Evaluation:
This term I
have really enjoyed creating my Avatar. When I first started to make my avatar
I found it very difficult to remember how to use all the tools, I would always
forget where they belong and what they did. It took me about 2 weeks to
remember all the steps and tools of how to change the colour of a pair of eyes.
So I was learning new tools and trying different techniques throughout the
process of my avatar. While I was making my avatar I wanted to do different
things to the image that I hadn’t yet learned. So Mr Powell helped me learn new
techniques in order to create the ‘girly spring’ avatar I was looking for. My
planning did help me create the avatar I wanted because it made it easier to
select images and decide on colours for hair and eyes etc. this was because I
already had an idea of what I wanted instead of being indecisive about
everything. I thought I managed time very well, as I brought my USB to class
every lesson, I also chose my pictures before the assignment started which gave
me more time to work on it during class. During this term I have been putting
all my work on my blog to show the progress of my Photoshop skills. Every
lesson I uploaded my work on my blog unless I was absent, sometimes I would
work on a picture for two lessons and upload it after it was finished. I
believe I have enough evidence to support my work because I have detailed
reflections and lots of posts. I have learnt many things during the process of
my avatar and throughout the term, this includes Liquefy, Eye colour, Skin
colour, hair colour, background change, selecting certain items and layers. It
has taken me a while to remember all the tools and steps to be able to use
these techniques but by now I can definitely say I know how to use all of them
easily. I am really happy with my avatar; it is exactly what I pictured it to
look like but even better! I have no doubts about my avatar and if I had to
start again i wouldn’t change anything. I am really happy with the progress
I’ve made using Photoshop and I have learnt so much this term.
