S ELF P ORTRAIT Sierra Woodall

P ICTURE 1 – B URTON B OARD I took the colorful side of the board and put that in my self portrait Added – sharpen edges filter and dust and scratches filter I resized the board after merging all layers on it. I used the polygonal marquee tool and layer masks to cut off the parts of the board that were blocking my arm. I used the grain filter to make the board look more pixilated and match my photo

P ICTURE 2 – B LADE S ONG N OVEL I cut the cover off of blank white space and put it on the board. I used the free transform-scale option to resize it. I added a hue/saturation layer that effected the blade song cover. Merged to the snowboard

P ICTURE 3 – T HE P ENCIL I cut the pencil off blank white space and its shadow and added it to my self portrait I used the blending options to make the pencil seem translucent. Merged to the snowboard

P ICTURE 4 – S AM AND D EAN I cut Sam and Dean out of this photo and added them to my self portrait. Merged to the snowboard

C OLLAGE I merged the pictures into one layer Added – lens blur and noise filter Resized and used marquee tools and layer masks to cut off extra Made a rectangle around it and merged the rectangle to the photos I gave the sunset-sunrise photo a 180 degree rotate I resized it again and moved it so it was over my house walls I used the blend tool so it looked like it was hanging on the wall I used the grain filter to make it pixilated

P ICTURE 5 – M E AND MY B OARD I placed the photo onto my self portrait I moved the board I had created over my snowboard I used the paint tools to cover the over hanging edges of my board on my clothes I used the paint tools to get rid of any evidence that the created board wasn’t actually under my arm. I made a copy of the photo, cut out everything but the Wii and put made the Wii a gradient shape for a rectangle of gradient. Brought the opacity of the gradient down so the Wii was still seen

T EXT I typed it, changed the font, the size, and the color, and I placed it at the top of the photo. Common sense is not so common. - Voltaire

D ESCRIPTION OF P ORTRAYING M E I used a Burton snowboard because I love snowboarding and Burton is my favorite brand. I put the cover of Blade Song onto my self portrait because I love reading and Blade Song is the best book I have read so far. I put the two main characters of Supernatural, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jenson Ackles), on my self portrait because Supernatural is my favorite show. I may or may not have an obsession with it. I added a mechanical pencil because I enjoy writing and I want to be an author as an adult. It is mechanical because I like mechanical pencils better. The wooden ones hurt my hands and don’t look as good. I used the photo of me holding my board because I’m the best representation of me and because I thought it would be the best looking with the board I created. The text is a quote from Voltaire, whos quotes I tend to really like, and I put this one in because I don’t have the best common sense. I made a collage because I didn’t want to add a bunch of stuff to the board and overcrowd it. The snake is my favorite animal and I like it’s viciousness since I can be a little violent myself. The bookcase because I need books to survive, as far as I can tell The picture of Nebraska because that’s where I was born and it feels like a home to me The ‘67 Chevy Impala because it’s my dream car and I very much have an unhealthy obsession with Supernatural The candy because I love candy and sweets and may be addicted to sugar The landscape because its an Alaskan landscape, my home The roller coaster because I absolutely love roller coasters, maybe even more than supernatural. I love the height and the speed and the way my stomach feels as it goes around its track I put the pictures of the sky in the collage because I love the sky, I love being high up and I love being in it. I like airplanes and I wish I could fly and sunsets are so gorgeous.

S OURCES Slamxhype.com Dearauthor.com Conversationsbouther.net Epicfamilyadventures.wordpress.com Commons.wikipedia.org Naturespicwallpaper.com My cell phone