My Portfolio: License Plate (P) by Dayna Elizabeth Spry

"I based this project off of the license plate project. I chose an Indiana License Plate because I grew up in Indiana and plan to move there. I put RUJ3L0S on my License Plate. This means Are You Jealous. I chose this because when I get older I want a Mustang GT with a hood scoop and side scoops with a spoiler on the back and would want everyone to be jealous of my car. I first used the Eyedropper to select the background color. Then I selected the Brush Tool and colored over the text. I then created a new image with the same dimensions and a transparent background, and used the Text Tool to type RUJ3L0S. I chose to make the text size 95 so as to fit it into the area. I copied the text layer and moved it to make a drop shadow. I used the Fill Bucket to fill in the drop shadow a light blue almost white and the text black. Then, copying the text, I pasted it on the license plate. I used the Scale Tool to scale it so it looked appropriate. I wanted to make an ordinary license plate with an interesting message and some foreshadowing of the future. I chose to do this project for my portfolio because I really liked this project and because I wanted to keep the audience guessing about what the text is supposed to mean."

CITATIONS

Nichilson, David. n.d.. License Plate (Indiana). [photograph.] Retrieved from http://www.15q.net/usindex.html or http://www.15q.net/in.html or http://www.15q.net/us2/in14.jpg