Personal Narrative

In order to create my personal narrative, I started with a photo of myself that I had taken while in San Francisco. I really liked the graffiti wall and wanted to use that as my background. I also thought my facial expression and me holding my sketchbook I used were also appropriate for the subject of my narrative. Next I took two images from online of the city and layered them on top and turned down the opacity. I also downloaded a textured background to use for the text. To finish my piece off, I used textures brushes to create a grunge border around the whole piece. 

Movie Poster

In order to create this movie poster, I stated by taking a picture that resembled the angle and lighting of the original photo. I then spent a lot of time with image adjustments (color balance, contract, exposure, etc.). I also tried to blend the edges of my face as effectively as possible. Other tools I used included the dodge/burn tool to help with lighting issues.