Double Exposure

Danielle
"Double Exposure"
Made in Photoshop CC
February 29th, 2016
&
June 9th, 2016

Technical

TOP:
To start off, I took pictures from the internet, found here: 

http://www.kimiwho.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TateLangdonFeat.png

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/creepypasta/images/6/61/Dark_Forest.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120720071502 

http://img14.deviantart.net/1488/i/2006/315/e/0/dark_day_scenery_by_itaihoshi.png

http://archaeofacts.com/wp-content/uploads/treetops_against_dark_cloud_rain_sky.jpg

I then opened the picture of the person (in my case Evan Peters) and used a layer mask to "hide" everything but him. I then opened the background pictures and placed them where I thought they would look good. I then created layer masks on all the pictures. I Ctrl-clicked the person layer and in the layer masks of the background pictures, "hid" everything outside the selected area. After I was happy with that, I went through the layer blends until I liked how the background pictures looked (but this is not necessary). Next I made a duplicate of the person layer and placed it on top. I then went through the layers blends until I got what I liked, which is the result up top.

BOTTOM:
I took my own pictures and opened them in photoshop. I then played around with the pictures using my memories of my double exposure from February, and got this.

Idea or Concept

TOP:
The first idea that popped into my head was taking a picture of Evan Peters and using dark forest backgrounds to represent Peters' character Tate Langdon from American Horror Story, who is dark and mysterious.

BOTTOM:
I took a picture of my pug Buster and a picture from the Scenic Caves because Buster is quite adventurous. He loves to go on walks in nature and seems to loves trees.

Influences

No artist influenced me on this piece.

Composition

TOP:
I like how my eyes move around the piece. They go from the darker part at the bottom left to the lighter parts, up to the black birds flying above in the white. I also feel that my eyes follow the trees and branches up to the top, which again leads to the birds flying up above.

BOTTOM:
I feel that Buster's lighter face is the center of attention but allows the eye to move on tot he darker green trees in the background.

Motivation

Other than completing this for class, I thought it would be cool what I could create using this technique. I wanted to see if I really could make something like this that appears dark, and mysterious and also another cute picture of my pug. I like how the pieces look overall. With additional time, I would have experimented further and see what else I could create and add to this piece.

Koalaguin

Danielle
"Koalaguin"
Made in Photoshop CC
Feb 26, 2016

Technical
For this work, I took the head of a koala and placed it on top of the penguin's heads. I used layer masks so that I wasn't permanently erasing the pictures and then I posed them on top of the penguin's heads, rotating and flipping to cover the heads.

Idea or Concept
Originally, I was going to use a capybara and I believe a koala for this project. I created a picture I didn't initially like. It ended up getting deleted after issues with the computer. I then took the penguin and koala pictures from the sample picture folder and put them together, resulting in this.

Influences
I did not have any influences for this piece.

Composition
This piece immediately draws the viewers eyes to the koala heads as they are grey in a picture full of blue (and a bit of yellow).

Motivation
Other than completing this as an assignment, I thought it would be cool to try to create a (somewhat realistic) picture where one animal's head is on a different animals body. I think that although the koala heads don't necessarily blend in the best, I think they fit better than I had thought they would. I was surprised how they fit together better than I had expected. With additional time I would figure out a way to blend the Koala heads with the penguin necks better to make it look even a bit more realistic.

Mandala

Danielle

"Mandala"

Made in Photoshop

Thurs, Feb 18th, 2016

Technical

I first opened a picture of a peacock feather in Photoshop CC. I then changed the canvas size by twice the height and moved the picture to the top. I then duplicated the layer and flipped the copy vertically and moved it to the bottom of the page. I then flattened the layers with Ctrl+E. Next I changed the canvas size to twice the width and moved the picture to the right side, then duplicated the layer and flipped it horizontally before moving it to the left. Again I flattened the layers. Next I duplicated the layer and rotated it by 20 degrees. I did the same for the next seven copies (nine layers altogether - eight copies and original layer). Next I selected all the layers and converted them into a Smart Object. After that, I went into Layer - Smart Objects - Stack Mode. I then went through the different Stack Modes and choose the Mandala I liked the best.

Idea or Concept

I didn't really have many ideas with this. I took a picture of a colourful peacock feather from the internet and followed the tutorial, which then resulted in this.

Influences

I didn't have any influences for this project.

Composition

I feel that the different colours that resulted from this make the eye look all around. The greens, pinks and purples (and any other colours hiding in there) mix together wonderfully, creating a colourful piece that is easy on the eye.

Motivation

Other than fulfilling the requirements, I wanted to create a (hopefully) colourful piece that I thought looked nice. I ended up creating multiple that I really liked but settled on this one (the one above) as my absolute favourite. I like the colours. They all go together beautifully. I was surprised by how many different and cool designs I could create with this tutorial. With additional time I would choose different picture and create even more, as there is not much, if anything, that I could do to improve this mandala.