Photoshop Assignment - "Food for Thought" Collage Assignment

Skills Demonstrated: Selections (by color/wand, marquee, lasso), eraser (using soft/hard eraser), layers, rotating/resizing selections

  1. Create a New document:
    • Name: COB_food_collage_yourname
    • that is 5 inches x 5 inches
    • Resolution of 150
    • Background White
    • Click OK
  2. Save as:
    • Create a new folder in your Photoshop/PS_Unit_2 Folder called Food_for_Thought
    • COB_food_collage_yourname.psd
  3. Collect photographs from the internet of various foods or food related items (utensils, etc.). Save them to your Food_for_Thought folder.
  4. COB (cut out background) of these pictures using the selection methods of your choice and place them
    in such a way as to create a scene as a piece of art. See examples below.
  5. NAME YOUR LAYERS
  6. Enhance images by rotating or applying appropriate effects (such as drop shadows).
  7. Add your name in a script type font in the bottom right corner, rotated.
  8. Be creative and have fun with this.
  9. Submit to Google Classroom Assignment for grading as a
    • JPEG
    • PSD
    • Screenshot with Layers

You will be graded on the following:

 

SCORING GUIDE

  
PICTURES    
  Uses at least 16 pictures, good quality (32)  
  All pictures can be seen (2)  
CROPPING    
  Quality of selection/cropping (14)  
OVERALL    
  Overall appearance…neat and clean and no open spots (5)  
  Clever use of items (5)  
  Name in script font, bottom right, rotated (4)  
  Shadows added/modified as needed for depth (6)  
FINAL IMAGE    
  Finished copy makes sense and is a picture YOU created. (12)  
     
 

TOTAL SCORE

 80
Food Example 1
Food Example 2
Food Example 3