Description:
This is a spiritual poster montage created by blending at least two images together and using typography.
Process:
- After determining my spiritual message, I sketched ideas of how to display that message visually. I searched for images of solitude and despair. I selected the image of the hiker because it shows her alone in the vast world where she might feel insignificant. I also liked the white space in the photo, and the size worked well.
- I used Photoshop CC for the entire project.
- First I enlarged the photo in increments, and then cropped it to 8.5 x 11 inches.
- I created a texture layer over the photo using Texturizer from the Filter Gallery. This gives it the canvas look. I decided the rocks had enough texture, so I used a mask to subtract the texture from the lower left corner.
- I brightened up the hiker just a little using a Levels mask.
- Next I placed the photo of Jesus Christ in the upper right corner. I resized the photo and flipped it horizontally for better leading. Then I blended the image into the hiker image.
- The stars at the top of the montage come from another photo blended in over the top of the hiker and the Savior.
- Using three text boxes I added the message, title, and credit.
Message:
The message is we are all important to our Creator. We may feel like a speck in the cosmos, but we all matter to Him.
Audience:
The audience is youth to adults.
Top Thing Learned:
I learned how to access all the different layer styles in Photoshop.
Filter / Colorization used and where it was applied:
I added Texturizer from the Filter Gallery to the main image, subtracting it from the rocky foreground.
Color scheme and color names:
Split Complementary color scheme: Blue, Orange, and Red
Title Font Name & Category:
Allura, Script
Copy Font Name & Category:
Gil Sans Regular, Sans Serif
Thumbnails of Images used:
Sources (Links to images on original websites / with title of site):
- http://www.gettyimages.com – Getty Images Creative #157945814: A female backpacking in the mountains. Credit: Jordan Siemens.
- http://www.onereason.org/the-god-confusion/why-is-the-universe-so-big/
- https://www.lds.org/media-library/images/jesus-christ?lang=eng&start=81&end=120&order=
Comments are appreciated.
sheilawilkerson 
Your photo montage looks great Sheila! I was surprised how different the one in the critique video was from the ones you posted on facebook, but I think it was a great change, and the changes you have made since then make it even better. I love that the stars in the background really actually look they they are in that picture of the hiker. You did a great job blending those in! I rally like the change with the typography. The script you chose, and the color really make it beautiful. Great job!
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I keep forgetting the linkback! If you have time, check out Andrea’s montage https://andreacommblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/109/
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I think you did a great job blending your images! They flow so well into one another. I like the sizing on the “you Matter to him.” Not to sound cheesy, but this was actually a message I really needed this week and it made me tear up a bit. It is lovely. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Hi, Sheila. Really nice job here. I love the quote from President Uchtdorf, and I think the photo of the person alone on a mountain serves the quote and the theme well. I’m not a pro at Photoshop or at design, but in general I think your work on fading your images together seems pretty spot-on.
Here is a link to another blog: https://ethanevansdesign.wordpress.com/portfolio/
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