Opie self portrait evaluation

When making my Opie self-portrait on Photoshop I didn’t use many tools. The main tool I used was the pen tool. I used this tool to cut around the area I wanted to colour, I preferred the pen tool to the magnetic lasso tool because you get better results, I only use the lasso tool for really rough cuts. I find that using the pen tool us much quicker than the lasso tool. Once the area on my original picture I wanted was cut around, I right clicked and then clicked ‘make selection’; this highlights the area you want.

When it’s highlighted you can move on to using the next tool. The next tool I used was the paint brush tool, with this I simply selected the colour I wanted to use in the bottom left of the program and then just clicked around the highlighted area, the brush will never go out of line as long as the area is still highlighted.

I didn’t find using any of the tools difficult as I have used them in the past at home.I think I was quite successful at completing the given brief. If I were to improve it next time, I think I’d add detail to it.