Mikela's Blog

  Original File- Final Image- Artist statement: I decided to use my logo which is a mouth with a heart as the tongue because I love to talk. I used two different color reds for the tag print because I thought that matched well with the logo. I was going for a simplistic image, so I used two more little versions of my logo, almost to refer to as a little smooch, like a lipstick stain as if someone were to kiss you and leave the print on your face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyR_uYsRdPs In this video, you learn how to use Adobe Photoshop with a free course. You go from beginner to pro in 23 lessons exploring all the essential Photoshop tools and techniques. You start at the beginning and work quickly into more exciting techniques. The video teaches you how to use Photoshop layer styles, how to change color levels, how to retouch and manipulate images, and much more. I feel like these tools will be easier to use than Illustrator, but definitely are different. I thought the video was interesting because it definitely looked like it would help me with photography. That is definitely something that I liked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61mkx_OV61s In this video, you learn everything you need to know as a beginner about Photoshop CC photo editing in 2021/2022. I found this video to be very helpful and he went step by step in how to work with the program. I thought this was a very well-done video. I think some of the tools co...

  Artist Statement: I decided to use Rosie the Riveter's propaganda because I feel like the statement "we can do it" is self-explanatory and as a woman, I feel like it is important to say I can do something myself. I thought this was just a very influential phrase and I liked it along with a picture of myself on the bottom.

  These are all of my sketches for my logo. I decided to use this one, which is a mouth with a heart as the tongue because I love to talk. This is my B&W logo of the mouth. These are my 3 different logos in color.