Monday, February 13, 2012

7th Grade: Value Portraits using Picnik

1. Take a picture of yourself . Your pose can be serious, silly, intellectual, etc. Save it on Miss Tobin's flash drive and on the Desktop of the computer. You may also find an image of a person you admire (ex. celebrity, athlete, family member, etc.)
2. Open www.Picnik.com in your browser
3. Click "Get started now"
4. Click "upload a photo"
5. Select your file, which should be on the Desktop

 6. Select the "Crop" tool, which is under the Basics menu. Crop the image until you are satisfied, then hit apply.

 
7. Click on the "effects" tab and select "Black and White" Click "apply"
8. Scroll down and choose the "Posterize" effect under the Misc effects. Click "apply"
9. Now click on the "Save and Share" tab. Give your file a title and save to the Desktop.







10. Open image on your desktop and Print to MS Hall 02. Be sure to change the orientation of your image so that it prints as large as possible. (click on the orientation button on the middle of the screen below.
11. PRINT 2 COPIES!!
12. Give your image to Miss Tobin so that she can it down to size
13. Place a piece of vellum over your image. Using an ultra fine Sharpie, trace each section of Value.
14. Make a 2" x 2" grid on a piece of white paper using a ruler and a hard pencil (H or harder)