Tessellation ID

The pictures I chose were found randomly by searching my topic but happened to come together very well. As I was manipulating them I was not thinking of how they would connect in the end, which I should be thinking of in the beginning. In the end I believe that the colors came together very well creating a complimentary color harmony. The tessellations shared a common pattern of dots in most of the pictures. I wanted to focus on pictures that had simple designs but still enough interest in each one to have enough strength alone but together create an even better picture. I was able to create the tessellations easily but there are some white spaces that did appear within some of the connections. I am now able to cut a picture but keep the important parts of it. My skills in Photoshop and InDesign increased greatly through this project.

Palouse Sketch PSD

I chose this image to work on because I was drawn to the large space that was taken up by the landscape and the colors popped out to me. I believed that I would be able to represent the texture of the farmland while still using techniques that I preferred. I put great detail into the landscape because it took up most of the picture and had a very vibrant color that I wanted to focus on. It was difficult for me to use the layers because there was a point where I go lost on which objects were on which layer. I spent a large amount of time focused on the landscape which in my opinion caused the architectural aspects to lack detail. I stuck with a specific tool that I was very familiar with which gave the best textural characteristics but limited me as well. I think that overall my picture came out very successfully.