Motivational Quote Exercise

“In this mini-exercise, first find a quote that you may have heard or that you like. Using just a sentence or two from the quote, design a graphic that conveys the feeling of your quote. You can use anything to design your graphic; paper, pens, markers, Photoshop, Illustrator. It’s entirely up to you.

Here’s the quote I choose:

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” –Langston Hughes.

Then using my imagination, I went into Photoshop and created a graphic using some vector bird images, gradients and a bit of texture.”

Exercise borrowed from InternalDrive.com

Photo Edit Exercise

Go on a free stock photography website such as sxc.hu. Look for a photo (with the theme of your choice) that has either a clear foreground, middle ground, and background or a single subject you can work on. Once you’ve found the photo of your choice, download and open it in Photoshop.

For this twenty-minute exercise, see how much you can manipulate the original photo two different times. Feel free to use any tool available in Photoshop, but since this is only an exercise try using just the image you selected. Manipulate its general composition, omit sections, change the color, or apply photo effects as you see fit.

This exercise was borrowed from PSD-TUTS+.

image source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1376273

Andy Davis @ Harding University

Andy Davis @ Harding University, a photo by dWickliff on Flickr.

Never too old for Hot Wheels

Pictured:
1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport (Red)
1970 Chevelle SS (Blue)

Guitarist reflects on influences, musical style, future

New Gear

Emily Grace

Emily and I recently acquired (with a little help) some new photo gear so we decided to try it out this weekend.

Lady Bisons ‘Think Pink’

On most nights when the Bisons and the Lady Bisons play at home the “Rhodes Rowdies” arrive decked out in black and gold. However, for one night a year the Rhodes was covered not in school colors, but in pink.

The Harding University women’s basketball team hosted its first ever “Think Pink” game on Monday, Feb. 14 to raise awareness for breast cancer research and treatment. Players, coaches, fans, cheerleaders, the band, and even the Bison mascot wore pink to show support.

Read more here.

Scheme of the Driftless Shifter

Every Spring the theater department at my university presents a series of student-led, one-act plays. The following are shots after an excellent first performance of The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter. Congratulations to all those involved!