Bonus Page :)

Bonus #8 – Monster Characters

Bonus #5 – A Valentine E-card

Happy Valentines Day!

Bonus #4 – Photoshop Movie Effects

“Sin City Makeover”

Umm, it didn’t come out exactly like I planned.

Bonus #2 – Photo Retouching

Do you feel that you’ve been conditioned to be a certain way or look a certain way? How so? Now that you have some exposure to the truth that what we have been striving for is not real but created, how do you feel? If you think its important, how should we educate others?

In the media and in magazines, celebrities and especially females are portrayed in a way that seems to be “perfect” or the way that any girl should look in order to be the best. There is always a pattern in the “cover girls” these magazines have .. tall, slim, and that clear face with no blemishes what so ever, perfect hair, perfect eyes and so on. Although, some girls know that this is all fake, they still feel that they are expected to look like that. But it is good to know that no one really looks like that without Photoshop. Brings up self-confidence you know. If other teenage girls, and anyone that wishes to look like the models, saw what the real picture looks like and the fact that so much work has been put in to make these people look perfect, they would realize what natural beauty is. I must admit, that everyone including me, is somewhat influenced to look like that. But I believe Media Arts is really a great way for people to learn what these magazine designers do to make these people look the way that they do. This should really help people understand what reality is .. and perhaps not be influenced by the media.