Tattoo Project

 

 

    To create this project I had to draw an image that I would eventually scan into the computer to use as a tattoo. Drawing, while it is not my strong suit is rather simple so this is defiantly the easy aspect of this project. The most difficult part was cutting out the tattoo, prior to doing this project I didn't know that I could simply apply a filter to remove the white, so I went and cut out the white by hand going over it very precisely. It was by far the hardest thing in this project especially when it proved to be unnecessary my frustrations were high.
          The mediums that were used  for this project were the move tool, the magic wand, the warp tool, filters, the layer mask and paint tool, the dodge and burn tool as well as the blur tool. The filter was used to remove the white in the tattoo. The move and warp tool was used to place the tattoo on my arm and make the tattoo appear to be more dimensional. The layer mask and paint tool was used to get rid of any of the tattoo background that remained. And lastly, the dodge and burn tool was used to make the tattoo darker or lighter, so it would blend seem like it was actually on the skin.
          My strongest aspect of this project was arranging the tattoo placement on my back. I liked where I placed it which made it seem more real as it appears to be half hidden behind my shirt. I also liked the way I sized and warped the tattoo. It did not look fake or unidimensional, it was a good size and it looks real. My weakness in this project was the finishing touches such as utilization of the dodge and burn tool, I used too much dodge which made the tattoo look unconvincingly dark, as compared to a real tattoo. If I were to do this project again I would fix my use of dodge and burn.