Photoshop, not just an art program.

It's a passion. If you ask anyone who does a lot with Photoshop, they'll all tell you a very similar thing. A cousin of mine made me think of this a while back when he posted on a picture on Facebook saying: "Photoshop = LIFE". Really, if you think about it, Art is a huge form of expression. If you can't say or sing what you're thinking, Art is yet another avenue to fulfill that for you.


There are very few things better than sitting down and creating a design while listening to many of my favorite songs. It's what I do many nights, even if I don't come up with a finished product that I like. The possibilities of Photoshopping are endless. You can use one of the many tools given to you, or include outside images and brushes to jazz up your image. And since I can't draw pencil and paper whatsoever, Photoshop has allowed me to use alternative means to express through art.

Not too long ago I had a 5 minute presentation for a Business Communications course I am in, and for 5 minutes I talked about Photoshop; what it is to me, what you can do with it, and how you can create something from just a white canvas. I like to focus on Abstract manipulations, and photo manipulations. For some reason, they are my favorite style of art to work on. Although the presentation was only 5 minutes long, I felt like I could go on for hours. It's simply something I love to do.


For those who aren't really familiar with Photoshop (although I assume by now almost everybody has at least heard of it), It is a program developed by Adobe for professonal level photo editing, creation, and manipulating. The current version, CS5 Extended, would run a non student $1,000 for a non upgrade copy. It's a no joke program with more tools and functionality than I have room available to talk about it on this blog. There are also a ton of peripherals(hardware add-ons)like drawing pads from [Wacom] which range anwhere from $100, to more than $2,000. there's an entire profession around using and mastering Photoshop. Graphic design is literally everywhere you look. Advertising to website logos, there's someone who most likely is using Photoshop or similar programs to create them.

All you need is a little creativity or find some motivation, and the possibilities are endless. Friend requests for a design or simply music are more than enough for me.