Genre+PP


 * Watch the videos below, then think of how you could create an eBook for the information in one of the videos, but change the genre from science and nature to another genre, for instance **** fairy tale, science fiction, historical fiction, adventure, etc. Use your imagination. **
 * Design a cover for the eBook that demonstrates the genre you selected. You may use pixlr.com or Open Office Draw of Tux Paint to ** c ** reate the cover **** . **
 * Amphibians: Tadpoles
 * Birds and Butterfly Swarms
 * Daddy Longlegs
 * Bactrian Camels
 * Hurricanes
 * Lightening

To plan ahead, think about these ** Guiding Questions: ** What color background will you use? What text? What style font and what color for the text will you use? Where will the text be placed? What will be the subject matter of any pictures and what style pictures would you need to use? What will be the setting for the picture? What size will the picture be compared to the text? You might want to go to Amazon.com to look at book covers and CD covers for ideas.
 * 1) Decide which tool you will use to create the final Book Cover document.
 * 2) Use images from Flickr commons or from search.creativecommons.org or from National Geographic. Keep track of the source of the image for your wiki page.
 * 3) Create a title and include a picture representing the main character in your story. Add a background, modify the image, provide as many layers as necessary to create the book cover. Save the final document to My Documents on your computer. Save the image as a .png or .jpg
 * 4) Create a new wiki page called **Genres //yourinitials//**.
 * 5) Upload your Book Cover document to your **Genres //yourinitials//** **wiki page**.
 * 6) **On your wiki page, write a paragraph** explaining the design for the cover.
 * Explain why you used the tool that you used.
 * Provide the URL for the original source of the image.
 * Describe how you used the graphic elements: contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity to create the cover.
 * Also, explain how you created the image you used. Which tools did you use? Be specific about how you used each.
 * Explain why you chose the background color.
 * Explain the meaning of the title. Explain how the font style and color support the genre.

In my edit I edited a picture of camels using pixlr. I used pixlr because it has all the tools I need to change this pictures genre. I used many different elements to change this cover. I used a sharp contrast by having most of the color green and the main points of the picture a bright yellow. This brings the important items to the front of the picture. I have some repetition here by keeping a consistent color throughout the title, star, and sword. The proximity of the edit really ties the picture together. The star and title are along a rule of thirds line, and the camels are all on separate lines.On pixlr I used tools including, paint brush, paint bucket, color swap tool, filters, text tool, and a sharpen tool. These tools all help to change the pictures genre. I used the night-vision filter to give the background the appearance that the picture is at night. The title is meant to hint at the fact that the genre of the edited picture is adventure. This image has an adventure genre because of it's title, the star, and the sword.


 * Pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31801622@N07/7182562896/in/photolist-bWGvHj-i2VvzQ-i2VHMo-i2VaM2-i2UJYK-i2URAn-i2UXEg-i2VqyL-a1tiH4-9SAvdb-7BW1vM-9ooEf9-7C2N2G-bWGy9u-bWGx7Y-bWGwYS-bWGw9h-bLrHse-fn3tt7-bWGxjY-bWGvTj-bWGwtd-bWGwh1-bWGxYo-8oBesa-8ofo3F-8ofjYx-8ofoE6-8oioHm-8oEnJL-8oEs21-8oitgA-8oEwnb-8ofhEk-8ofktk-8oEuWq-8oBCoz-8offLM-8ofgYF-8ofqUi-8oix7L-8oizkG-8oBfxT-8ofiQD-8oBiTP-egveYm-bF6V6C-7BZNEy-7BXZsn-drVaRo-8v4yWp
 * Sword: http://www.flickr.com/photos/53303459@N03/8499215036/in/photolist-dX3Gwh-dX3AfQ-dX3Cr9-dX3DXG-dWWWzH-dWX3Gt-dWX1Jg-dWWWL8-dWX35Z-9LFY8K-91dvMa-9PKgVc-dX3Dpu-dWWYJB-dWWXkH-89vNGV-hEpj8C-7N3Jof-ahy693-ahy4BL-ahvfHg-ahy39d-ahuTDk-ahxXuh-c9d7Cm-ahv4Vt-ahuCaa-ahuFEt-ahv1ge-ahxFfA-ahynKY-ahvD9B-ahxJeh-ahuPuz-ahyqKY-c8YXqJ-ahuMnr-ahxmgW-ahv2XR-ahuxCx-ahvauV-c9d9ob-ahuZWt-ahve7Z-c9d8Z3-ahuyBT-ahuHzH-ahuwNP-ahv5Vv-ahxpGE-ahxv4m