Concept Boards

A recent assignment in this class was to create concept boards using Photoshop. I believe the purpose of this assignment was to introduce the class to what a concept board is and the purposes of making one. As well as to enable use to practice different tools on Photoshop and to introduce us to new ones. I also believe we were given this assignment to reflect subjects we have covered in this class.

The assignment was to create three boards on Photoshop with one about an artist, principle, and element. We were also encouraged to use new techniques and tools that were taught to us such as changing color by using color range and using bitmap to abstract a picture. 

This concept board was a snapshot I took while working on it in the computer lab. I had abstracted the main image through bitmap and then changes the color by selecting the color range. I have changed the colors on this concept board and have added more to the composition.

This is a snapshot of all three concept boards I created. I plan to go back an add more contrast to the center picture on the line board because the image is washed out by the blue boarder it is placed on top of.

For the concept board below on Gustav Klimt I am pretty satisfied with but my professor suggested I add a black boarder around Klimt's portrait to emphasis that the board is about it. I plan to go back into Photoshop and see how I like it and decide if I will keep it without or with the boarder.

Then for the last concept board on that I did on contrast I felt there something missing but was unsure how exactly I wanted to resolve it. I thought about adding text below the image in the center to balance the composition better or my professor suggested that I enlarge the photo. Again, I will probably play around with both possibilities in Photoshop and then decide from there which one I prefer.

After I have made adjustments to these concept boards I will print them out again and then they will be mounted on poster board flush to the edge.