As discussed in class, you will be creating one surrealist style artworks inspired by one dream or one nightmare. Refer your descriptive writing, your thumbnail sketches, and each of the tutorials below when creating your artwork on Photoshop.
Option 1: Dream Inspired Artwork
1. Pick your best thumbnail sketch to recreate for your dream inspired artwork
2. Collect 5 images, minimum, to illustrate your dream inspired artwork. Your image criteria follows:
4. Follow Tutorial 1 (Merging Layer Blend Modes) to complete your dream inspired image. I know that Tutorial 1 doesn't use as many images as you are required to use, but repeat the same steps to blend each image.
4. After completing the image following Tutorial 1, add a combination of the following effects/ filters as needed to change the lighting, color, contrast, etc. You are required to use at least 2 things; it's your choice whether you use filters or adjustments, or a combination of both.
Option 2: Nightmare Inspired Artwork
1. Pick your best thumbnail sketch to recreate for your nightmare inspired artwork
2. Collect 5 images, minimum, to illustrate your nightmare inspired artwork. Your image criteria follows:
4. Follow Tutorial 2 (Blending Textures with Photos) to complete your nightmare inspired image. I know that Tutorial 2 doesn't use as many images as you are required to use, but repeat the same steps to blend each image.
4. After completing the image following Tutorial 2, add a combination of the following effects/ filters as needed to change the lighting, color, contrast, etc. You are required to use at least 2 things; it's your choice whether you use filters or adjustments, or a combination of both.
Blogging
When you are finished, upload your JPEG formatted artwork to your blog. Guidelines for the written reflection will follow. Questions? You know where to find me.
Option 1: Dream Inspired Artwork
1. Pick your best thumbnail sketch to recreate for your dream inspired artwork
2. Collect 5 images, minimum, to illustrate your dream inspired artwork. Your image criteria follows:
- Use of 3 minimum personal photos that you have taken by either: (a) using a digital camera; (b) using a high quality phone camera; (c) scanning in images/ objects using the class scanner.
- Use of 2 maximum appropriated images from the web (i.e. screenshots from Google Earth)
4. Follow Tutorial 1 (Merging Layer Blend Modes) to complete your dream inspired image. I know that Tutorial 1 doesn't use as many images as you are required to use, but repeat the same steps to blend each image.
4. After completing the image following Tutorial 1, add a combination of the following effects/ filters as needed to change the lighting, color, contrast, etc. You are required to use at least 2 things; it's your choice whether you use filters or adjustments, or a combination of both.
- Adjustments: Photo filter; Hue/ saturation; Brightness/ contrast
- Filters: Lighting effects; Blur; Noise
Option 2: Nightmare Inspired Artwork
1. Pick your best thumbnail sketch to recreate for your nightmare inspired artwork
2. Collect 5 images, minimum, to illustrate your nightmare inspired artwork. Your image criteria follows:
- Use of 3 minimum personal photos that you have taken by either: (a) using a digital camera; (b) using a high quality phone camera; (c) scanning in images/ objects using the class scanner.
- Use of 2 maximum appropriated images from the web (i.e. screenshots from Google Earth)
4. Follow Tutorial 2 (Blending Textures with Photos) to complete your nightmare inspired image. I know that Tutorial 2 doesn't use as many images as you are required to use, but repeat the same steps to blend each image.
4. After completing the image following Tutorial 2, add a combination of the following effects/ filters as needed to change the lighting, color, contrast, etc. You are required to use at least 2 things; it's your choice whether you use filters or adjustments, or a combination of both.
- Adjustments: Photo filter; Hue/ saturation; Brightness/ contrast
- Filters: Lighting effects; Blur; Noise
Blogging
When you are finished, upload your JPEG formatted artwork to your blog. Guidelines for the written reflection will follow. Questions? You know where to find me.
tutorial_1_merge_layer_blend_modes.pdf |
tutorial_2_blend_textures_with_photos.pdf |