Lyrical Collage

I used all the components that make up a "purple drank" and put them together in a cohesive purple environment. I used the pin light effect on the city in the background as well as the jolly ranchers, Sprite bottle and purple alcoholic drink in order to tie those elements into the atmosphere. I placed shadows and used the magic eraser underneath all of the objects in the water to make them look more realistic. For the lettering, I used different glows to make the letters stand out against the darker background and I bent the text to make it look like it was being pushed by the wind along the water. Finally, I made the city look like it was farther away by using a smoke-like effect to make it seem like steam was coming off the water and to place the city in the distance.

Self-insertion

I inserted myself into the Kentucky Derby. I used the lasso, transform and eraser tools for the picture.

Vector Illustration

I decided to make a vector illustration out of a Nike Google shoe. I made the outline with the pen tool and I had to make each section in layers in order to make the shoe look more three dimensional. Also, I made the shoe in sections to bring the Nike symbol to the front of the shoe so that it would show through the rest of the background colors. The shoe only uses four different colors, but in order to make sure that they were all the same gradient, tint, etc. to match the other different colored sections of the shoe, I used the eyedropper. The process was long, but rewarding.