Self Portrait of Words - McElfish Photography

Step 1:

Pick a song or poem that you like
- Since we are doing a self portrait project it should be a song/poem that speaks to you
Google to find the lyrics of the song or poem you picked
- Keep this page open or save to computer

You will be using one of the self portrait of yourself!

You must do the self portrait assignment before starting the project

Step 2:

Open your EDITED self portrait
- If it is not edited you MUST edit it before continuing this assignment

Step 3:

Pick the Eye Dropper tool
- Click in any light color area of your photo
  - This can be the background or skin areas

Step 4:

Image
- Canvas Size

Step 5:

Canvas Extension Color: Other
- Click the New Color that was selected in step 3

Step 6:

Click the TOP MIDDLE arrow
- Click the LEFT MIDDLE arrow

Step 7:

You will be changing your canvas size now
- Add 1 inch to Width
  - Add 2 inches to Height
Click OK

Step 8:

Again go to Image- Canvas Size

Step 9:

Click the BOTTOM MIDDLE arrow
- Click the RIGHT MIDDLE arrow

Step 10:

You will be changing your canvas size again
- Add 3 inch to Width
  - Add 6 inches to Height
Click OK

Step 11:

Go to View
- Guides
  - New Guide layout

Step 12:

Columns: 18
- Row: 0
Top: 0
- Left: 3
Bottom: 0
- Right: 1.2

Step 13:

Pick the Eye Dropper tool
- Click on the background around the photo

Step 14:

Pick the Rectangle Tool
- Fill: The color of the background
  - Stroke: white with red line through it

Step 15:

You will be drawing a box
- Start from the top of the photograph
  - Stay in the first set of lines
    - Make the box as long as you would like
      - It does not matter if it is short or long

Step 16:

Click Control J
- Click the Move tool
  - Move the box to the right
    - Stay in the Second set of lines

Step 17:

Click Control T
- Hold the SHIFT key
  - Move the box to be longer or shorter than the first box
    - It can NOT be the same lenght as the first box

Step 18:

Click Control J again
- Click the Move tool
  - Move the box to the right
    - Stay in the third set of lines

Step 19:

Hold the SHIFT key
- Move the box to be longer or shorter than the second box
  - It can NOT be the same lenght as the other two boxs

Step 20:

Continue to duplicate the box and move it over
- Each box should be a different length from the other boxes
  - You may cover or not cover as much of the eye area as you would like
    - You MUST leave the nose and mouth area

Step 21:

View
- Extras (Click the check mark off)
  - The lines will disappear

*******If you have spaces between the colored areas you will need to fill those in. If you don’t you can skip Step 22*******

Step 22:

Select the Rectangle Tool
- Draw boxes over the areas that need covering
  - You may need to do a couple of these to cover all the extra little spaces
Flatten Image

Step 23:

Pick the Eye Dropper Tool
- Select a dark area of the face or background of the photo (this color will become the text color)

Step 24:

Pick the Text Box
- Draw a box at the bottom of the canvas
  - It should only be as long as the actual photo

Step 25:

Pick any font you would like
- Font size should be 48 (if it is to big you can change the size to a lower number)
Type the name of the Band, Singer or Author of the song/poem you picked in step 1

Step 26:

Draw a second text box below the band/author name
- Pick a Different font
  - Font size should be 36 or slightly smaller
    - Type the name of the Album or Book that the song/poem is from
      - This is NOT the name of the song
        Flatten Image

Step 27:

View
- Guides
  - New Guide Layout
- Colums: 14
  - Rows: 0
- Top and Bottom: 0
- Left: 3
  - Right: 1.2

Step 28:

Image
- Image rotation
  - 90 Clockwise

Step 29:

Draw a text box that Starts at the bottom of the photograph and ends near the top of the canvas

Step 30:

Pick a font
- Font size 120 (you can make it bigger or smaller as needed)
Type the name of the Song or Poem
- Leave a couple spaces between each word of the title
  - Flatten Image