Photoshop Week

This week actually wasn't as daunting as I had imagined. Although on my first day I had so much information thrown at me because I was so behind. Serves me right for not being able to come in on the Monday when the course had stated. In general though it was a pretty fast paced course which was an issue at first but then gradually became challenging and almost empowering especially being somebody who had never used photoshop until this week. I felt like I had achieved a lot. 
Creating my own pattern from personal objects and images before 'rendering' the print onto a catwalk garment was the the highlight of the week for me. 
For one of the prints I chose to use a painting of my eyes I had done previously as part of a project where I was trying to convey emotion souly through the eyes without the aid of maybe the mouth or the ears - parts which might make it easier to determine the emotion. I've always been keen on creating a level of ambiguity in my art work.

The second print was created using an area of my native cloth, the Kente.

The final outcomes were really inspiring as it provided me with a view what my prints may one day look like on the catwalk. It also taught me how much can be done on Photoshop in terms of creating intimate variations of print all from a basic image/template. I think finding that out was what made the course a successful learning experience. Next time I'll try to challenge myself more; push the boundaries a bit.