Edited Photos of the Bird

Here is the final element of my Design Through Photo assignment. I did it before the assignment was edited so hopefully at least two of the four are still relevant. It was fun to get re-acquainted with Photoshop as I haven't used it much in the past several years. Here is the link to the album.

Dominance

The large bird is dominant over the smaller bird in this design, and each bird is individually dominant over its reflection. I tried to make the green car with water droplets on it look like water and thought the reflection was an interesting effect- I flipped a duplicate layer of each bird and applied a gradient, then changed the opacity.

Rhythm

I used the bricks as a grid and changed the size and direction of two different photographs of the bird. It came out pretty interesting to look at and definitely established a rhythm in the design.

Asymmetrical Balance

The large bird contrasts with the two smaller birds on the right side to create an asymmetrically balanced design.

Movement

Unfortunately my design is a representation of physical movement rather than the intended movement of the eye through the design, but it still looks pretty cool and is fitting for the subject. I used four layers of the bird image motion blurred and moved slightly so the bird (kind of) looks like it is in flight.

Color Scheme

I thought the dumpster would be a good demonstration of complimentary colors as the blue surface already had orangey rust streaks on it. Since blue and orange are complimentary colors, I gave the bird an orange tint, and also learned that it's tough to colorize something that's white without washing it out.