Opie Task Evaluation

For the task, I had to take a photo, and edit it in the style of Julian Opie, who created Blur’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album art. I used Photo booth to capture an image of myself and then transferred it to Photoshop, where I began to edit it in her style.

Overall, I think the task to create and emulate the work of Julian Opie went fairly well. It wasn’t much of a challenge as I have had experience in using Photoshop in the past, however, some of the individual parts, such as using the lasso tool, was quite irritating as it took multiple attempts to select the parts in which I had to colour. The instructions were concise and easy to follow, rendering the task significantly easier. I also learned how to effectively utilise the ‘stroke’ tool and how it actually works. I feel that the end result is good as it was my first time attempting an Opie project, but there is definitely some room for improvement. For instance, the hair and shirt could’ve been selected better and neater, and I could have added highlights into the hair part, but for ease I decided against it, for it was too time-consuming.