Silhouette Self Portrait

The project we just finished is called the Silhouette self portrait. We were told that we were going to be using a new program called the illustrator. This program was very different from the programs we used in our previous projects. There were a lot of new tools we had to learn about for this project. The first thing we did for this project was learning and testing out the new program. When we thought we got the hang of it we then had to go out in the hall and take a picture of our silhouettes. We then put them on our computers and had to trace them with the pen tool. When we had our silhouettes traced we could then design it and out in the required elements for the project. We had to personalize it by putting in lyrics to a song or quotes that represents us in some way. We could also personalize it with designs like stars, hearts, and other shapes.

For my silhouette self portrait I took a side picture of my body with my hands on my back. When I cropped my images the first position I put them in was a back to back pose. One image was a filled in silhouette while the other was transparent. I decided to make the background of my first picture purple because that’s my favorite color. I used the text “life’s what you make it”. For my second silhouette I zoomed into my upper body more and took away one of my silhouettes from the first one. I then made a think bubble and put things I think about in it because I’m usually lost in my thought most of the time. I also put “”the past is the past, the present is a gift, and the future a mystery”.

At first when thinking of ways to put my silhouette I had a hard time coming up with ideas. Then once I figured it out it my picture came out nice. It was also hard to find words to add to my picture. The font was easy to find I think my font fits well with my quotes. For my background I tried to choose colors that would make everything else stand out.

I think I did an ok job for this project. I did a great job cutting out my silhouette. You could see all my facial features. But as a whole I think my pictures were very mediocre. I didn’t really like this project. I didn’t like the new program and the pen tool was hard to adjust too. Designing a picture like this was more difficult than I thought it would be.