This is my final project for this course and is a design for an online photography portfolio to showcase my work.  I included a logo that is part of my family crest, and used a layer mask to limit this image.  I also included social media links and navigation bars to direct traffic.  There is also a search option, I found this to be common on many online photography portfolios.

This is a sketch idea I developed for a workable website created through Photoshop.  I researched some photographic online portfolios and tried to include many aspects of those in my design idea.  Images will be placed in groups and the top three windows scroll through images in different groups.  These windows will be clickable links that open all images in a group into a view-able grid.  The window on the top left will contain portfolio and artist logo or information, with other information at the bottom of the page.  Background will be simple so focus is on images.

Module 5 Avatar Project with the addition of background and hair.  I aimed to give the piece a lumberjack avatar message. Enjoy.

This is my avatar for Module 5, for this project I aimed to replicate the techniques shown in the article.  I ended up applying 22 layers on this project for uses like; skin color and detail, eye color and size, dodge/burn effects, curve adjustment layers, and multiple layer masks.  I also did a hue/saturation red boost layer masked to my shirt, to contrast the color of my face.  Masking layer effects was a key part of this project for me.