SELF PORTRAITSierra Woodall

PICTURE 1 – BURTON BOARD I took the colorful side of the

board and put that in my self portrait

Added – sharpen edges filter and dust and scratches filter

I resized the board after merging all layers on it.

I used the polygonal marquee tool and layer masks to cut off the parts of the board that were blocking my arm.

I used the grain filter to make the board look more pixilated and match my photo

PICTURE 2 – BLADE SONG NOVEL

I cut the cover off of blank white space and put it on the board.

I used the free transform-scale option to resize it.

I added a hue/saturation layer that effected the blade song cover.

Merged to the snowboard

PICTURE 3 – THE PENCIL

I cut the pencil off blank white space and its shadow and added it to my self portrait

I used the blending options to make the pencil seem translucent.

Merged to the snowboard

PICTURE 4 – SAM AND DEAN

I cut Sam and Dean out of this photo and added them to my self portrait.

Merged to the snowboard

COLLAGE I merged the pictures into one

layer Added – lens blur and noise

filter Resized and used marquee tools

and layer masks to cut off extra Made a rectangle around it and

merged the rectangle to the photos

I gave the sunset-sunrise photo a 180 degree rotate

I resized it again and moved it so it was over my house walls

I used the blend tool so it looked like it was hanging on the wall

I used the grain filter to make it pixilated

PICTURE 5 – ME AND MY BOARD I placed the photo onto my self

portrait I moved the board I had created

over my snowboard I used the paint tools to cover

the over hanging edges of my board on my clothes

I used the paint tools to get rid of any evidence that the created board wasn’t actually under my arm.

I made a copy of the photo, cut out everything but the Wii and put made the Wii a gradient shape for a rectangle of gradient. Brought the opacity of the

gradient down so the Wii was still seen

TEXT

I typed it, changed the font, the size, and the color, and I placed it at the top of the photo.

Common sense is not so common.

- Voltaire

DESCRIPTION OF PORTRAYING ME I used a Burton snowboard because I love

snowboarding and Burton is my favorite brand.

I put the cover of Blade Song onto my self portrait because I love reading and Blade Song is the best book I have read so far.

I put the two main characters of Supernatural, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jenson Ackles), on my self portrait because Supernatural is my favorite show. I may or may not have an obsession with it.

I added a mechanical pencil because I enjoy writing and I want to be an author as an adult. It is mechanical because I like

mechanical pencils better. The wooden ones hurt my hands and don’t look as good.

I used the photo of me holding my board because I’m the best representation of me and because I thought it would be the best looking with the board I created.

The text is a quote from Voltaire, whos quotes I tend to really like, and I put this one in because I don’t have the best common sense.

I made a collage because I didn’t want to add a bunch of stuff to the board and overcrowd it.

The snake is my favorite animal and I like it’s viciousness since I can be a little violent myself.

The bookcase because I need books to survive, as far as I can tell

The picture of Nebraska because that’s where I was born and it feels like a home to me

The ‘67 Chevy Impala because it’s my dream car and I very much have an unhealthy obsession with Supernatural

The candy because I love candy and sweets and may be addicted to sugar

The landscape because its an Alaskan landscape, my home

The roller coaster because I absolutely love roller coasters, maybe even more than supernatural. I love the height and the speed and the way my stomach feels as it goes around its track

I put the pictures of the sky in the collage because I love the sky, I love being high up and I love being in it. I like airplanes and I wish I could fly and sunsets are so gorgeous.

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