Lyrical Triptych Reflection

Griselis Medrano

Period 4

Ms.Weigand

11/5/10

                                            Lyrical Triptych

  During first quarter our second our project was to create a lyrical triptych. We were told that we had to pick a song that we liked and find pictures that relate to the song. There were several steps to create the lyrical triptych one of them was to pick a song. The second step was to find pictures and colors that would relate to the mood of the song. The third and finally step was to combine all the pictures and colors by using tools from Photoshop. These were the steps I used to create the project.

  In the first triptych I used a welcome to New York City sign and a picture of Time Square and a road sign. The second triptych I used a map, a male playing a guitar and a female listening to music. On the third triptych I used three pictures of couples. I chose the song Hey There Delilah by Plain White Tees. My triptych wasn’t as good as it could have been due to the fact of my absence my work had to be rushed. I know I could have done a better job with time.

  The following tools I used in Adobe to create my triptych the move tool, the lasso tools, magic wand, the crop tool and also the blur tool. I used the filter tool and the adjustment tool to brighten the images and to clean up the images also. I created images that reflected the lyrics of my song by paying attention to the words. Also by paying attention to the small detail in the lyrics. I created a mood to the lyrics by listening to beat and by reading the words of the song. As of images I used a Delilah flower to represent the girl’s name. I also used colors to express the mood in the song this is. How I created images and moods to my lyrical triptych.

  My experience in working with Photoshop was fantastic. I got to learn how many tools there are and how to use them. I also got to learn how many different things you can do to a picture. I like it because now in the future I can use what I’ve learned. Also because it now easier for me to use Photoshop and its many tools. I expressed my lyrical triptych to the best of my abilities but I could have been better but due to my absences it was rushed. If I were to have the chance to do the project again I would work harder by finding more images that describe the song with more detail.