Creating Painting in Photoshop

Using the Histogram to Get Rid of Indoor Lighting

Photo Mash Ups- Ideas To Keep In Mind

Below you will find the work of  Stephen McMennamy. Please read the brief article about his work, "Photos Mashed Together into Delightful Imaginative Collages."

Fairy Tales Through Patterns

Over the Holiday break I was trying to paint and I was having a hard time with coming up with something. I looked at my old sketches and tried to be creative and it would not work. Finally I saw a painting of a girl with the title "Cinderella" and it hit me. I have been obsessed with patterns lately to the point I have considered putting up wallpaper in my home. So I thought what if I did a painting of a characters using hybrid of people I take photos of and I let the pattern on the picture indicate what the title and story is. See if you can guess.

If you guessed Snow White and Peter and the Wolf you are right. Neither painting is complete but I am trying to accomplish a new way of painting. I am combining printing with my images. Each apples was stamped with a stamp I made as well as the wolves. This is my combination of painting and graphic design.

I look forward to seeing where this exploration takes me. I have a list of fairy tales I want to do and will hopefully continue with this exploration. 

Sometimes simple ideas are the ones you can be innovative with.

Work at Balas!

Skyline Graphic Design students have work at Balas until January. Stop by and check it out. Balas is the Ann Arbor Public Schools Main Office located at 2555 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

How To Write A Critique Even If It Is Your Work

Being able to objectively look at your own work has so real value in it. It helps you achieve higher expectations.

Please follow the link below to help you understand how to evaluate others. This will help you think about your own Artist Statement that you will write about you own work.

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Photography-Critique

Next, go online and find a photo and write a critique.

Follow the same setup as the link on your statement. Download this document to fill out. Once complete you will drop in the class drop box.

Charles Graham (12 Skyline) has qualified as a finalist to be a youth reporter for the 2016 election. They've narrowed the field down to 27 youth in the country - but they're only taking 12 people. 

The 12 people with the most votes from the community will be sponsored as Youth Reporters and go to the party conventions, cover the campaigns and the election day itself. 

Get online and VOTE FOR CHARLES.  Spread the word to your networks. Please, tell all your students. Announce this during Skytime/Sky12.

http://bit.ly/voteforcharlesgraham  You can only vote once. You need to be signed into your Facebook. If you don't have one you can take 30 seconds to make a quick one and vote - then dump it if you don't want it.

Voting ends this Thursday @ Midnight - so vote today! They only given these students two days for voting!