Photo Manipulation Project

For this project, I will require you to choose one quote from the following:

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.”
― Seán O’Casey, Three More Plays: The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Red Roses For Me

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.” –Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

 

Pick one of the above quotes and illustrate it with an image you create from scratch. Tell a story with your image. Specifically, the techniques I am looking for include:

  • A background, either made from scratch or imported and manipulated in some way
  • An arrangement on preexisting images that makes sense in accordance with the quote, done neatly and efficiently
  • Manipulation of the images (i.e. Filters, Burns, etc.)
  • Text

The image is worth 50% of your grade. The other 50% will be a write up on your blog about the image you created and how it illustrates the quote you have chosen. The guidelines for the write up are as follows:

  • Post the image to your blog
  • Describe the quote you have chosen and what it means to you
  • Describe how the image illustrates the quote
  • Describe the process you went through when composing the image
  • How is this a form of digital writing?

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