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Recently I've really be interested in graphic design... so I decided to leverage this new found interest by trying my hand at creating a couple simple projects in Photoshop,  Although these aren't specifically photography project, it still allows me to learn some new PS skills, and stretch myself in a direction that I've never really gone before. Therefore, I still think this falls under one of my Year's Resolutions.

The first project I did was creating a wallpaper calendar for my second monitor. I was inspired by a calendar I had seen online, so I decided to see if I could create something in the same vein, but make it my own. The final product looks very simple and clean, which is what I wanted, but it still took me a lot of time... I realized I'm can be a bit of perfectionist sometimes, and this project definitely brought it out in me. (If you by chance would like a wallpaper, let me know. I can send you a copy of the final version. I can even change the color to your liking.)

Here's the inspiration (from this site):

 My first draft:

My final version:

The second project was taken from a Photoshop tutorial for beginning users...  The tutorial provided step by step instructions on how to create the end product. Unlike the calendar, where I used a lot of trial and error, this time I followed the instructions provided. This was useful in that I could learn the techniques they were trying to demonstrate.

So here's their product:

And mine:

Overall, both projects were fun to do, and taught me some new Photoshop skills.