Photoshop is a graphic design staple and allows you to literally create anything you can imagine. I haven't met a single person in the design or art field who does not use Photoshop in their daily workflow. I personally have been working with Photoshop since 2009 and have greatly increased my skills over the past seven years. 

     My favorite tool is a two-way tie between the magnetic lasso and the spot healing brush. I love how the magnetic lasso saves so much time and is amazingly precise. In regards to the healing brush, I'm always surprised how removing such minute blemishes or imperfections from a photo ends up making a huge difference. 

     In high school, I taught myself (with the help of "Photoshop for Dummies") the basics of this amazing program and I received further hands-on training during my schooling at CSUSM, as well as from tutorials on lynda.com. Here are a few examples of work produced during my schooling.