Gianna Lobman Graphic Software Packages

Introduction Hello readers! Welcome back to another blog post for my COM 1113 class! For this week, I will be continuing my meme editing process, with a focus on utilizing the healing, cloning, and patch tools! We’ve already taken a behind the scenes look into how I crafted my concept and executed a rough draft of my idea, and now it’s time to refine some of those skills using Adobe Photoshop. In this post, I will display both a before and after image of my meme draft, while also explaining some of the trials & tribulations, balanced with some of my thoughts and experiences during this vital part of the meme-making process. I hope my learning experience can be useful to any of my fellow Photoshop learners! Planning & Execution Coming into this part of the editing process, I struggled with finding additional images/inspirations of what to add to my meme to both demonstrate my editing skills and contribute to the overall vibe of the meme. However, there were a few things I knew I...

Introduction Hello readers! For this week's blog post, we were assigned the first official rough draft for our meme project using Adobe Photoshop! In this post, I will demonstrate some of the steps I took to complete this rough draft, some of my thoughts about the process, and then show my rough draft at the very end. I hope my learning experience can be useful to any of my fellow Photoshop learners! Creating a Concept Being totally transparent, memes are personally not for me. I don't really find them that funny, so finding a concept and really getting into this project was definitely a challenge for me. With that being said, for my meme concept, I took a different approach than a typical meme: I chose a theme. One of my favorite shows is an American tv sitcom called "New Girl." If you haven't seen it and you love funny-drama related shows, I definitely recommend! In this show, one of the main characters, Nick Miller, says and thinks a lot of questionable things ...

Introduction For this week's blog post, I created a mock-business card that is reflective of myself and my career path in order to fully demonstrate my knowledge/application of Adobe InDesign. Throughout this post, you will see my step by step process of how I achieved the final product of my business card, and hear some of my retrospective reflections about this experience and the things I learned.  Set Up For the set up of this business card project, I used the assistance of Vistaprint, which is a company that helps with the customizable dimensions of many different digital design projects. Following their "Business card standard" layout, I set the dimensions to 3.5" by 2.0" and the bleed to 0.137". As you can see, I chose to use inches instead of any other formatting because of the convenience in case future printing was needed.  Creating My Project When creating this business card, I wanted to find images that were representative of my current career pa...

Introduction Hello readers! Welcome to my COM 1113 blog, where I will be posting content surrounding the concepts discussed in my graphic software class! For the blog post today, we will be discussing composition of photos and how to properly “work the shot” to obtain non amateur-looking images! Theme Instead of choosing a predisposed theme and finding the scenes that would be the best fit, I decided to let the world around me lead the way. As I walked around campus, I paid a little more attention to my surroundings. Then, without effort, I easily found inspiration. Although off the cuff it seems like I chose a very simple theme of flowers, this theme is definitely more than what meets the eye. I found a patch of flowers called “Sky’s the limit climbing roses,” known for its free flowering and blossoming tendencies. And, as I began to photograph them, my theme became more evident. Recently in another class I had begun re-reading the poem “Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats. ...