Project Evaluation

As part of my coursework I am producing a final evaluation on this project. This will include the things I have learned on this project, what I enjoyed about it and what I did not.

This image manipulation project has taught my me a lot about how much work goes into an in post production just to make it look real. I have also found out that some people don't want their images to look realistic they would rather it be a collage of image and drawing together. These two different types of manipulation both made me learn more about photoshop and what exactly it can do which seems to be endless at this point in time. I have also made sure that I am more focused in my work for this project and keeping myself on track. This is is because I felt this writing on a blog is more of a new age thing to do as it is fun like networking.

The things I have enjoyed most about this project is that there are really no boundaries with what you can try and there is no right or wrong thing to do. This with the ease of using the blog to record all of my work makes it more fun to do as to me writing in a book is to long winded than just signing in online and typing away to what ideas come out of my mind. Another thing which i enjoyed about this project is the type of things that can be incorporated into then project like drawing and scanning. These can make or break an image made on photoshop for me now where as before I did not know it was even done.

There are not many things that I did not enjoy about this project but one of these was, selecting what work that i had to pick to place in my finals(portfolio). This was hard because when I assess my own work I know where things are placed in using brushes and thing makes it so obvious to me making me spend more time on something which to someone else looks good but to me looks below average.    

My Finals

For my final hand in I am required to choose three finals from all the work I have produced throughout this project. In this post will show my three finals I have chosen and why I feel they best portray my best work in this project.

This first image that I have chosen is of my local town in a mini world which to me add a god like theme to the photograph as my local world is in my hands. This image also shows that I am thinking about the way i am showing a normal 360 degree image. I think that this piece works really well as the pieces that stick out in the world to add further irregularity. I also feel that the image makes the viewer look around the whole image as there are so many little details in the image. This is good for my work as it give the viewers a chance to take what they would like from the image. I really like this image as it shows what most people in my local town in a new light. With my work I always try to be different and this piece of works defiantly shows that.

  

My second image image is one of the first images I created on this project and it turns out it is one of the best ones, certainly in my book that I have ever done. The reasons behind me choosing this image is mainly because on the original image I have used. The image of Chris Ashton swallow diving in the world cup is an image that made the whole of the rugby community laugh. I also feel that in this image I have shown almost all the different things that are used in photoshop on a daily basis. On two layers I have used brushes to add a little joke or fantasy to the decisive moment . This image to me shows the new generation of rugby that is proud to score for their nation and isn't scared to show it. This is also reflected in the almost graffiti style that is used to illustrate the significant moment that occurred.  



My third and final image I have selected is one that shows a very retro feel which I enjoy show much to look at and recreate in my own image. This particular image was only to get me to grips with the simple aspects of photoshop.When creating this image it was just one thing leading to another and it has come up trumps. Although the technical aspects are not of the standers of some of my later images the simplicity in this photo really makes it more believable.There are some pieces of this image I really do not like as it is not very good in the accuracy. This is shown around the edge of the shirt because I used the colour replacement tool and done it free hand with a guidelines making this scruffy. I have chosen to use this as my printed image because I feel that it really represents me and my work in the right way and the clashing in colours really catches the viewers eye.   

Digital blow

Inspired by the boarderland game cover i wanted to see if i could have the same concept of a person blowing their head out with a massive effect. When doing this I wanted to put a little piece of me into the mood so I wanted to add some digital fragments. I really do not like the way this has come out thought despite what other people say i feel that the hair i have added in looks terrible but i can not do much better at this current moment as i do not know how to create brushes if i could find a brush with a big enough span I would be motivated to do another try at this because this would make it more cartoon styled.

Force Explosion

I have always wonderd why the clouds tool was ever put in photoshop but with a little searching and tips from illistrators i realised that when using the clouds in a multibled layer and pushing them all the the edge then you create a blast affect. From watching a movie i saw a scene where the main character had this explosion so i wanted to use these skilled i learnd and put them to effect.I fill that this piece of work has worked really well in a technical aspect and a learning curve. I have now realised that photoshop takes alot of time to do anything.

Tim Tadder

This image is by the artist Tim Tadder who is acturly reconmented by Adobe in photoshop skills. Most of Tims work is not acturly of this style but this inpoticurler image was from a cluster of images that he created to show adobe that he could use thier software with a very high standerd finshed. I feel this image is very well thought out in the compostition and the colours used. For example if this image was on a lighter background then the purple powder which I think has been created in Illistrator would not have the same effect as noone would be able to see each particle.As I said before this is not the typical work of Tim as you will see on his website a link will be placed under research at the bottom of the page. I like this piece of work as it really fits with the stereotypical colours of the dancing community and the way that the powder has been placed in a way that shows the compliment of the dancer and hiding the not so good bits.    

Paint Transfers

For some experimenting I done some paint transfers to see if i could make a photo change through putting a  tint onto it. I wanted to see if this would work with a surf theme this tied in with my book project as well for i was hitting two birds with one stone. This has turned out very well in giving a surf shot that I have found on the Internet in a yellow surf retro effect. I would very much consider using these for a first image in a photoshop creation as this would set a  good surf mood.

Paromrama to Mini World

When walking down the street I came across a mini world for a laptop advert and i wondered how to they made it and after finding a tool called polar coordinates in the filter drop down it created my own world. This piece of work can be very inparticular to one person as it could be made for a person in their special place and it can mean something personal to them.

Devil

My inspiration for this piece of work is a mixture of scenes i have found other artists do of the end of the world and the Jurassic park series where the the dinosaurs come out of the eggs.I am very proud of this piece of work as it is the first time that I have combined several layers and created my own scene from things that most would not even think would be in this image such as the die that is used for the the "egg". I used the die because it strayed away from the Clea Shae of the roundness  and the soft affect it give and this cube shows a different thine coming and the end is possibly near. There will be a series of photos of all the layers of this image so you can see which are connect to which .

Apple

This image was a misstake to be honest but it has turned out to be very good one. Even thought this image is only constructed of two layers it seems tohave a lot of depth to me as the texture on the apple is very hard to work out what it is. This is simply an overlayed image on the apple. I will let you  work out what it is. To add the affect of the 3D image i have dodged and burned some parts of the image in.

The Bike collage

Looking at some other peoples work in an exhibition at college I decided to take a little piece from a couple of their shows and see what they look like when they are all put together. These are: Textures (seat and wood), The block colouring(building) and the real image in the back ground. Starting from a tracing I had taken of the bike I then took some time rubbing our as much of the free space in it that i could. After this I started to block colour the bike and add in the textures and photos.I think that this image colour work very well if i had spent more time on it but this was just to see what would happen if I did do it. I think that the the textures and other element are good by themselves and in moderation but in this piece I have used them all to much making it look very shoddy and well,crap.

Yuuki

When in photoshop i am always trying to get good texture with my images and i have tried different techniques to get is very vivid. When I drawing and scanning I feel  this give a very good texture with the smudging. This type of affect really works well with the theme of the image. When looking at this image to make it better next time I would make the drawing more affective with more detail as  it is really only an outline so you can see the back brushes which is good but not very realistic. When doing this image is thought for a while what the colour scheme was going to be and I found that a red to grey gradient was the best affect as red is the colour on the Japanese flag.

Spotted

Looking at some of Sarah Howells work of models faces with different textured scanned in. I decided to use a red spotted hanky cover this works in a very retro environment. With there market in train tickets i decided to stick with that theme. This images manipulation in not really for any message just another way to show how peoples features can be changed by using different patterns and layers. I think that this colour scheme works well as it all interlocks with the tickets in the background. To make this better next time I will make the opasity of the pattern layer a little higher to make it a little more bold on the models face.  

Fraction

This image is ment to be Dan being fractionised into tiny pieces I feel that this has only worked to a mid level because of the the almost  white band down his back but with working on this for a little more time will sort this out.

Dragon keeper

The reason for this image is that i like my fantasy adventure storys and i just had one in my head of a person that could control dragons so but searching on Deviant art  i found some dragon expressions. The head in this image is one of them. I used black and grey as the main tone scheme because it really brings your attention on the colour in the eye's of the subject and add the mennace of the dragons size and power.

Artists Of Photoshop

When searching the internet i found the artists of photoshop web site. This site is very good for looking at refrences and ideas  which i am finding .

Rokas Mezetis

I think this image is very well thought out. It shows that you do not need alot out of affects to change an image into something which inhances the action in the photograph. Thew Backgrounf in this has an urban painted feel which is the type of style I like in beingdifferent than the people before you. The rest of Rokas work is in a link at the side bar

sora

On the internet there are thousands of cartoon photo's that have been manipulated. I decided that i wanted to have a go so i set out to turn a game inthousiast that dressed like my favourite charactor. After finding the photograph I started to play around with the layer settings and when i used colour dodge and then inverted the image this came up very white so i looked on youtube for advise. I found out that if you wack up the threshold then the out lines of the subject really bolds out giving the effect of a marker pen. This image could be made better by having mor4 of an outline of the handle as the block colour looks stupid and kiddy on the plain white backgound.

Apple

This is another playing session on photoshop.But this time I decided to use things that I have scanned in. This image looks very well blennded between the apple and the paper this is by using the blewnd tool. The text in this image looks a little to modern but due to the restriction of text i was alloud to use it was the best i could give. The message of this piece is something a big argument in this day and age between Apple and Windows and i am on the windows side. Tecnology is a big part of my life shooting digital in all, Take strong siding with any argument.  

Retro

Inpired by the retro market and an album cover i desicded to have a go it came out pritty good. People might say the colour clash but that was the 80's i guess.

Jeric'o Santander

Jericho strikes is clearly a very talentent editor of photographs and i is amazing to see the amazing detial his work with holds.When looking at this inperticular picture is it a wonder on how he get the texturev to the head and how almost everything looks like it has been animated and placed into photoshop. This is a very good example of photoshop and illistrater work but this i very far away from my talents at the moment. But i do like the message this image has about everyone has there opwn little world which they run, which is almost forever at peace and happiness. Although i said that this work is out of my reach i will still bring some of these ideas into my work such as the stream of stars that are following the runner. This affect give a very peacful and light mood to the image which is helped with the warm light setting in the background. Jeric'o's site will be linked under research.

Aston

Inspired by the work of Jackdaw i decided to do an image of one of my favorite athlets Chris Aston. A rugby play both nationaly and internationaly he has devloped a fan base that reconis him for a dive when he scored a try for the first time in the 2011 rugby world cup. By going into photoshop cs5 I use the filter gallary to turn the photo into a cartoon. By getting some brushes off the internet i then sprayed them on the back. To add more affect to the subject i got another photo of the english national rugby sybol, a flower. By turning this to gray scale it gave a pressed feel. I really like this image because it means alot to me and the rugby community as Chris is a very big symbol in our sport and to show him as this big bold character really give the right message.

One Hand

To create this image i took a photograph off google images and cut the dancer out and then just added a new layer for each brush i used. If i was to do this again i would change the yellow to the a harder colour because it is to light to saee and dose not really add much affect. I would also go into detail with taking the gaps out of the dancers hair.

Olofsdolter

Like Jackdaw Lin uses reall photos in her creations but she is also very good at using hand drawn subjects. I like the way that she uses very dull and un interesting backgrounds and then use very bright and strong colour to bring it away lots more further away from the back layer.

Jackdaw

This guy Jackdaw is very good at adding cartoony affects to a piece of photograph. Jackdaw's images strick me as a very new but old school  in the colours and styles like in this image. It really gives off a 70's feel to the image h the orange and reds.This images would have been made by having the plain backgound and adding different brushes placing the subject from another photo and adding certain affect. This is similler to Lin Olofsdolter 

Just another experiment on  CS2 with some brushes thinking  that there is a little to much  white in the back ground might have to change it in the future. Please Comment

Free Running

I wanted to see what photoshop elements 7 could do with some simple brushes. These brushes were taken from devientart. Will put at link in the side bar tomorrow even though noone will be on blogger at this time of night.

Debutart

I want to try and make my own versions of sporting photos a good place like this one is www.debutart.com The link is also in the research bar.

Sarah Howell

 This image by Sarah Howell really appeals to me because of the colour really comming off the background

The Start

The new start to a new project All i can really say lets have some fun with this one.