Photoshop: Monster Project

Monster Project

OVERVIEW

In this Project you will use many of the skills you have acquired throughout your Photoshop Lessons. You will build a monster of yourself by finding different pictures that represent you.  You will accomplish this selecting and moving images to create a unique persona of yourself.

OBJECTIVE

At the completion of the project students will have demonstrated the ability to make selections, mask selections, and move objects to transform an image.

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1: EXAMPLES

Look at the examples below to get an idea on what you will be creating.

STEP 2: GET IMAGES

In order to make yourself into a monster you have to find images that represent you. You should be looking for HIGH QUALITY images that can represent parts of your body as well as a background for your monster.

Find images and then save them into a folder so you have them available to build your monster. You should use at least 10 images in your project!

You should be looking for body parts as well as a background image or images.

STEP 3: RESOURCES

Watch the video below for a short guide on how your monster will be created.

STEP 4: SETUP YOUR WORKSPACE

Create a New Photoshop document that is 8 inches wide x 10 inches height. The resolution needs to be 300 Pixel/Inch. Have the new document in CMYK Color Mode.

Save your project as Monster_(yourinitials).psd

STEP 5: MAKING YOUR MONSTER

Open up the images you have saved in Photoshop.  Start by creating selection around those images and then move them into your project document.  Use various selection methods to make your selections. Arrange your selections in a manner that creates a unique monster figure.

STEP 6: ADD A BACKGROUND

Incorporate a background image into project that the monster can be placed on.  You make want to incorporate more than one background image to make a unique and creative environment for your monster.

STEP 7: TOUCH UPS

Do any touch ups to make you monster look as if it has clean edges. Also use color correction tools to make the image look as if it is cohesive with its other parts.

STEP 8: SHADOW

Add a shadow on the ground of your monster. You can do this by selecting all of the parts of your monster and duplicate them. Then transform the shape using the transform tools to make it look like it is reflected onto the ground.  Then add a dark fill color to represent a blackish shadow.

STEP 9: SAVE & SUBMIT

Save your work as Monster_(yourinitials).psd Keep it as a Photoshop file so all layers stay available.

Also save it as a .JPG so it flattens all the layers. Submit the .PSD and .JPG file into the WEB shared drive in your appropriate folder.

EXAMPLES

ASSESSMENT

The rubric Below will be used to assess your work.