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Journal Entry #3 - Pirating, Me Maties
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Journal Entry #1 - Halo 3

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Journal Entry #4 - Graphic Artists


I found all of the pictures in the video very interesting and amusing. I was laughing half the time. The frog split merged with the orange peel was a bit weird. The frog with the skin painted yellow and black with the poisonous sign was very creative, showing the poison hiding under the skin. The picture with the Statue of Liberty and placing human legs underneath and then taking a picture upwards seemed like a political joke to me, disregarding the seriousness and importance of the Statue. The panda's were actually very unique and hilarious with the different shapes of the black spots. The very far left panda with the "bird black spots" actually even looks like hes enjoying himself. The couple shark eating pictures were very flawless as well. The pictures of both were merged very well, as you could not tell the difference between the two images. In one of them, water was also placed inside the shark's mouth to make it look more realistic. Butterfly with a tiger background on it's wings was very special, as I would never have ever thought to have animal's on a butterfly's wings. The bee and the fly fighting against each other was very intriguing, as it exagerated how they fought by adding a sword, something very common in movies and shows today. The Earth eating the Moon rat was very nice. The colors were matched perfectly and edges of merged images were not to be seen.

I think that these images are made by combining 2 or more different images, and then using various masks and layers, the artist merges the outlines. By fine tuning the image with various tools, he/she combines it into one changing the original image completely.