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1. ﻿No Boundries:
For my no boundries photo I used a picture of a Siberian Husky. Overall I am happy with the way that it turned out and it is one of my favourite pieces, I think that it really looks like the Husky is leaping out of the frame that I have made. I feel that the places that need improvement are the edges around the Husky's front, they are are bit too sharp and rigid, this also makes the shadow look to edgy. If I were to do this again I would try to pay more attention and detail to tracing around the Husky so that it will come out smoother and more realistic in the final product, this was the most difficult part of the process. Other pictures that I could apply this technique to are any animal that looks as if it is jumping of some sort.



2. Retro:
For my Retro image I used a picture of a cockatiel and I am reasonably happy with the way that it turned out, however I do not like the birds head, the lines to separate the head and the background did not come up so therefore my image looks like it is missing lines. If I were to make it better I would choose a different image so that the outline would come out clearly. The process was generally easy and I didn't find any step very difficult. This is one of my lesser favourite images but I think that other images(such as those of people) might suit this technique better.



3. Colourise:
I used a poster of Little Miss and Mr Men that was all coloured and altered it so that only one character in the front was coloured. I am very happy with the way this turned out and I think that it looks really good. I think that to make it look better I could have adjusted the sunbeam to a more suitable position. I thought that overall the product was easy to produce. The most difficult part of the process was tracing around the one coloured character especially because I don't have a very steady hand. This is not one of my favourite images but it is very close. I think that this technique is very good for any image with a busy background.



4. Pencil Sketch:
I am very happy with the way that this image came out, it looks like it has been drawn and the picture is still clear. If I did this again I would do everything the same. I did not find any of this proccess difficult, it was all easy to me. It is not one of my favourite images but I am very happy with it. I think that this technique looks great and turns out really well on images of people, I would deffinately use this technique again.



5. The Photo Within:
I am very happy with the way this image worked, I used a picture of myself and made that part ''the photo within". This is one of my favourite images all together and I am very pleased with it. I feel that the background of the tree and leaves suits the sepia tone very well and this adds to the overall appearance of the image. To make this image look better I could have made the sepia tone in the background darker so that there is a more significant difference betweeen the part of the tree in the background and the part in the foreground. I did not feel any part of this process difficult, it was very simple. I think that this technnique would look good with any picture as long as there is a foreground and something to focus on.



6. Blending Photos:
For this image I used a picture of my puppy, Sasha and a picture of the clouds during sunset. I am pleased with the way that the image has turned out and I think that the two photos have blended well. To make this image look better I could have blended the two pictures just a little bit more. I did not find this difficult to produce, the hardest part would have been trying to shrink the image of Sasha to fit the background appropriately. This is not my favourite image but I am happy with it. I think that this technique would look good with any two images as long as the front picture does not have a background of its own.



7. Glowing Edges:
This isn't one of my favourite images, I do not particularly like this technique however I feel that my work turned out good. I feel that to make this look better I could have used a different image, maybe one that isn't a car. I found this fairly easy and there was not a particular area where I had trouble or difficulty. If I were to use this technique again I would not use and image of a car, I think that there are many other pictures that could suit this style.



8. Combining Images:
I am very happy with the way that this image turned out, I feel that the lizard on the soccer ball really looks like it is part of the picture. To make it look better I could have traced around the lizard more carefully and precisely to avoid it having any rough edges. All in all this technique was basically easy, I only had a difficulty tracing around the lizard. Although this is not my favourite image I am very pleased with the final result. I think that this sort of editing can be used for any type of images as long as the two images used can be believed in the one picture.



9. Virtual Tattoo:
I am reasonably happy with the way that this image turned out, although the graffiti is a bit too transparent, this is one of the area's that I think needs to be improved. I did not find this difficult to produce, however it did take a lot of playing around to try and get the graffiti to appear strong but not overpowering, this was't hard but it did take long a time. This is not my favourite image but I am still pleased with the final result. This technique is also good for putting tattoo's on people or other pictures such as the ones that I have used as long as the background is not too busy.



10. Wild Thang:
I used an image of myself here and altered it to change my hair colour. I am not particulary happy with the way that this image has turned out, it is definately not one of my favourite images. I don't know why there is a different coloured line on the top of my head but I couldn't get rid of it, also I could not change the colour of all the hair on my shoulder because when I did it looked very odd and out of place. There are many ways that I could improve this picture, possibly by changing some of the problems that I mentioned above. This was not a very difficult technique although I did find that my hand got tired after a while of trying to colour my hair. I think that this technique could be used for anything that needs a colour change.



11. Combining Techniques:
For this image I used two techniques, one was "Pencil Sketch" and the other was "The Photo within". I am happy with the way that the photo within turned out but I think that the pencil sketch in the background is a bit too difficult to see clearly. This is not my favourite image, I don't love it but I don't hate it either. If I could do this agian, I would try and improve the background, maybe use another technique so that it is more clearly visible. I think that these two techiques could be used for any image, on their own or together.