On the verdge of a Collage

The time to start my collage is drawing near, and once again, I have no idea how I am going to begin. I have a great interest in the ocean and ocean life (even though my greatest fear is sharks), and believe I may base my collage on this ideology. Its odd how something your scared of can interest you so much.

I don't feel as helpless as I did for the self portrait though, for I do understand the possiblities in regards to photoshop and look forward to using some of the various editing tools once again. I can only aim my target upwards now, and look forward to creating something great.

Self Portrait

So here is my finished self portrait. Im quite pleased with how it turned out. I especially like the color schematic in this image, for it is very bright and attention getting. I personally never thought I would be able to create a self portrait which I personally liked, but I actually kind of enjoy my creation.

I had some problems with the layer usage in photoshop when creating my image, but eventually came to understand it, which helped me alot in the creation of my collage. I am very interested in symbolic artists such as Jacques Louis David, and this was a large reason why I chose to take a symbolic approach to my work (symbolism shown in background, and religious figures).