to do is diversify your portfolio. Create different types of exhibits than what you've done before.
Abby Hawkman:
This is a lovely Christmas card, Abby. I have a few suggestions. See my feedback image.
This is a lovely Christmas card, Abby. I have a few suggestions. See my feedback image.
- Picture stroke the same size on all photos (repetition)
- Align the left photos perfectly. Align the bottom photos perfectly. Align text and right photo. Align text and top photo.
- Repeating the stroke color in the small text was a good idea, but it was too hard to read. Have the text all white (better contrast) and add the color stroke to the big text.
- Even out the margins.
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Alana Manesse:
Well done, Alana! This will make a beautiful portfolio exhibit. It's professional.
Well done, Alana! This will make a beautiful portfolio exhibit. It's professional.
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Allie Gibson:
This is a unique and fun Christmas card design, Allie! I have a couple ideas. See my feedback image.
This is a unique and fun Christmas card design, Allie! I have a couple ideas. See my feedback image.
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Amber Truett:
You've done a really nice job cleaning up this old photo, Amber. Sometimes, when these older photos are discolored, it's easiest to convert it to a black and white photo at that point. Then you can use Photoshop's neural filter to auto-color the photo, or touch up with a color layer.
You've done a really nice job cleaning up this old photo, Amber. Sometimes, when these older photos are discolored, it's easiest to convert it to a black and white photo at that point. Then you can use Photoshop's neural filter to auto-color the photo, or touch up with a color layer.
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Angie Dirkmaat:
Nice job, Angie! You did a great job removing the tourist in the background! I have a suggestion. See my feedback image. If you turn the photo layer into a smart object, and then go to the filter menu and choose camera raw filter. In the basic panel there is an eyedropper (it's the white balance tool). Click the eye dropper, and click on a place in the photo that's supposed to be a perfectly neutral grey. That will balance the color in the photo. I clicked on the grey in the shirt. That set the colors correctly. Then you can use the other basic panel sliders to adjust the lights and shadows.
Nice job, Angie! You did a great job removing the tourist in the background! I have a suggestion. See my feedback image. If you turn the photo layer into a smart object, and then go to the filter menu and choose camera raw filter. In the basic panel there is an eyedropper (it's the white balance tool). Click the eye dropper, and click on a place in the photo that's supposed to be a perfectly neutral grey. That will balance the color in the photo. I clicked on the grey in the shirt. That set the colors correctly. Then you can use the other basic panel sliders to adjust the lights and shadows.
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Bei Xie:
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Brie Winegar:
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Brinley Adams:
I think you've done a good job on this memorial sticker for your cousin. I thought toning down the intensity of the green just a touch would help the text stand out more, but I understand why you chose the Mountain Dew Lime Green color you did - so it's ok. This will make a good portfolio exhibit for you. |
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Christianna Miles:
Nice design, Christianna. This looks professional. I like how you've fit the lines of type together. Well done. |
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Dru Holt:
Dru, did you draw the girl? If so, give yourself credit in your portfolio! Nice work. It's fun that you added the galaxy image into her hair. I have some ideas for you. The first image is cropped in. The others are done in the filter menu > Neural Filters > Style Transfer. You can get some pretty interesting effects there.
Dru, did you draw the girl? If so, give yourself credit in your portfolio! Nice work. It's fun that you added the galaxy image into her hair. I have some ideas for you. The first image is cropped in. The others are done in the filter menu > Neural Filters > Style Transfer. You can get some pretty interesting effects there.
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Elizabeth Oliver:
This works, and looks professional, Elizabeth. Well done.
This works, and looks professional, Elizabeth. Well done.
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Eric DeBloois:
Beautiful pen tool work, Eric! Nice work on the design, too. It is a lot easier to add a gradient to your text by adding a layer fx - gradient overlay. See my screenshot at right. Just a couple small suggestions. See my feedback image. |
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Grant Estes:
Grant, you've done a great job compositing this all together. All you need is some shadows underneath the dinosaurs.
Grant, you've done a great job compositing this all together. All you need is some shadows underneath the dinosaurs.
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Halie Seegmiller:
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Heather Stock:
Beautiful design, Heather. I love how your plant forms the letter "P". Clever! Your design is professional as is. On the back side, I would choose a strong left alignment for the text. In your online portfolio, the images are cut off. Let me tell you how to fix that. Click on the images in your Google Sites page (it may take a couple clicks) until you see the toolbar for that image. Then click the uncrop tool. That will fix it! |
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Holly Miller:
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Ian Theler:
Excellent, Ian. Very well done! This will make a great portfolio exhibit.
Excellent, Ian. Very well done! This will make a great portfolio exhibit.
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Jenny Taylor:
Interesting! A French pig flying. Maybe she's part of the Air France team. See my feedback image. I think you should try to match the lighting on the pig with the background. You can do that in the Image menu > adjustments > match color...
Interesting! A French pig flying. Maybe she's part of the Air France team. See my feedback image. I think you should try to match the lighting on the pig with the background. You can do that in the Image menu > adjustments > match color...
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Jordan Rule:
Interesting design, Jordan! Nicely designed, but it just needs to be more readable. See my feedback image.
Interesting design, Jordan! Nicely designed, but it just needs to be more readable. See my feedback image.
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Kate Snelson:
Nice ad idea, Kate. I have a few suggestions for you. See my feedback image.
Nice ad idea, Kate. I have a few suggestions for you. See my feedback image.
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Kelli Freeman:
Great design, Kelli! My only suggestion to improve it would be to give the text on the right side a bit more negative space to live in.
Great design, Kelli! My only suggestion to improve it would be to give the text on the right side a bit more negative space to live in.
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Kendrick Schut:
Excellent design, Kendrick. That brilliant orange and black are elegant together. Good use of fonts. I suggest just a couple small tweaks. Align the 3 ad lines with the phone number above. I would bring the three ad lines a bit closer together and move them down where they follow the shape of the flower. I would also bring the size of the title down just a bit so the "p" on shop isn't creating a visual tangent with the flower. See my feedback image.
Excellent design, Kendrick. That brilliant orange and black are elegant together. Good use of fonts. I suggest just a couple small tweaks. Align the 3 ad lines with the phone number above. I would bring the three ad lines a bit closer together and move them down where they follow the shape of the flower. I would also bring the size of the title down just a bit so the "p" on shop isn't creating a visual tangent with the flower. See my feedback image.
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Kristen Wilkinson:
Well done, Kristen. Simple, clean design that works.
Well done, Kristen. Simple, clean design that works.
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Liv Johansen:
Interesting T-Shirt design, Liv. I feel it would work better if you didn't cover Kanye's face.
Interesting T-Shirt design, Liv. I feel it would work better if you didn't cover Kanye's face.
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Lora Waloski
Well done, Lora. This will make a fine portfolio exhibit. |
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Lorena Cera:
Beautiful business card, Lorena. For repetition and alignment, I suggest you align the bottoms of the text on both sides of the card. 
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Megan Bitton:
Clean and professional, Megan. Good work. My only suggestion would darken the text a tad more. You could do that easily by grouping your three text layers together, and then duplicating the group, as I did in my feedback image.
Clean and professional, Megan. Good work. My only suggestion would darken the text a tad more. You could do that easily by grouping your three text layers together, and then duplicating the group, as I did in my feedback image.
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Megan Harris:
Nice card design, Megan. Work on alignments. I would also add a university logo of some kind to your card. See my feedback image. Megan, if you turn off the white background layer, and save your image as a png or gif, you will get an image without the white background box showing
Nice card design, Megan. Work on alignments. I would also add a university logo of some kind to your card. See my feedback image. Megan, if you turn off the white background layer, and save your image as a png or gif, you will get an image without the white background box showing
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Megan Larson:
This design is clean and works well, Megan. I have an idea if you'd like to try it. It involves flipping a copy upside down, and then adding a gradient mask. See my feedback image.
This design is clean and works well, Megan. I have an idea if you'd like to try it. It involves flipping a copy upside down, and then adding a gradient mask. See my feedback image.
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Mette Park:
Great design, Mette! The logo feels "boxed." One way to fix that would be to make it a horizontal stripe. See my feedback image.
Great design, Mette! The logo feels "boxed." One way to fix that would be to make it a horizontal stripe. See my feedback image.
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Misti Smith:
Well done, Misti! This design works much better than the original flyer you received.
Well done, Misti! This design works much better than the original flyer you received.
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Nathan Smith
Someday, I hope to write a book about plant life in Utah. Use my camera and graphic design skills to create something beautiful. I took this photo on the Wayne's Loop Trail - Wellsville Mountain. So I was thinking about ideas on how to do the page layout. This is a rule of thirds layout - 2/3 photo - 1/3 information. The title font is Minion Variable Concept. The text font is Quicksand.
Someday, I hope to write a book about plant life in Utah. Use my camera and graphic design skills to create something beautiful. I took this photo on the Wayne's Loop Trail - Wellsville Mountain. So I was thinking about ideas on how to do the page layout. This is a rule of thirds layout - 2/3 photo - 1/3 information. The title font is Minion Variable Concept. The text font is Quicksand.
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Nicholas "Nick" Spinelli:
This is a beautiful rendering for the photo. One thing you need to be aware of when replacing skies is the direction of the light. In my feedback image, I flipped the sky so the light is coming from the right.
This is a beautiful rendering for the photo. One thing you need to be aware of when replacing skies is the direction of the light. In my feedback image, I flipped the sky so the light is coming from the right.
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Nikki Jeffs:
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Olivia Buhler:
Olivia, this is clean and easily read. Good job. Here's a link to over 217 bridal fonts, if you'd like to have a look. I think your main font could use a bit more pizzaz. You might want to consider some analogous color combinations - they're very lovely, too. Your monochromatic approach is definitely fine.
Olivia, this is clean and easily read. Good job. Here's a link to over 217 bridal fonts, if you'd like to have a look. I think your main font could use a bit more pizzaz. You might want to consider some analogous color combinations - they're very lovely, too. Your monochromatic approach is definitely fine.
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Rachel Bryson:
Good job, Rachel! I like that you've repeated the Weber State Color. Since the college logo is centered, I think it would be good to repeat that. Rather than box the logo in, make it part of a rectangular tricolor by extending the colors to the edges. Making the rectangle move into the photo space brings the photos into the family of information through proximity. It's OK to let the circles extend beyond the edges a bit. I suggest taking their opacity back up to 100% - make the bright and shiny.
Good job, Rachel! I like that you've repeated the Weber State Color. Since the college logo is centered, I think it would be good to repeat that. Rather than box the logo in, make it part of a rectangular tricolor by extending the colors to the edges. Making the rectangle move into the photo space brings the photos into the family of information through proximity. It's OK to let the circles extend beyond the edges a bit. I suggest taking their opacity back up to 100% - make the bright and shiny.
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Rebecca "Becca" Jeppson:
Fun ad, Becca! Good design, too. I would lighten the black and white elements a bit. Make sure the "it's sinful" isn't cut off at the bottom. Do a bit of skin smoothing on her. Get rid of the partial cigarette butt in her hand. See my feedback image.
Fun ad, Becca! Good design, too. I would lighten the black and white elements a bit. Make sure the "it's sinful" isn't cut off at the bottom. Do a bit of skin smoothing on her. Get rid of the partial cigarette butt in her hand. See my feedback image.
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Robert Summers:
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Scott Hayes:
Scott, nice work replacing the Hollywood sign with a different one. The photo has a red cast to it. You can turn off the one adjustment layer. Then take the photo into camera raw and work with it a bit more. See my feedback image.
Scott, nice work replacing the Hollywood sign with a different one. The photo has a red cast to it. You can turn off the one adjustment layer. Then take the photo into camera raw and work with it a bit more. See my feedback image.
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Tiffany Chalfant:
Clean, simple, and well designed. Tiffany, this will make a professional portfolio exhibit for you. My only suggestion is to cover up "Honey" on the jar with the orange of the jar. Then use one of the other fonts you've used on the jar, too.
Clean, simple, and well designed. Tiffany, this will make a professional portfolio exhibit for you. My only suggestion is to cover up "Honey" on the jar with the orange of the jar. Then use one of the other fonts you've used on the jar, too.
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Vanessa Chambers:
Vanessa, you've done a pretty darn good job. The truck needs a shadow and just a couple tweaks to make it look more realistic.
Vanessa, you've done a pretty darn good job. The truck needs a shadow and just a couple tweaks to make it look more realistic.
- To do the truck's shadow, add a drop shadow FX to the truck layer. Then do this...
- Right-mouse-button click on the drop shadow and choose "Create Layer." This will make the drop shadow its own separate layer.
- Once it's a separate layer, you can free transform the layer and make it look like it's underneath. Look at the other shadows by the fence and where the light is falling on the truck and make the truck shadow go the same direction.
- Use the burn tool set to shadows and make the shadow right underneath the truck darker that where it's further away.
- Blur the shadow a bit where it's further away (use the blur tool).
- Use the burn tool (set to highlights) on the front of the truck and on the front wheel to darken them just a touch more (they're in the shadow as well).
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Yvonne Bass:
Yvonne, you've done a wonderful job on this image. Perfect job bringing out details in the original photo of yours, and adding a new sky realistically. This looks professional, and will make a great portfolio exhibit! |
