Photo Compositing

Event: Adobe MAX 2025
Workshop: Russell Brown’s Adobe MAX pre-conference class
Role: Visual design, photo compositing, and AI-assisted image creation
Tools: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Firefly

I created this personal tarot portrait during Russell Brown’s Adobe MAX 2025 workshop, bringing together the techniques and experiments explored throughout the classes. Working with an influential Photoshop educator made the experience especially meaningful: it gave me space to explore unfamiliar approaches and push my visual design further.

The portrait is me, photographed as part of the workshop project. That photograph became the starting point for an imaginative self-portrait, developed primarily with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Firefly. I explored AI-assisted imagery and used Photoshop to shape the composition into a cohesive tarot card, balancing the central figure with an ornamental border, symbolic details, and a carefully considered atmosphere.

The final Hermit design combines a red costume, gold decorative framing, and a dark, textured setting. The Strength exploration shows another direction within the same creative process, using brighter colors, floral elements, and a lion motif. Together, the pieces show how I translated a personal photograph into distinct visual narratives while applying what I learned about Firefly and Photoshop.

The work extended beyond the screen. The pieces were printed and presented as part of the official Adobe MAX event, within a workshop exhibition that incorporated augmented reality. This added an interactive layer to the printed artwork and connected image-making with a physical gallery experience.

It was a unique experience that significantly strengthened my design skills. The project expanded both my confidence with AI-assisted creative tools and my ability to turn experimentation into a finished, coherent visual piece—from the original photograph to the final printed presentation.