Postcards

 The first postcard I made was the clipping mask postcard with my name. I started by typing my name, and then filling it with pictures of things that I like or are important to me, and then I found a picture of a pool and added text in it that described my goals for the future. I don't really like this postcard very much because I feel like my name on the outside doesn't really fit in with the rest of the postcard. If I were to change this I would make the picture of the pool the whole background of the postcard and then I would put my name on the sides of that. I really like the way my name with the clipping masks looks. I also like how I put a blur on the edge of the picture so it blends in with the sandy background a little bit better.





The second postcard I made was of the plaza lights in Kansas City, MO. I really liked the picture that I found, I added a blur to the lights and changed blend mode to make the picture look really good. I put the Royals logo in the top right corner and turned the opacity down a little bit. I really like the way this postcard looks, it is pretty simple, but I really like the way it turned out. If I were to change anything, I might put a border around the outside, or put more Kansas City related things in the picture.







The third postcard that I made was the Hawaiian postcard tutorial. This tutorial didn't really teach me anything new, it manly worked with layers and blending modes. I really like the way this postcard looks. I added the "greetings from" at the top of the postcard. If I were to change anything about this card I would put the stamp thing in the corner, like it would be on a real postcard, and I would probably put a different picture in the middle of the postcard. I really like the floors and the cloudy background, I will definitely use the cloudy background in future projects. I think this is a really cool project, and I am really glad that I completed this tutorial.

 

The forth postcard I made was a creative postcard using the same elements of the Hawaiian postcard tutorial. I used the cloudy background, and make the colors really light to make it look like snow, and them I added the snowflakes in the background kind of like the big pineapple. I added text, and a family picture in the middle kind of like the previous postcard. Then I added the lights and polar bear, and I put a santa hat on the C. I really like the way this postcard looks. I think it all goes together really well, the only thing I would change is put a more wintery picture in the middle, but it would still be a family picture.