Design Project- Brainstorming and Planning UPDATED

Inspirational Images (Fractals):

Proposal: Use photoshop to make a fractal-like patterned image, but also use symmetry and colour.

I was inspired by designer John Maeda, a few of his designs in particular:

Planning:

Simulating a "fractal" in Photoshop:

Tutorial: https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-simulate-fractals-in-photoshop--psd-340

(Rating: 6.5/10, because it is slightly outdated)

*Taking it my own direction, using tutorial as a loose guide

-Other tutorials existed, but were very confusing and didn't appear helpful

Difficulty for me: 7/10 (Because I'm not good at this kind of stuff)

It isn't a proper fractal technique- that would involve math. (It turned into a pattern, pretty much.)

Notes for me:

*Background colour: go to create new fill or adjustment layer in layer menu bottom center

First circle: Layer-layer style to get to options for circle

-Gradient overlay: half and half option (redgreen)

To merge layers: make all layers you want merged visible and others not, right click on one, merge visible

To adjust colour of object: Image menu, adjustments, hue/saturation

To send to back/bring to front: Image menu, arrange

To flip an object: Edit, transform

Colours used: (hue and saturation from original teal colour, 6adec4)

Blue: +34

Purple:

+115

-10

Yellow:

-112

-12

+23

(add saturation +46)

Red:

-170

+10

-12

Orange:

-150

Pink:

+142

+10

+20

Green:

-43

Comments

--------------------------------------> When I'm creating something, I don't usually think or plan ahead too much. For this project, I went through a lot of rethinking, and I was trying things out in Photoshop, until eventually it clicked in my mind, and I had a solid foundation for what I was doing. The tutorial I used and the fractal idea was just a loose outline for what actually happened. I'm happy with the final outcome, and I think if I tried again and did something similar the things I learned from this project would help me. I think getting comfortable in Photoshop again took away a bunch of time from it, and with more time I could probably get something more refined. I've learned and gotten better at a lot of things while going through this project. I've learned the usefulness of keyboard shortcuts (even if I already knew how to use them) and a lot about changing the properties of an object, and I've gotten more confident that I'

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John Maeda ~(Marina) -John Maeda is an American executive, technologist, and graphic designer. -Born and raised in Seattle, he later enrolled in The Institute of Technology in Massachusetts to study computer science and electrical engineering, receiving master degrees in both. -Maeda moved to Japan and attended the University of Tsukuba Institute for art and design classes and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Design Science. -Founded the Aesthetics and Computation Group (ACG) which united a variety of design-based interests. -His work is influenced by fellow designers Paul Rand and Muriel Cooper, and seeks to unite design and technology .

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