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Mariah

Anderson

Mariah Anderson
(435)764-7494
1041 Bonneville Ave.
Logan, UT 84341
Mariah.thompson@aggiemail.usu.edu
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GALLERY

Design Thoughts:

- The style and colors of the image repeat, creating consistency throughout the card.

- The font is easy to read and varies in size and boldness.

- The image extends to both sides of the card, giving it a theme.

- The spacing focuses on the most important information.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Artboard

- Layers for each flower and the stem

- Gradient background

- Text boxes for information

- Sunflower taken from pinterest.com

Design Thoughts:

- This is a picture of my mother and her only sister. It was a pretty worn polaroid and she asked if I could touch it up for her.

- I wanted to keep the integrity of the image while bringing out more colors and touching up the faces.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Clone stamp tool

- Quick mask layers to brighten eyes

- Levels and curves layers

- Healing brush tool

Design Thoughts:

- This is part of a poem that I love by Stricklan Gillian. I wanted to incorporate the vintage feel of a mother reading to her children with a playful, youthful font.

- The typography is placed to create the feel of wrapping around the image.

- The image is cropped so that the faces and the book are the focus.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Hue/saturation layers

- Type (Chasing Embers by The Branded Quotes on dafont.com)

- Border added with paint

- Picture from pinterest.com

Design Thoughts:

- This is a play on some classic reminder strategies created by combining sticky notes, a chalkboard feel to hint at school, and a finger and a string.

- The fonts are both chunky and have a handwritten feel.

- The purpose is to encourage students to work on applying for graduation and discourage procrastination.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Layers for hand, chalkboard, frame, hand, seal and text

- Pen tool used to edit and fill backgrounds

- Fonts downloaded from dafont.com and all images taken from public domains

- Hue, saturation, opacity and contrast adjusted

Design Thoughts:

- Both the background and the style used on the text bring out texture and give the image dimension.

- The text is meant to catch the eye and be the main focal point.

- The color scheme focuses around the red background and all of the elements compliment this.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Style layers for text (Merry Christmas by Mans Greback from dafont.com)

- Pen tool, hue/saturation layer, levels layer all used on image

- Wallpaper taken from public domain and adjusted to fit color scheme

Design Thoughts:

- My mom has almost no pictures of her as a baby, and this one was pretty beaten up. I decided to add some color and touch it up for her, but I exaggerated the colors enough to give it an artistic feel.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Clone stamp tool to remove blemishes and wearing

- Layers to add color and adjust brightness and contrast

Design Thoughts: This picture was taken on Thanksgiving in my parents' backyard. My grandparents, who can be found in the center of the photo, had 8 children. This is the first time my entire family has been together in over 5 years and we wanted to commemorate the occasion. I decided to edit the photo as a Christmas present for them.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Crop tool

- Hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, and levels layers

- Clone stamp and healing tools

- Layer masks

Design Thoughts:

-When my husband and I found out we were expecting our first little one, I wanted to find a way to shout it to the world. This felt appropriate.

- The pumpkins are the focus of the image, and I added the mustache, lips and pacifier to drive home our message but made them slightly opaque to fit the watercolor feel.

- I cut, copied and pasted the leaves and adjusted the sizes and directions to create a frame of sorts. The image also uses the Rule of Thirds, with something meaningful in every third.

- The font was made using colors from the leave, adding repetition. The words also overlap, mimicking the proximity of the pumpkins.

 

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Selection tool for leaves, mustache, lips, pacifier and pumpkins

- Layers 

- Font downloaded from dafont.com

- All images taken from pinterest.com

Design Thoughts:

- I wanted to create a quirky Christmas Party invite to match my quirky family (and because reminders are very necessary for them).

- Everything is aligned in the center and build off the chimney and Santa.

- I love to use slightly muted colors, and the fonts felt festive and complementary.

- The repetition of soft lines is found throughout the circles, the frame, and the snow.

Photoshop Elements Used:

- Layers, hue/saturation adjustments

- Font downloaded from dafont.com

- Image found on pinterest.com

Hi, my name is Mariah. I love my family and having adventures in the great outdoors. Being healthy and helping others to do the same is what makes me happy. I hope what I create can encourage those around me to live life to the fullest.

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