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National Geographic Traveler picks Sri Lanka as one of the best places to visit in 2012
Fri, Dec 2, 2011, 01:39 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Dec 02, Colombo: The award-winning National Geographic Traveler magazine's November/December issue has picked Sri Lanka as one of the 20 best places to visit in 2012.
As one of the "Best of the World 2012", the expose on Sri Lanka features the luscious green tea plantations in the hill country, ancient Buddhist temples of Dambulla and Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, wildlife in Yala, and the UNESCO's world heritage site of Central Highlands that cradles the Adam's Peak.

One piece 'Jolly Good Times in Hill Country' describes Nuwara Eliya as a "colonial-era resort town in Sri Lanka's stunning hill country."
"The first thing that strikes you is the climate. Damp and bracingly cool, this place doesn't fit your image of Sri Lanka, the lush island nation-formerly known as Ceylon-that hangs like a teardrop off the tip of southern India," the review describes the climate of the highlands.
"This mountainous, mist-draped realm has long been popular with backpackers and other adventurers for its tea plantations (above) and rain forest preserves, known as the Central Highlands, which recently were added to UNESCO's World Heritage list."
Since the end of the war in May 2009 Sri Lanka has been a popular destination for tourists. A series of favorable travel articles in The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, and the websites Daily Candy and Lonely Planet has given Sri Lanka top travel rankings.
Last year, the National Geographic ranked Sri Lanka at second place out of 25 countries for 'Best New Trips for 2010'.
The New York Times named Sri Lanka the No. 1 travel destination in 2010, noting that the long conflict against the LTTE terrorism is over and that there is no better time to travel to Sri Lanka's unspoiled beaches, mountainous terrain and wildlife parks.
With the arrival of the 750,000th tourist in the country last month Sri Lanka has already exceeded its tourism goal for the year 2011.
Under a new five-year plan to boost tourism in the country, Sri Lanka expects to raise the number of arrivals to 2.5 million and to earn annual revenue of US$ 2.75 billion by 2016

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The Making of Reaching

Original sketch 

Re sizing the image 

Color the hand with the magic wand tool

Insert  the key image and placing it above the hand and applying drop shadow effect for it to look more realistic. 

removing the sketch background by removing the sketch layer

inserting a background found over the internet 

cropping the sunrise background with the crop tool adding it to a layer behind the key and the hand graphics 

cropping the articles found online using the crop tool  and cropped the suitable wording and inserting in to the file and adding a slight amount of drop shadow effect.

found 2 images online related to the topic and inserted in to the file and erased the unwanted areas with the eraser tool.

added the reaching wording using the horizontal type tool

adding the final wording using the horizontal type tool

Making of Knowledge

Original sketch 

Insert the image in to Photoshop 

crop the red color area and use the re size  tool to drag it until buttom 

color the red area using the magic wand tool and and crop the eye from the artwork and center it.

insert the wording knowledge using the type tool

insert the full wording to the background using the type tool and suitable font. 

insert the globe image using the crop tool to cut and remove area around the globe.

using a brush tool add the eye lash 

Making of the Enthusiasm

Original sketch 

Insert the image in to Photoshop 

color the objects using the magic wand tool 

Remove the background using the crop tool  

adding a new background in a new layer 

adding all the wording using the horizontal type tool  

adding the footer wording with the horizontal type tool and drawing the background with the pen tool and using gradient to color and adding a slight texture.

typing the last set of words using the type tool and drawing box using the rectangle tool, and adding a gradient and reducing the opacity and using the eraser to erase some areas.

Knowledge

Design 3 : Knowledge

Sketch Form

Digital Form

Title:  Knowledge

Tagline:  Love knowledge – be achiever

Full article: Love knowledge – be achiever picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already achieved this call. See yourself doing the things you’ll be doing when you have reached your goal

Typography: Edwardian Script...

Summary of Execution:

Software: adobe Photoshop cs4

Tools in Photoshop: crop tool, brushes, eraser tool

Photoshop Effects used: drop shadow, eraser tool, brush effect

Used resources:  globe image, artwork from the sketch drawing

Enthusiasm

Design 2 : Enthusiasm

Sketch Form

Digital Form

Title:  Enthusiasm

Tagline: you can smell, taste, and see it from a mile away

Full article:

Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dreams. There is plenty of choices right along the way in your journey of life; therefore you have to be cautious of choices, especially in higher studies. The institutions, colleges and universities that you set your future must be rightly chosen.

Typography:  Arial, Myriad Pro

Summary of Execution:

Software: adobe Photoshop cs4

Tools in Photoshop: crop tool, brushes,

Photoshop Effects used: drop shadow, eraser tool, bevel and emboss, brush tool

Used resources:  ice background image, artwork from the sketch drawing

Reaching

Design 1 : Reaching

Sketch Form

Digital Form

Title: Reaching

Tagline: Right key

Full article:

Go confidently in the direction of our dream and live the life you have imagined.

Typography: Lucida Calligraphy

Summary of Execution:

Software: adobe Photoshop cs4

Tools in Photoshop: crop tool, brush tool,

Photoshop Effects used: drop shadow, eraser, outer glow

Used resources: images from internet to cut the suitable words, key image from internet, background image of a box texture, 

 The best way to love HELP is " achieving and giving something to name of HELP"

You have to find right direction or path to achieve your goal; the  right key is represent the right destination.

 In our life, sometimes it is difficult to find a way to get what we want, specially financial difficulties for higher studies. HELP is helping for those student to achieve their goal. 

 eye represent for knowledge. red is representing love " HELP students love for knowledge which university is sharing with them.

 Those who work hard  may find some way to achieve their goal by putting strong and deep dedication. HELP is for those enthusiastic personalities.

without knowledge, is in dark. Those students welcome with worm heart by HELP .

 By giving and sharing knowledge HELP always make protected environment for students to grow.

 Unity and harmony among diversity is a success of HELP

 choose right flavor

 Love HELP

 Hope, Encourage, Largess and Passion is HELP.

 HELP keeps you top of the world

 Heart to HELP

 The right key to your dream  door.

 HELP is colorful

protect and always care my HELP