Wix: Portfolio Part 1

I have started the foundation for my portfolio on Wix.com.  This is how I began my process:

Learning to setup Wix, adding pictures, publishing...

Creating required pages

Choosing Color Scheme

Choosing Fonts

Selecting Pictures

I would still like to:

• Create a Logo
• Implement a Sticky Menu
• Fill in appropriate contact information.
• Revise Bio. 

https://kerstc.wixsite.com/carriemason

I created the website for our Town Library using WordPress, using Wix seems too simplified for me. In my experience having a streamlined website platform pigeon holes you creatively.  I will have to research how to create a Sticky Menu, but the template I chose, or the free Wix programming might not even allow me to have one. 

On a positive note though, Wix was easy to get a website up and running, it didn't take too long create something that is acceptable and can help a novice build self-confidence with website designing and be able to update changes.

Photo Retouch Part 2

(Before)

(After)

I chose this picture of my grandmother as a child because I have wanted to restore it for a while now.  This seems to have a lot of damaged areas to play around with for this project.  I think it turned out great.  

To continue with my first posting, these are the steps I used:

Step 2 – Levels and Curves

I used all the droppers to select areas of white, gray, and black to tone the picture correctly.  Then I made a very slight S curve. 

Step 3 – Tackle the Details

·         Specific Target Areas:

·         Bottom right corner is missing, the top left corner is blown out color wise.

·         Creases throughout

·         Spots

·         Water Damage

·         Fading

Step 4 – Crop the Edges.

My Process:

·         This process was so much fun when using the healing brush blurred the details of the trees in the background, I found it better to go in and edit the pixels individually for better control. 

·         To create the extension of the logs in the bottom right corner I used the clone tool. 

·         For the trees in the top left corner I used the clone tool to fill in a few branches to make it less blown out.

·         To take care of the creases, spots and water damage I used the healing brush.

·         To get rid of the fading I turned the picture to black and white and then used a medium orange-brown overlay.

Photo Retouch Part 1

This is a photo of my grandmother when she was a teenager.  It needs a lot of restoration, I found this the perfect picture for this project because this picture is about 100 years old. I would like to redo this photo for my father so he can have a nice image of his mother as a young girl.

Step 1 – Assess the damage

·       Tonal Corrections First!

·       Specific Target Areas:

·       Bottom right corner is missing

o   Rebuild picture

·       Creases throughout

·       Spots

·       Water Damage

·       Faded areas

·       Skin tones corrections

·       Poor Contrast

·       Reduce Vignette

·       No Metadata

Sketches: