"OMG what color are your eyes??"

Colors are truly ambiguous. They are everywhere and they make everyone feel something different. A certain shade of green may repulse some people, but remind others of a stuffed animal they had as a child. Colors also work with one another in order to convey a whole new meaning or simply, “a pleasing arrangement of colors” (Edwards, 84). This is called harmony of color– a term that is easily defined, but rarely explained. Again, we look intrinsically to find what makes us connect with a certain collection of colors which is why the term is seldom a process that is explained.

What we do know, however, is that color theory can emphasize, blend in with, or complement a selection of colors. In this week’s project, we were expected to take a photo of ourselves and change or emphasize the color of our eyes. I originally selected a photo of my entire face, but there was not much of my iris showing in that picture, so it did not give me the dramatic result that I desired.

There was not much change from the original image to the final product, so I decided to try this process again on a new image.

I chose a new image that showed more of my iris and used the eye drop tool to select some of the colors that were most prominent. From there, I used the HEX codes to enhance all of the colors making them brighter. I added zig-zagged and dotted patterns with these colors changing colors as it moved away from the pupil. For each color that I chose, I added a new layer so that I could easily fix my mistakes later if needed. Once I was finished added colors, I added a Gaussian Blur filter to each layer creating a more natural eye look. The new image allowed me to have a larger area to work with and a clearer image overall.

The finished product this time was much easier to see. Doing this process twice also allowed me to become more practiced in this process, created a better design. I like the finished product overall, but I think that if I were to do this again, I would add more lines instead of dots to try to make it more realistic.