Assignment 14a – Final Project
Note: This assignment is very open but it is also worth 200 points and should reflect substantial effort and complexity. Please take the time to make your final work well crafted and polished.
Option #1 – Choose Your Own Adventure
Your choice – make a story GIF, paint a self-portrait, design a set of earrings and necklace in 3D…. whatever you want as long as it uses Photoshop, is well thought out, has something of a theme and is something that inspires you to dig deeper.
Option #2 – Collage Away
Create a collage with at least 6 layered elements – these can be photo layers, vector objects, text, layer masks… Use selections & masks, effects, adjustments, filters, brushes, shapes, etc. Use any technique that makes sense for your goal. Your file should be at least 2000 pixels by 2000 pixels at 72dpi.
Create a blog entry with 2-3 screenshots during the process of creating it (including layers) and your finished project. Include your notes and thoughts: What was your inspiration? What tools did you find yourself using the most? What do you feel was most successful and what do you feel that you want to continue to work on?
If you use someone else’s photo, ask permission first and give credit or use a photo from the public domain. Also, do not use the file you found for inspiration in your creation – start from scratch. If you plan on trying out a technique that someone else used first, give them credit by linking to their website and try to transform the idea so that it becomes your own.
Comments on other student’s posts are encouraged!

Reddit is a place where communities are formed around topics of interest. Anyone can create a community and then members can vote posts up and down on what is important. Read more about Reddit here. One of the many communities on Reddit is something called the Photoshop Battle. This is where you can compete for 2 things – 1. ideas in the form of a basic image that will be chosen to base a the next battle challenge on and 2. the creation of a Photoshopped image based on the challenge image of the week. Some challenges are nicer and more socially appropriate than others but it is always creative.
For extra credit (50pts) – participate in this week’s Reddit Photoshop Battle. Your entry must be completely ‘safe for work’ & please don’t make anything that would offend anyone in any way. Follow all of Reddit’s instructions. If you don’t want to enter it into Reddit’s official contest, post it here instead, otherwise, provide a link in a post to your Reddit submission.
If you don’t like the image of the week or think it might be offensive, please use one of these instead from previous Reddit Photoshop Battles: flexible cat, mushroom, pilot Joe Walker, ballerina.
Good luck!
There is a final course survey that will be emailed to you by UAF. Please take a moment and fill it out, I value your input for this class!