Art Portfolio Dakota James Mertens Block 2 May 6 th, 2013

Hi, My name is Dakota… …and this is my little collection of art that I made on a computer. All I can really say is that I’m happy I finally learned how to use Photoshop. Now I can do all the things people do with Photoshop…when I actually buy it. I’m poor. …and this is my little collection of art that I made on a computer. All I can really say is that I’m happy I finally learned how to use Photoshop. Now I can do all the things people do with Photoshop…when I actually buy it. I’m poor.

Iris Vision Design Tools: Eclipse. Not much of a challenge, I just followed instructions.

Berry Symposium Tools: Gradient. I still don’t know how to get it to the right shade.

Snowball-Assembled Tools: Pen. This was mostly just remake and fit together.

Magnify Tools: Magnify. Had trouble getting the right part to magnify.

Living Room Tools: Layers. I just placed it where they told me to.

Hot Air Balloon Tools: Move, Layers. Just followed instructions.

Music Store Tools: Layers, Gradient. Just followed instructions.

All-Cats Tools: Magnetic Lasso, Gradient. The internet loves cats.

Rooster Tools: Gradient and magic wand. Still not sure if I clicked on the right part of the Cat’s eye…

ZD-Logo Tools: Text. Not really sure what is going on here to be honest.

Darby Design Logo Tools: Text, Shape tools. Not much of a designer if she needed me to do it, now is she?

Alphabet Poster Tools: Text, Shape, Layers, Pen. It looks like a shot. In the shape of an S. Get it?

Crow Tool: Pen, Text. I imagined Crow to be a dark, creepy looking fellow that nobody trusted.

Game Skinner Tool: Text, pen. I saw the Spiders more as warrior types, so I made him into a ninja-potato.

Paula’s Posies Tool: Masking, Text, Gradient. Are any of these even posies?

Olympic Sport Tools: Magnetic Lasso, Text, Layer. Did I ever mention that Magnetic Lasso hate me?

Take a Vacation Tool: Text, Layer, Magnetic Lasso. I would like to go to Akihabara someday, they have some cool tech shops there. Also, I’m so fuzzy!

Visual Dictionary Tool: Layers, Text, Magnetic Lasso. There need to be more visible text hues, I swear…

My Choice Tool: Gradient, Eclipse, Scissors. This was supposed to be a ripple effect, but for some reason the black lines turned into…this!

Vector Face Tool: Pen, Nightmares. He peers into your SOUL!

Logo Reproductions Tool: Pen, Eclipse, text. Just traced over it. Think we might get called out for Copyright issues?

Original Logos Tool: Pen, Scale, Text. Green Guard is meant to be an anti-virus software, so I used a shield. Lost Legacies is like an ancestries type site, so I used a book.

Name Logos Tool: Pen, shapes, layers. Some are reused assets, others were just cool looking, and The boxes are mostly a reference to my upcoming Job.