Color Emotions

For this assignment, we had to create 5 different pictures that show an emotion based on the color. We couldn't use faces or landscapes to create our emotions. All of these were created on Adobe Fireworks CS3 on a 500x300 pixel canvas.

Rage (Red)

 

1.   Draw a rectangle and make it red. Trim the canvas.
2.   Put this under the first layer and name it what you want.
3.   Add a new layer and add random black dots all over the rectangle.
4.   Add another layer and draw horizontal lines all across the rectangle. Make the lines red, size 10, and Viscous Alien Paint.
5.   Make a new layer.Draw a little circle  in the middle of your rectangle with every thing the same as your lines but make the red darker. Make a bigger circle and another bigger circle.
6.  Make a new layer. Draw ovals half way up the screen horizontal across the screen with the same border as the lines without a fill.
7.  Save your work

 Sadness (Blue)

1. Draw a rectangle and make it dark blue. Trim the canvas.
2. Make the gradient ripples. Change the colors to start with dark blues and get lighter and lighter. Choose as many colors as you want.
3. Make a new layer and draw a light blue circle. (Gradient)
4. Make a new layer underneath the circle and draw a square.
5. Turn the square so it looks like a rain drop. (Same effects as circle.)
6. Save your work.

Happy/Hope(Green)

1. Draw a light green rectangle and trim the canvas.
2. Change the texture to Line-Horiz 1.
3. Make a new layer. 
4. Make a 16 point star. Have the color gradient folds. Have the colors be different bright greens and yellows.
5. Add a light green glow to your star.
6. Save your work.

Joy(Yellow)

1. Draw a light yellow rectangle. Trim the canvas.
2. Change the texture to swish.
3. Open a new layer.
4. Paint a bunch of orange dots all over the rectangle.
5. Open a new layer.
6. Draw a bunch of darker yellow lines up from the bottom center of the rectangle.
7. Open a new layer.
8. Make a border out of paint.
9. Have it be yellow fur setting.
10. Save your work.

Disgust(Pink)

1.  Draw a dark pink rectangle and trim the canvas.
2. Make the gradient folds and have the colors start with dark pink and get lighter and lighter. On the very left side of the bar make the color an ugly brown.
3. Move the handles of the gradient towards the bottom right of the triangle.
4. Make a new layer.
5. Draw lines randomly across the rectangle.
6. Have the lines be size 20, hot pink, and paint splatter.

Save your work.

Professional Name Plate

Our final assignment was creating a fresh, professional name plate.

1. Open "Adobe Fireworks CS3" and set your canvas size to 300x500 pixels and 200 resolution.
2. Create a rounded rectangle and select the fill to be a gradient linear.
3. Trim the canvas and center the rectangle.
4. Make the colorsa a peachy pink and light purple.
5. Select the texture to be wood.
6. Make the trim light purple, size 6 and heavy watercolor.
7. Select the text box and type your name.
8. Make the font Lucida Calligraphy, size 63, and color the same pink as before.
9. Select filters "Sharpen More" and "Glow" the same purple as before.
10. Save your image.

Mid-level Name Plate

This assignment was to create a nameplate at a mid-level. We were assigned to make it look nice, but not extremely professional.

1. Open "Adobe Fireworks CS3" and create your canvas to be 300x200 pixels and 200 resolution.
2. Trim the canvas and center the rectangle to canvas.
3. Draw a rounded rectangle, add the texture folds and select your colors to be dark brown and red.
4. Adjust the handles of the folds to move the effect.
5. Select the texture to be "Line-Hort-1".
6. Make the border brown, size 4, and thin.
7. No filters were added to this rectangle.
8. Select the text box and type your name.
9. Make the font "Arabic Typesetting" and size 63, color black.
10. Add filter "Inner glow" color red, and "Glow" color black.
11. Center your name and save your image.

Basic Name Plate

Our assignment was to create a beginner nameplate, making it ugly and unprofessional. The instructions to this name plate are below.

1. Open "Adobe Fireworks CS3" and create a canvas 300x200 pixels with a resolution of 200.
2. Draw a rectangle and to a Ctrl+Alt+T to trim the canvas, center the rectangle to the canvas.
3. For the "Fill" of  the rectangle, select "Oil Paint 3" under "Pattern".
4. Change the texture to DNA.
5. Change the border to size 30 and the color purple.
6. Make the border the "Rake" option under "Crayon"
7. Add the filter "Drop Shadow" and make the color a pale yellow.
8. Select the filter "Blur More".
9. Select the filter "Blur" and choose the color red.
10. Click on the text box option and type your name.
11. Change the font to "AR HERMANN" and size 63.
12. Change the font color to purple.
13. Add filters "Solid Shadow" color black, "Drop Shadow" color black, "Glow" color blue, and "Blur More".
14. Center the text box to canvas.
15. Save the nameplate.

Texture and Optimize

For this image, we were assigned to make an image with texture and optimize and save it.  To start off, I created my image. I started off by opening Adobe Fireworks CS3 and setting my canvas to 500x300 pixels.  Next, I selected black as my background color. Then, I clicked on "line tool"under the "vector" tab. I then selected a neon color and drew random lines all over the canvas. I repeated this process over and over, using a new, bright color every few lines. Then, I clicked on 4-Up and optimize. I selected "TIFF 8" and chose 16 colors. Next, I selected "Dither: 100%" and save my new image.

Name Plate #2

1. Open Adobe Fireworks CS3 and select a canvas size of 500 pixels by 300 pixels and set the background as transparent.
2. Select the rectangle shape and make the size you wish.
3. Find the option "gradient" under fill for your rectangle. Select "star burst" under gradient.
4. Click on the color option in the fill area.
5. Select purple as the color to the left and yellow as the color to the right.
6. Move the purple box a little to the right.
7. To change the pattern of the background, click on the little black circle in the middle  of the box and move it to the left. Then click on one of the little black boxes and move them until the desired affect is acquired.
8. For the border, select the color purple and size 8. Click on the arrow and select "unnatural" and then "Viscous Alien Paint".
9. Click on the plus sign next to filters and click Glow (yellow) and Blur.
10. Go under the tab Optimize and Align and select align. Click to canvas then center the rectangle.
11.  At the top of the page, go to the tab modify, then canvas, then click trim canvas to make your canvas the correct size for your rectangle.
12. Select the text box option.
13. Click on your rectangle and type your name.
14. Select the font size to be purple.
15. Select glow under filters and  select yellow.
16. Select Inner Glow under filters and select yellow.
17. Go to the tab optimize and align and click align. Then click to canvas and center the name.
18. Save your work.
19. Note: Yellow and purple are complementary colors.

Name Plate

I started off by making a rounded rectangle with a width of 300 pixels and a height of 200 pixels. Then I selected a gradient texture for the rectangle and decided to use folds. Then, I looked up a color wheel showing complementary colors and picked my two favorite complementary colors. I selected the color option on the arrow next to folds and used the color dropper to insert the colors from the website I found.  Then I moved around the line in the center of the rectangle to created my desired back ground. I changed the border to 8 pixels and to the pink complementary color and it's texture to smoky. I chose the filters sharpen, blur, motion blur, and glow. When colors were an option I chose the same as the color wheel I found. Next, I went under the tab optimize and align and selected align. I then centered the rectangle. Finally, you crop off the edges of the rectangle. For your name you would select text box and place it on the rectangle and type your name. Select size 70 for the text size and Snap ITC for the writing style. Use the same color as your border for your text. Choose filters Inner Glow, Glow, and Sharpen More, use the colors from your rectangle when colors are required. Finally, align your name so it's the center of the rectangle.