Blog 01: Working The Shot

Derek McGannon Blog 04 10/27/2021 What's New   I started this healing process trying to fit Nido and Steve into the right places but it was not working becuase steve's smart object was wider and nidos was taller. I also noticed that Nido was grainy because I had to zoom in to use his cutout. I decided to use better and higher resolution images with more pixels to work with. I cleaned up the edges so my quick select tool did not have the backgrounds bleeding through. I went a little farther and added text bubbles to clean up the flow of the meme and make it more of a comical discussion between both businessmen. I reformated the money into different areas but I plan to do more with that before the final project What's Next I plan to blend the books in Nido's right hand with his jacket so they disappear. Its a slight intrusion and would cause a distraction if left in the final image (Waterhouse, 2017). I also plan to make some of the +$500 texts look 3D by placing it a lit...

 MEME: Rough Draft Derek McGannon 10/6/21 IDEA:     The point behind this meme is to shed light on how ironic one of High Point's Rules are. There is a five hundred dollar fine per limb placed in an HPU fountain. This is ironic because one of High Point's most respected traditions is for seniors to place their hand in the water fall fountain behind Slane. While there is no fine for this specific fountain, I thought that it would be funny to see it as a money waterfall or a scam. Nido and his business partners making money off of tricking kids into committing a finable offense and one day he is going to collect. So far:     So far I have two layers of quick selected Dr. Qubein and Mr. Wozniak and placed them to have a conversation. I have also added layers of for the text. I made sure to make both cutouts smart images so I can edit them later for the meme's final product. What's Next:     Next comes the perfecting process. I will be making my smart imag...