Cut & Paste

This project was like our introduction to Photoshop to understand how it works. I've worked with cutting and pasting before so I knew a little about it, but I loved learning the easier ways to do it. I decided to stick with animals and flowers for my piece to keep a pattern, as well as some unity. However, I incorporated a bust of Sam Smith, my favorite artist, in the center of my collage. All the images I selected have a stronger meaning to me. For example, the purple lily is a symbol of Florence, Italy, where I studied a year ago. I enjoyed picking things at random that had to do with me and then pasting them in a collage together.

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