Evaluation of my opie-self portrait

1. Opie Self-Portrait
1. I used a number of tools on Photoshop to complete my Opie self -portrait
to the highest standard. The first tool I used was the magnetic lasso tool,
which allowed me to outline certain features (hair, face
etc.) in great detail to colour them. This feature was one
of the most important to complete an Opie self-portrait;
as it would be very difficult to outline individual parts of
my face without it.
The next tool I had to use was the colour picker tool. This was exactly
what it sounds like; a tool
which allows you to pick the
exact colour of something that
is already on the screen. This
made it possible for me to
choose the correct colour for
the different parts of my Opie
self-portrait ready for the next
tool I used, the paint bucket
tool.
After I used the magnetic lasso tool to select the part of the picture and
the colour picker to select the correct colour, the paint bucket tool was
used to fill the certain part of the portrait with the
colour I had chosen, making it another crucial tool when
making an Opie self-portrait. It also allows you to fill
whatever quantity of the part you want, as you simply
have to click more to fill more. This was a very simple
and easy-to-use tool which was also an important part of the task.
The final tool I used was the text tool. This wasn’t necessary to complete
the task, I just used it to personalise it slightly, writing ‘SAFC’
on the background behind me. The text tool allowed me to
pick a font and the size of the text, as well as the colour and
placement of said text on the picture.
2. I didn’t really find anything about the Opie self-portrait particularly
difficult, as everything was straightforward when making it. However, I
did make a slight mistake when using the magnetic lasso tool, as I had the
wrong layer selected when trying to draw around my hair. I soon realised
my mistake and selected the right layer, after which I completed the
portrait without any further difficulties.
3. I feel I was successful enough in completing the given brief as every thing
I had to do was completed in the allocated time. Every part of the picture
was covered in colour, and I even had time to personalise the self -portrait
even more by adding ‘SAFC’ to the background, as mentioned earlier.
There are a few improvements that could be made to my self-portrait

2. though. For instance, there was times where I cut corners to save time
when using the lasso tool on things like my hair. To improve next time I’d
have to be more detailed, making sure to include every detail. I also could
have maybe made the portrait more detailed by adding things such as
creases on clothes shadow on the face, but as I was running out of time by
the end I decided against it.