Tracey Nautel Blog

I have made my design portfolio site!  You can view it here: https://traceynautel888.wixsite.com/tjndesigns It's pretend :) I took this class as part of my computer science studies at ESC.  I really wanted to gain  some experience with Photoshop as part of my studies.  I have learned a great deal from the course but I am by no means a designer or artist and so coming up with a "portfolio" site was a challenge for me! In Photoshop I, of course, took advantage of saving my files so they would be the right size/resolution for my website.  I also designed the TJN logo that is in my header.  And I used some of the lasso/erasing techniques I have learned to make my profile pic.  I took my head from a larger picture with a busy background and isolated it again the dark blue circle.  Overall I am pretty happy with how it all came out!

I have started giving some thought to my personal online portfolio site.  Here is a sketch of how I would like to have it laid out (apologies for quality - scanner not cooperating for me so had to snap a pic of it)  I must admit though I am confident I will be able to build this site the way I want, I am not as confident that I will have the right content to fill it and make it interesting.  We'll see...

Here is my final photo restore - I think it came out pretty well.  I spent a great deal of time going back over section 8  Balancing Colors  in the Lynda tutorial on Photoshop Fundamentals.  After a bit of trial and error I finally came up with what I feel like is a nice final product.  I am really excited to get a print made of my freshened image.  It has always been one of my very favorite family photos!