Reflection Journal #4

Masks makes the silhouette work by making the trace of the person look almost the same as the person that was cut from the picture. That way, if you missed a spot or selected somethjing other than the person, you can see and fix the mistake. I found many pictures that relate to or represent Barack Obama. I found two of his buttons, four pictures of him with either a group of people or a crowd surrounding him, and two pictures of crowds representing Obama. It wasn't easy getting the letters to trace around him. I had to adjust the size the letters, find the perfect place to place the words to the cutout so that it surrounds him perfectly, and find out how to do a color layer by asking a student who knows how. Plus, I have to separate the letters to make the lining at least 98% perfect. With my silhouette, it looks very creative and easy to make with the pictures and the arrangements. It did took a long time to find all the pictures that goes right with the silhouette, however. With the lining, since I am new to making the path of the text, it was okay, depending on how you look at it.