Color Echo

"One of the best ways to create a palettee that will complemenet the image is to borrow colors directly from the image itself."-Krause (p. 218)

This assignment was to find an image online and create a poster using colors from the image. First, I opened my image, a bowl of fruit, in Photoshop. I used the magnetic lasso tool to trace along the edge of the bowl. I then inversed the selection and deleted the background. Then, I used the eye dropper tool to select a color from one of the apples. I used the paintbucket tool to apply the chosen color to the background. I, once again, used the eyedropper tool to pick out a color from one of the pears. I used this color to create a rectangle across the bottom of the canvas. I also applied a outer glow effect to the image of the bowl of fruit and chose another color from the pears for this glow. Finally, I chose a darker shade from an apple and created a text box and wrote "Eat Fruit!". I added an inner shadow effect to the text to make it stand out. My completed image is featured below. I am pleased with the finished product. The glow of the bowl and the inner shadow applied to the text really adds something to the piece and places emphasis on these two components.

Finished Product