This work is for “Fat Cats Make Art Better” in VisualAssignments. The “Posterizing” function in “Color” section in GIMP makes the fat cat like Monroe. Putting some makeup on his (or her) face by painting tool makes it funnier. First, I cut the cat’s face out of another photo and put it on a different layer from the background(=Andy’sMonroe). ...

This work is for “Culture Clash” in DesignAssignments.     I replaced the Statue of Kim Il- song in North Korea with the Statue of Liberty. The United States is always considered as en enamy in North Korea. I wish I could see such a scene in the future. Kim Il-song is fatter than the Statue of ...

This work is for “Cartoon the head” in DesignAssignments. I put the face of Kunfu Panda on an orca’s body. I needed to enlarge and rotate the face to fit the body. The original color of the panda’s face was much darker than the orca’s body. After putting the face on a different layer, I adjusted ...

This work is for “Wait, Where’d That Guy Come From?” in DesignAssignment. To create this picture, I basically used 4 layers in GIMP. The background(=painting), Yoda,a robe which a woman in front of Yoda wears and Yoda’s shadow. First, open the painting for the background. Second, cut out Yoda from a picture of Star Wars by using a tool that can selects area and put him on a new layer Third, ...

This is for the visualassignments.It is Nomal to Extraordinary.   I tried to make her an actress in an exoric world. I used some effects on the person and the background separaetly. The contrast is empasized and the color is darkend on the background. The whole background is blurred to emphasize the person. The color in her eyes and lips are changed ...

This photo is for the assignment for the commic book effect in the visual signments.   I think the keys were color, brightness and sharpness. Using GIMP, I played with the balance of color and brightness. The yellower it is, the more it looks like a picture in a commic book. Then, I put some filter ...

This photo is for the Visual Assignments, “Swith Up the Mood.” I used GIMP to create this photo. I took the original picture on the  beautiful beach in a tropical island. I changed the brightness, contrast and color balance by using GIMP’s filter functions. But I do not remenber how I changed them actually. Although the colors of the original photo were beautiful enough, they ...

I guess Superman lives there!   This photo is for the assignment of Splash the Color I used GIMP to create this photo. First, I downloaded GIMP for free and then I googled how to use GIMP. Some say using “layer function” is helpful. Layer is one function to pile many pictures as an animation movie ...