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This was a very interesting sketch for me, because it made me learn how to use Pixlr at a very basic level. Prior to starting the assignment, I had no clue of how to actually joining the two images using photoshop. This was my greatest challenge, but felt very accomplished when I managed to merge the two images together. My image selection came down to a balloon and an avocado because for some strange reason, I found similarities between the bottom part of a ballon and that of avocado.

This was an extremely difficult assignment to start.  This is simply because it was hard to think of two image that would work together as a combo photo.  It took me some time to piece together the objects that I wanted to use.  As always for assignments likes this, I searched around my room.  Fortunately, I looked out my window and saw a construction crane.  I thought that would be a pretty simple idea to bounce off of.  Then, I noticed my ruler that I was using to put the finishing touches on my literary narrative.  I now had my two objects.  However, it was also difficult to find the image that would work in order to make these two come together.  Finally, I found a complex image of a crane and decided to pair it with a simple image of a ruler.  I have very limited experience with photoshop and related programs.  Putting the images together was slightly confusing, but I eventually figured out how to use the basic functions of Pixlr.  My image displays the precision and complex levels of construction.  The ruler ought to be considered one of the simplest tools tone used in building, measurements, and even construction; the crane can be considered and extremely complex one.  Therefore, i combined both these two levels to display the crying degrees.

Photo Credits:

photo by takeabreak (Flickr)—ruler

photo by Phillip Huntichings (Flickr)—crane

I talked to my mom this morning, and we ended up reminiscing on our past family vacations, as my sister, who is a junior in high school, is on spring break and they have been traveling a lot for college visits. When I was young, my family would travel to Colorado every summer to go hiking, biking, and exploring in the mountainous region.  We talked about the time when I was around 9 or 10 and we were on a hike in Beaver Creek, Colorado. It was near the end of the hike, when we were making our way back down into the valley, when my entire family stopped to step over what they all thought was a piece of rope. However, the rope started moving. I am going to preface this with the fact that I have a huge fear of snakes. I hold my breath when passing snake exhibits at the zoo and I think it’s truly crazy that people have them as pets. When I saw the snake, my parents joke that I am the first human that flew. I jumped so high and screamed so loudly. With this memory fresh in my mind, after reading the description for this weeks Sunday sketch, I knew exactly what I was going to do. I found a picture of a snake and combined it with the picture of the rope. The movement of both allow the images to feel more connected. I think this image, and the project as a whole, gives people the opportunity to see that things are not always what they seem at first glance. 

Photo of both snake and rope from Flickr

This was probably one of my most favorite Sunday sketches we have done so far. I really enjoyed the searching process involved with creating this “masterpiece”. I have seen photos of this kind before, so I used the ones I have seen previously to kind of inspire my idea for this week. I found two photos from Flickr. The ballerina figure is from @leggab titled “Alone in the Ballet”. I knew I wanted the ballerina/flower combo, so it was a challenge finding the right pose with the right flower. The flower photo is from @wvgasguy titled “Dedicated to those with breast cancer…”. I used befunky.com to combine the two photos and create the ballerina/flower tutu combo. My photo is definitely not as polished as Steven McMennamy’s, but with some practice and maybe some fancy equipment I could get there.