Digital Imaging Course

This summer I've been taking a Digital Imaging course in Graphic Design. We are learning some Photoshop basics and it's been really fun. Here are a couple of the pieces that I put together for the course:

This was my first assignment in double exposure. Basically we selected an image from the background and added it to a new canvas. Then used two masked layers over two separate images to blend the edges together cohesively.

Here is my latest assignment--a head swap with animals. The concept is that a new species of bird-human is walking down a 'runway' of sorts towards civilization. The birds in the background bring out the King and Queen elements of the couple in the foreground. 

For this course, I got to meet with my teacher who gave me some really positive feedback today about my assignments, so I decided they are worthy for the internet :P. I got most of these pictures from pexels.com however I'm looking forward to doing more drawing and photography of my own to use as I progress. Eventually I will put together a portfolio of my graphic design work.

Birthday Bunting

During art night with my mom and sister a couple of months ago, I did some doodling and came up with this idea for a birthday bunting. I liked the combination of these colours that I picked from my set of pencil crayons, so did a pattern with them.

The fabric is 100% cotton in BASICGREY grunge for Moda. I ordered it from Riverside fabrics and cut out enough for one "Happy Birthday" sign below. I have enough fabric for a second one so will likely make it after some practice. I must say it was a joy to cut as I used my rotary blade and got into a rhythm. There wasn't a lot of waste too as the pieces are mainly rectangles.

My plan is to sew each piece together, right sides together, turn them inside out, then add the letters with iron-on cut with the Cricut Joy. I'm borrowing the machine at the moment and have used it a bunch of times already to make some stickers. I just haven't done letters before (I've just used procreate for the images), so that's going to be an adventure. 

I'm not quite sure if I've got enough time to finish it by my oldest daughter's birthday, but I sure am going to try! It will definitely be done by both birthday parties.