Pittsburgh & The Penguins

Inspired by the wonderful city of Pittsburgh (where I will be attending college net year) and my love of baseball, this image was made in photoshop to create the illusion of an event that actually happened. Although adorable penguins did not take over the Pittsburgh skyline, this image gives the impression that it did. Making this image may look complicated, but all it consists of is layers upon layers of clipped photos. Using layer masks, clipping masks, hue/saturations, filters, brushes, and lasso tools (just to name a few) were all used to reach this final image.

Below is the panel of layers that were in my image;


Image one                                                                                         Image two


~r.h.

Typography Poster

Like the rest of my work, my typography poster is centered around sports. The main emotion I want to encourage in my poster is motivation. The background picture is the Vanderbilt baseball team celebrating their National Championship title in 2014. The celebratory emotion and motivational quote gives the vibe of achievement because of hard work.

By using a uniform font throughout the entire piece, I was able to play around with the thickness and color options. My decision to make the "Believe In Yourself" solid gold makes it stand out among the other white words and grey/blue blurred background. It also emphasizes the most important part of the quote, and draws attention to that phrase.

I think the most successful part to my piece is my background, because the emotion it captures is a perfect pair to the quote. I also like how clear it is despite the blur and pixelated/broken effect I put on it. To be honest, I get the chills of motivation when looking at this picture, it truly does its job!

~r.h.