Module 5 final

Here is my final design for the Avatar project. I wanted to create an avatar that gave the feeling of being a warrior. I wanted there to be an intensity in her eyes that showed power and strength. I used numerous layers to create the skin tone, shadows and highlights. Using techniques learned in the tutorials, I tried to make the "avatar" become the focus. I adjusted the brightness of the leaves to be a bit darker to contrast the brightness of the figure. I took the face mask, the head piece and the spears from other images and hopefully blended them well enough that they don't look foreign in the final design. I increased the size of her eyes, flattened her nose a bit and pointed her ear using manipulation tools such as feathering, liquefy and the resizing tool along with masks to get a cleaner look. In the end, with all the little pieces, it took 40 layers to come to this final image(I had to count them because I thought it was getting a little crazy). 

This was a variation I liked also, it gave me the feeling of an ice princess or something along those lines. This was acquired by playing with the hue/saturation of different layers.

 

Here are some of the images I used:

spear

headpiece

 

 

Here is one that I was playing around with of my son. Clearly, I spent a lot more time on the one above but was amused with the concept and thought I would see what I could do with him. He was highly entertained with the idea of changing what color he was and demanded I make him hulk green. As you can see I did not obey his request.

This is the original photo I took of him along with some other images I used:

arrows

 eyebrows

 hair

 leaves

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