Today i have continued to work with photoshop this time trying to express my views through the images i use and the way that i place them on the screen. the three topics i choose were speeding, war and drink driving. i successfuly managed to express my veiws through my images by asking other members of the group to look at my work and tell me what they think the images are trying to explain. the tools that i used to compleate this task were the masking tool, cut and paste, magic wand and the moving tool. im starting to find that the more i use photoshop the easier it becomes to use. i am pleased with my current progress and im looking forward to trying new techniques.

Today we continued with our development of our photoshop skills. we experimented by doing basic skills such as layering, cropping, colour minipulation and composition. after a few hours of playing with it i managed to master the techniques and had developed a decent poster. latter we did a mock up poster using the past techniques with some new ones. i havnt yet finished this one as i ran out of time however i plan to finish it next week on monday.

Today we started to use photoshop for the first time. we were given a set task so that we could understand the basic tools of photoshop which would make it easier for future work. we were given images that we had to cut and layer onto other images. we had to do this a few times over so that we were sure we could do it right. i struggled with the copying part of the task however after a bit of practise i was able to compleate the task. i feel i know abit more on photoshop however i think allot more practise is needed.

Today i continued to develope my Mood boards. as i have run into a problem that i will solve tomorrow. i have decided to take an alternate route and do another subject in the meantime, i decided to do something to do with games and the violence that comes with them including some of the parents views on video games. i managed to compleate this board and have moved on to the pervious idea of motorcycles. i will develope this board in my own time at home as i have all the required resources to develope the board at home.

Today we watched a film on Photomontqage on John heartfield. it was a documentry of his work and how he got his message to the people. i finaly finished my research and i have began to start on my mood boards. i have decided to cut out my first board into the shape of a motorbike as its relevant to the subject that the board will be showing. After cutting out the board i plan to produce a collage and add a little information. tommorow i plan to continue with my mood boards and hopefully start on my next subject. more information and research may be required but at this point is not essential.

Today i have continued to do my research on Photomontage as i plan to produce ten pages of research and three mood boards. During my research i have found an artist named David Hockney who has used the Photomontage technique in some of his work. I plan to look more closely at his work so i can try the technique myself. So far i have achieved six pages of research and i plan to have the rest finished by the end of the week.