1. If I had to explain what a mandala is in my own words, I would explain it as circular outline of a reoccurring photo that mirrors itself. A lot like a tessellation, but in circle pattern instead.
2. How did I make the mandalas? I went into the photoshop app and I opened up a tab for the mandala template and the picture that was going to be used in the mandala. I then used the magic wand tool and selected a piece of the mandala and used the move tool to move it over to where in the picture want the mandala to be. I then copied and duplicated the layer and used the transform button to make it fit each triangle perfectly. Finally, i merged layers and ended up changing the background color with the paint can tool. 3. My favorite mandala was the one with the maroon background. I really liked this project because it turned an ordinary picture into a masterpiece. 4. I struggled with copying some of the layers, but I eventually got the hang of it and made it look perfect. 5. If I had to do it again I would copy two layers together and just copy and paste those to make the process faster. 1. Tessellation in my own words is a collage of the same picture mirroring in a pattern that makes a funky shape that reoccurs.
2. To make the tessellations I went into photoshop, cropped the image to the side that fit in the guides (i.e.. 1, 4, 2 in.), moved them into the guides and made it so every picture is a mirror image of the one next to it. I would move it vertical and horizontal until it matched perfectly. 3. What I liked about this is how an image that may not be "beautiful" before, tuns into something very beautiful and creative. My favorite image is the one of the purple flowers. 4. I struggled with keeping a pattern together. Sometimes I would move it vertical when really it had to be horizontal, and vise versa. 5. If I did it again, I would use a system and memorize what goes where so that it would be a faster process. |
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