Photopea skills lesson 1

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Can you name 2 pieces of design work we created last half term.
Extension: What is the purpose of those designs?

Graphic design skills

Lesson 1

Learning Objectives 

Aspire – Develop key skills in Photopea

Conquer - Apply those skills to create a digital project. 

Photopea

• Last half-term we developed our key design process that would be used in the real world.

• This half term we are going to apply our design skills to a project in Photopea. 

Photopea

• Photopea is the online version of Photoshop, However Photopea is free to use at home!

• Here you can see the home screen for Photopea - We are going to start by creating a project first. 

Creating a project

Create a project 

Photopea

Follow the same settings and create an A4 sized graphic.

Adding images

Source an image

• Soon we will be creating an emoji monster to develop out skills.

• Using the same method source an emoji face for your monster and add it to photopea.

• Hint: search for "Emoji face" 

Manipulating your image

Manipulating your image

Resize and move you image to the top of the canvas as this will be the top of your monster body. 

Adding shapes

Create your monster body outline.

Create an outline for monster body. 

Your body can have a range of limbs.

Extension - Source the images for your limbs.