A mandala is an image that includes the repetition of geometric shapes, usually in a circular form. I created my mandals through Photoshop by using images that I took during class. The first step I took to create my mandala was finding an image that I wanted to use and finding the template that would help me shape my image and dragged both to the Photoshop icon. I then used the move tool to grab the tab of the photo I wanted to use and dragged it out of the Photoshop frame. Using the magic wand tool, I clicked on the triangle I wanted to use, and moved it to the image I was going to cut. I then found a part of the image that would be interesting in a mandla, then pressed Command-C to copy the spot. I then went back to my template and pressed Command-V to paste the cut image. I dragged the image tab back into the Photoshop frame and began my mandala pattern. I first duplicated the first layer using Command-J and with the duplicated layer I did Edit-Transform-Flip horizontal. I then did Edit-Transform-Rotate to the same layer. I rotated the image to around -135 and clicked check when it aligned with the triangle. I aligned both of the layers up to fit inside of the triangle template and when they did not align perfectly, I used the arrow keys to move the layers closer. When I was satisfied with how it looked, I pressed Command-Click to select the two layers, then I pressed Command-E to merge the two layers. With the new layer (including the first two layers), I duplicated the layer and then did Edit-Transform-Flip Horizontal. I aligned the two layers and used the arrow keys to make the madala perfect. I merged the two layers and was now finished with half of my mandala. I then duplicated the new layer and flipped the duplicated layer vertically. I aligned the two layers and was almost finished with my mandla. I used the purple lines to adjust the mandala to create a perfect circle and deleted the template background. I saved my mandala to my desktop and to the common drive. I liked creating the mandalas due to ending with an image that was completely different from the original picture. My favorite image was the image of the leaf. I first struggled with making the triangles line up perfectly to fit inside of the triangle, but by using the arrow keys, I was able to solve this problem. If I had to do it over again, I would choose different elements to take pictures of and include more detail in my images.
One InchTwo InchFour InchA tessellation is an image made of shapes that are tightly placed next to one another, in which a pattern is made without any empty space showing. I created my tessellation through photoshop and used micro images that I took of flowers and other plants. In order to create the tessellation I had to first make a template in which I could place the cropped image to fit in the 8 inch frame. I created this by going to file-new. I then used the ruler tool to make the guides for the image placement. I used the ruler by going to view-ruler. Once that was turned on, I used the move tool to place the guides in a horizontal and vertical manner to create the box shapes. When the guides did not place to the exact increment I wanted, I went to view-new guide and put the inch value and put horizontal or vertical and then pressed enter. Once I finished the template, I moved on to cropping the image that I wanted to use. I dragged my photo to the Photoshop icon, which popped up in photoshop as a new file. I then used the crop tool to crop the part of the image that I wanted to use. I made sure the image was going to be 1:1 square shape. After I found the part of the image I wanted, I pressed the check mark, and then I changed the image size to fit the template. For instance, for the four inch template, I changed the image size to 4"x4" so the picture could fit in the guides. I then dragged the top of the tab of the cropped image over to the template. Using the move tool, I moved the image to the top left box. I then went to layer-duplicate layer. I moved the duplicated layer to the top right and went to edit-transform-flip horizontal. I then made sure the image was in the right spot by using the purple guide lines. I then duplicated the top left image again and moved it to the bottom right of the template. I went to edit-transform-flip vertical. I repeated both of these steps for the bottom right. I duplicated the top left image, moved it to the bottom right, went to edit-transform-flip horizontal, then flipped vertical. I then moved the guides to made sure there was not white showing, once I saw that the image was a tessellation, I cleared the guides, merged the layers using layer-merge visible, and saved the image to my desktop and common drive. I liked the tessellations because I was unsure what the image would end up looking like, until the end of the tessellation process. My favorite image was my four inch tessellation of the orange flower. My favorite color is orange so I liked how the vibrant colors played off of one another as they were reflective. At first I struggled with making sure the image was following the guides, but after using the purple lines and understanding them, I got the hang of not having white gaps in my photo. If I had to do this project again, I would take images at different angles to really get a tessellation that looked cool. An image that once placed in a tessellation form, would be hard to recognize what the image was originally.
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AuthorMaddy Cuppett, an exploring, excited photography student in the learning. Archives
June 2017
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