Header Image for 'Early Internet Nostalgia'

1) The header I have made for this post really connects with the old internet nostalgia theme I'm striving for. Within the header I am showing some old flashy colors and the memorable YouTube logo that everyone can recognize from a glance. To me, the header feels very old school, made in a simplistic way which is what the audience expects when being met with old internet nostalgia.

2) For the sourcing of my images I retrieved all of them from the site ‘Pixabay’, which allowed me to find and utilize the chosen images as seen on my header. I know for absolute certainty that I can make use of these images as I please because I am allowed through the policy of the site as well as the granted permission from the creator itself.

3) In all honesty, much of what I did connected with Manovich's article and how she dove deep into editing, especially with old school Photoshop which for me revived some old memories. Personally here I used Photoshop for production and made many of the icons utilize drop shadow/outer glow to match that old internet aesthetic look.

4) When diving into Davison's text, specifically where he discusses how "anti-aliasing effectively 'solves' the problem of jaggies in bitmaps," my approach differed since I used multiple layers and modern filters. Unlike the single-layer bitmap limitations Davison describes, I was able to use modern-day techniques when editing in Photoshop to achieve my desired effects.

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