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Natural-born winners
La Jolla Light cover image, July 10, 2003
Adobe Photoshop
"Image was created using Adobe Photoshop as part of La
Jolla Light's Summer series in 2003. Struggled for a while with
different motifs before settling on this 'Space Surfer' design." - LV
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Mac Meda
La Jolla Light cover image, July 3, 2003
Adobe Photoshop
"Cover art for La Jolla Light story on a secret surfing
society created using Adobe Photoshop. The background surfers
are a reapted image inverted horizontally. I also wrote the accompanying
story." - LV
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Season of the Arts
La Jolla Light cover image, May 22, 2003
Adobe Photoshop
"A combination of the Photoshop cutout filter and an adaptation
of hue and saturation created the graphic effect used for the
center subject. I then swirled the sky blue background to give
the image a more tropical and retro appearance." - LV
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Building a Better Body
La Jolla Light cover image, May 8, 2003
Adobe Photoshop
"The editor wanted a 'Six Million Dollar Man' effect and
I was able to deliver it by searching the Web for appropriate
images and adjusting them to fit the assignment.The torso was
enlarged from a small 100 pixel .gif" - LV
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The War From Here
La Jolla Light cover image, April 10, 2003
Adobe Photoshop
"I was asked to create an image of the effect of the Iraqi
War on the people of La Jolla and to include religion, economics,
patriotism and protest as subject matter. I searched the newspaper's
photo archives for images that conveyed those themes and saturated
them in Photoshop using reds and blues and created this 'Captain
America' design. - LV
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The Final Cut
La Jolla Light cover image, March 27, 2003
Adobe Photoshop
"The subject matter was 'Artists on the Cutting Edge'
so I wanted to create a design that was minimalist and edgy at
the same time. The silk screen effect was accomplished using a
white photo reduced to two colors and a simple gradient background.
I also wrote the accompanying story." - LV
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Theater Village
La Jolla Light cover image, Dec. 26, 2002
Adobe Photoshop
"Architectural plans were all I was given to work with
so I took the most creative ones and fashioned a cover out them
using Photoshop selections and the lowering the opacity of certain
layers. I also wrote the accompanying story." - LV
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Pop La Jolla
La Jolla Light cover image, Oct. 10, 2002
Adobe Photoshop
"The goal was to recreate a pulp fiction novel and the
resources provided were old pictures of beach scenes. Another
application of the Photoshop cut out effect along with use of
brilliant beach-inpired coloring accomplished the '60s effect.
I also wrote the accompanying story." - LV
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