Layne Renfrow

          For this assignment, my group members and I chose to create our video about where you shouldn't eat during Power 50.  After someone randomly pitched an idea to walk into carpet, hit an invisible barrier, and their food flew everywhere while they fell over. We worked around that idea, and our video continued to reflect the idea throughout the project.       While storyboarding, we planned from the start to film in the events entrance. We built our idea around the area where the tile turns into carpet, and having our subject step over the line. I was the director, and I learned that a project isn't always going to run smoothly. Our major setback was the fact that some of our actors couldn't return for reshoots, leading to continuity errors so we re-filmed the entire video.       Editing went well and I actually finished in one class period. The time constraints were a bit di...

Relief Printing Relief printing is the ability to print using raised images to transfer ink onto paper. To print, artists tone the block using a wash of jet black film ink. Then they used iron oxide or carbon transfer paper to transfer the image. Using cutting tools such as wood, linoleum or metal, cut the image. Then, carefully apply and spread the ink onto the image. Lastly, use a brayer to apply pressure, then remove the print. Intaglio Intaglio is a process of an image being carved under a flat surface. In order to do Intalgio, your plate must be clean and polished. Then smoke the plate so  that it is jet black. After, stratch the ground of the plate to reveal metal, which the etching later rids of. Then apply ink to the plate. Lastly, set a damp piece of paper on the plate and run it through the press. Lithography Lithography uses ink, water, and grease to print an image. First you use a greasy tool like oil or fat to draw your image on the ston...

Summer Travels       It's June 19th, the day we planned to leave for our annual trip to Michigan, the first stop on our summer of traveling. It was a long and bumpy car ride and it smelled like wheat fields for the majority of the journey north. When we arrived to our destination, Ludington, Michigan, I was welcomed by the familiar sight of tall green trees and the lake that looks like an ocean. My sister and I race to the beach and I'm the first to feel the warm sand on my feet. The rest of our family begins to arrive as the days go by, and sooner than we know it, it's our last day. Epworth Heights, Ludington, Michigan               Our next stop was Orlando, Florida. On July sixth, we departed from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The plane ride was exactly like the car ride, it seemed to take forever because of excitement building up and the turbulence was the worst I've experienced. The next day, we woke up early and ...

Pop Art in Photoshop I went through a lot of different design ideas at the beginning of the project. For the first few days, I began working on an entirely different image that I later decided didn't represent Pop Art at all. After deciding that it would be better to start over than to continue trying to fix what I had, I settled on a color scheme consisting of bright colors, although it was more centered on the primary colors.    The requirements fit what I originally wanted: something with shapes and differing brush tools. The use of the dotted filter also enhanced the Pop-Art look that was necessary.  I was inspired by Warhol's artwork. The defined white lines that traced his subjects as well as the recoloring of said subjects were used throughout my image. His work was the main look that I was going for.  The main tools that I used throughout this project were the quick selection tool, the brush tool, and the shape t...

Photoshop Challenge          When I was first assigned the challenge, I knew that I wanted to do something other than masking his jacket into a landscape. I was inspired to include florals and add a modern look to the image. Originally, I wanted to do a black square outline with many different flowers and other nature components coming out of it. After beginning to create the image, I soon realized that my original plan would take me forever.            I started the assignment with the black outline, which took a while to figure out how to make. The square itself took a whole day for me, as well as figuring out how to work photoshop without someone guiding me. While creating the square, I noticed that with all of the floral images I downloaded, it was going to take me forever to individually insert them each into photoshop and edit them to my liking. I settled on the idea of adding a background to the inside of the...

Photoshop Tutorials Going into this project, I had very little knowledge of photoshop. I thought that the tutorials wouldn't be too hard, but that turned out to be wrong as I got into the project. I had seen the tools we used in the tutorials before, but only in e9 where we only opened photoshop a few times. The tools weren't too hard to use but the difficulty to use them varied with the prompt. From this assignment, I learned a new set of photoshop skills that will definitely be useful throughout the school year. Content-Aware Fill Through the first set of photoshop tutorials, I learned how to use the content-aware fill tool. I discovered that the tool takes the coloring from it's surroundings and replaces the object you're trying to cover. This first tutorial was the easiest for me to complete, as the lighting previously in the image didn't take up much space. Which, made it easy to get rid of. The Patch Tool Here, I used the patc...

Self-Portrait Video The Adventures of Layne and Holly             For my self-portrait, I chose to include myself playing with my dog, Holly. We got Holly about five years ago when my previous dog passed away, after my cousins adopted her brother. Ever since, a lot of my free time around the house is spent with Holly, so I thought she would be the perfect way to represent myself.          Setting up the camera was a challenge because everything was soaking wet since my video was filmed between downpours. I finally found a spot eventually, but it was on an extremely thin surface where my phone would likely fall off. I made it work though, and managed to get the framing I wanted. The lighting wasn't quite what I wanted, but with the gray skies on Sunday, I knew I wouldn't be able to get normal lighting.         Ultimately, I hope for my viewers to gain an understanding of just...