FINAL

This is a combination of few photos and two drawings using the pen tool and other tools. The flag took me over 10 hours to draw. The story of this flag goes back thousands of years. In the story, According to Persian mythology Kaveh was a blacksmith and led a rebellion to overthrow Zah-hak who had reigned on Persia for 1000 years. After the war, people decorated the apron using the blacksmith's leather apron on a spear as a flag with jewels and the flag became the symbol of Persian independence and resistance towards foreign tyranny. It was a very joyous occasion, so I combined it with a bride (my niece), to show happiness and a sunrise to show a new day and another photo that looks like details in the sun.

The antiwar sentiment of the Vietnam era was so strong in the 60’s. People in the 60s did not sit idly while the government lied to them about what was going on in Vietnam. What was experienced during that time was the harshness of war, brutality and death. The Vietnam War provided no inspiring meaning for all the lost lives.

Colorizing a blak & white photo.

There are 3 sources for my photographs. San Diego sunset, my niece and the moon was taken from an online stock photo. I wanted to create a dreamlike composite using a combination of warm and cool tones. I used gradient map for all three images to blend them together.

Homework

This is a test!