For week 9, it’s all about being inspired. The beginning of design week was really intimidating. I’ve never used any application like GIMP or Photoshop so i was hesitant at first.One of the first images to inspire me to go out of my zone was Brittany’s “Splash the Color” assignment from the design assignment bank. Here’s the picture!

I played softball for roughly 9 years and stopped when i came to UMW. It’s always awesome to see softball games and everything. The reason this inspired me was because, like i said, i love softball. It was a huge part of my life and it sometimes makes me sad that i stopped. Seeing this picture really brought back a lot of memories. The way the softball is colored in is perfect. It’s the focus point of the picture and in some ways the focal point in Brittany’s life! After i saw this picture, i decided to do the same assignment but with a different image of course. That’s when i really started getting into GIMP and editing and i got out of my zone, which was great. This photo is just amazing!