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My Comic Self-Portrait was my most visually successful project in this class. I’m very happy with the way the portrait came out. It was the project that I spent the most time on, and I think all the work I put into the portrait shows in the final result. The portrait actually looks like me, which I was very proud of. All the new skills I employed with digital painting and the details I added into the project was visually successful.

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My Weather Independent Project was my most technically successful piece that I worked on this year. To do this project, which was to dramatically change the weather of a photo, I had to follow complicated instructions to achieve the desired end result. I had to learn many new skills, such as altering a filter to create a rain effect, and adding highlights and shadows in the correct place. I think this project was technically successful because I executed the steps of the project well and created a realistic image.

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My Constructed Image Project evokes the most emotion of all of my projects from the year. The concept of combining animals into a hybrid creature is a humorous thing in and of itself, and my take on the project was also very lighthearted. With the huge googly eyes, tentacles, and Mr. Potato Head arms, the result was very comical, which was my intention by creating it.

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One of my Layered Image projects was my most original piece from this semester. In the project, I played with using the negative filter as well as layering images. The result was really cool, with an almost supernatural feeling. I wanted to create a picture with a hidden meaning, so I worked off of the phrase “sticks and stones will break my bones…” by layering an image of sticks over my stone wall and adding text.

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My T-Shirt Design, a penguin sliding off of an iceberg with the text “Save the Penguins,” was the project with the most meaning for me. I have always been passionate about environmental issues, and I love animals. Making something that supports such an important cause felt really good, and I thought it was awesome to make something that I could actually use in my everyday life.

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I definitely could not have accomplished my Fantasy Project without help from the teacher. This project was in the beginning of the semester, and I had basically no understanding of photoshop at all. Mrs. Sheppard helped a lot while I was learning the basics in photoshop with this project

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My Final Project, a comic portrait of my dog was my most ambitious project. I really wanted to make something I loved as my Final Project, so naturally I chose my dog. I went into the project knowing that fur was a really challenging thing to digitally paint, so I found a lot of videos teaching how to do it. But, when I realized I would not have enough time to successfully make a realistic fur, I decided to instead make a more cartoon-ish depiction. I’m very happy I made that decision because my project turned out great and it actually looks like my dog.

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My favorite piece I made was my Final Project, the comic portrait of my dog. I really liked making my comic self-portrait so I wanted to do it again, but attempt the challenge of doing a pet. I really enjoyed working on something I really liked, so I would encourage students to choose a Final Project that they are passionate about so that they enjoy working on it.