I feel like the strongest part of my work was the tattoo design itself since i really didn't use any reference for the tattoo and i think the idea of the tattoo was really good. I feel like me taking pictures should be improved on since there's a bit of yellow light and the photo is a little blurry, so next time i should take the picture outside to get natural light.
The easiest part of the project was drawing the photo since i really love to draw so it wasn't any type of challenge for me to come up with a tattoo design. The most difficult part was getting the drawing to blend in with the skin and getting it to morph and move with the skin so it looked realistic.
I used to magic wand to remove all whites in the picture and then used the multiply blend mode to make the tattoo kind of blend into the skin. I used the warp tool to bend and push the tattoo so it matches the curves in the body and on the sides of the body. I used the eraser to erase anything that was hanging off of the body. I used the blur tool to blur the edges of the drawing so the blend into the skin easier. I used the dodge tool to highlight the tattoo where the skin is highlighted, and used the burn tool to darken the tattoo wherever the skin is darkened.
I demonstrated the by being able to use the tool enlisted to Photoshop a tattoo onto someone to make it look real. If i could do this activity differently I would pick a different design because after finishing i had ideas for cooler tattoos that i was sad i couldn't do. I would also have the person make a pose to just not have the picture seem boring with just a tattoo sitting there.
