It really was no miracle. What happened was just this...

As I stated in my previous post, I based a lot of my piece off of various allusions to the Wizard of Oz some of which can be seen quite easily. I chose to use a picture I took of a brick wall on campus and recolored it yellow, 'the yellow brick road'. I wanted to use a lot of bricks across my image because of all the things I saw when walking to class, bricks outnumbered all of them. Other Oz references include the Red-Laced sneakers, in lieu of the ruby red slippers; the green balloon representing the wizard's hot air balloon made from the sign at Oxley's Cafe; and finally I added a quote from one of the beginning scenes from the wizard of Oz to signify the start of my journey both to class and through this class. In my previous post I also made mention to Google maps as a primary source of finding how to get from one place to another. To represent this, I used pins to show my point of origin and destination, just as you would see in an actual Google map. The yellow brick also alludes to the tan layered background of a Google map. At my point of origin, I took the building in which I live, Barrett House, and distorted it to add to the playful theme of the piece. This can also be seen as another allusion to the Wizard of Oz in which Dorothy's house lands in Oz and becomes distorted from the fall. Next to illustrate how I get to class I showed a picture of my shoes moving in a walking motion as to get from one place to another by walking, my main form of transportation. I also showed some of the key features I pass on the way: the numbers garden and Oxley's Cafe. Another integral part of my piece was the use of signs and symbols. I used a lot of signs I saw on my journey to illustrate my progress when getting to class. I also added some painted features to add more visually cartoon-like effects: the grass at the numbers, the clouds, and a string on the Oxley's sign to make it look like a balloon. I also used some dodging and burning effects to emphasize the bright sun that I had seen in previous days from the top right corner of the image. Overall I feel as if my image could use some more minor tweaks but also represented an interesting first task.