Project 2 Process

So I originally had this entire project set in after effects and made it a video with a series of still pictures. I am bummed that I couldnt get the audio to come through and actually work. It would definitely help put the pictures into perspective.

So I found the couples image on Google. I arranged Pachelbel's Canon and Beethoven's fifth and mashed them together, in order to create the happy-go-lucky and talk to me and die themes going on in the movie.

I wanted to have a subtle yet interesting way to portray a bride morphing into bridezilla. So all I did was use the quick/magic selection tool and select the eyes and the flower. After that I used the color replacement tool and changed the colors in the selected areas. I did enjoy playing around with different effects with the background from b/w and having only the selected areas and have them pop with color.
Of course, I did use a fire brush that makes the final picture look like she is about ready to explode - kinda like veins of her eyes just vamped up quite a bit. And I used the liquify tool to bring out her eyes and make them bigger. Overall, I think I did pretty well for this being the first time using after effects.

Chapter 1 Response

The item that I found most compelling about chapter 1 was the piece by Michael Rees - A life Series. It is very intriguing because of the interesting shapes of the figures. The pieces make you stop and think about what is actually before you. This idea or type of technique is really interesting because the artist can and did take it into many different directions to keep the audience more involved with his pieces. I definitely would have to stop and think about the actual piece and try and figure out what the piece actually means.  It is a very odd and interesting piece of art. Of course, I also like the piece by Robert Lazzarini - Skulls. It looks like the skull is coming out of the wall. It is only obvious that it was digitally formatted. Like it says in the book, it gives the realization of a virtual state. It draws the viewer in because they want to see how it is constructed via 3D. I also like the piece and technique by Andreas Muller-Pohle - Blind Genes. Once I stopped and looked at it for awhile, it did make me think of Braille. I think this is an ingenious concept to use because it is taking real everyday actions and putting them to use in art.

Brush Exercise

Parody's

 

 Austin Powers is a parody to James Bond

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145660/

http://www.bondmovies.net/tomorrow.html

Here is a youtube video that is a parody of contemporary music. Its really funny! Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlyvLzIcTBc

Monster Hearse - Project 1

My concept surrounds the idea that photography sells items. In this case, I wanted to present a vehicle advertisement as my overall concept. In the beginning, I wanted to take the 3 competing vehicles: Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, and Dodge Challenger and revamp them into one car. However, I was having some serious issues finding pictures that were not only royalty-free but pictures that had the same perspective. So I decided I would go to the dealerships and take my own pictures of the cars. Of course this came to a halt when the snow storm hit last week. So I almost threw out the entire idea all together.  

After almost an entire week, I decided to pick up the same concept and use pictures that I already had. I used my friend’s Bucket T as the basis of the entire car. I chose it because of the front end or the engine. I really like how you can see all of the parts of the engine. I then figured that it would be easier to build a truck off of the Bucket T chassis. I used a picture of our 1926 Model T and a picture of our 1966 Chevy Pickup. Both the Model T and pickup are facing to the left in their original pictures. I had to flip them horizontally, in order to get the correct perspective and to fit onto the Bucket T chassis. 

The overall techniques/tools that I used to complete my masterpiece are the lasso tool, the fill tool, gradient tool, burn tool, magic wand tool, text tool and the quick selection tools. All I did was select the pieces of each vehicle that I wanted and used the quick selection tool to separate it from the rest of the body. I found that it was easier to use the quick selection tool rather than the lasso tool because it wasn’t as time consuming. After the selection of the items, I placed each piece on the Bucket T to my liking. After the pieces were in place, I then re-colored the pickup box somewhat to match the cab of the Model T. I also made the sky darker to give it more of a darker feel especially since my vehicle came out to something similar to the Munster Hearse from the Munster’s TV show. I didn’t actually have a look in mind, but it is somehow interesting how it turned out.

http://www.munsterkoach.com/number1.htm

Meg Ryan

Photoshop Exercise

Bird's Nest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/image_galleries/june_2007_gallery.shtml?114

Cat: I took the picture of my goofy cat Oreo.