P and D Final

Evaluation:
Preparatory Work:
The theme was portrait distortion, and i had to experiment with all the different ways to do this. We researched a few artists, and i got a few ideas from their work.
We look at Erin Case, and looked at the way she put landscapes into the face. i liked her work, but when i did it, it didn't look that good. This helped me become more confident cutting things out on photoshop.
Through this project, i have become more confident using photoshop, and I'm more confident cutting things out.
I think that i have done well with the fragmentation pieces, because I liked the way you had to build up all the different layers. And i think that it looks good like that in my final piece.
I think that i could improve on my blending, because i think it looks ok, but it could be better.
I want to do a few more erin case portraits, because when i did one, i didn't do one well. And i would have liked to become more confident doing these. Also, i would have liked to do another hidden thoughts portrait, because i really enjoyed that, and i would like to play around with that more.

Final Piece:
I have used lots of colour blended into the face of each individual piece, then put them all together.
I am very happy with my final piece, because it has quite a lot of colour in it, but not too much, and i like the way i have blended all of the faces together, because you have to look really carefully to see some of the faces.
If i could change anything, i would have moved some of the pictures around a little more, because on the left, they are all really close together, and on the right, they are just around the edges.Also, i would have taken photos of someone in normal clothes, not school uniform.

Fragmentation 2

For this, i took a photo, and cut out different sections and moved them around. And on some of them, i changed the colours, and played around with the blend modes.

Fragmentation

I like this one, because it is strange, and from a distance, it looks like a normal face, but when you look closely at it, it looks odd, and different.

I like this one, because it is all different, and muddled up. I also like it, because the whole of the photo is muddled up.

I enjoyed doing this one, because i like the way that it look like the fragments are blowing away. I don't like the way they are shaped, so if i did it again, i would maybe spread it out a bit more.

Hidden Thoughts

For this, i had to take a picture of myself, and chop off part of my head, so i could add in my inner thoughts. So i added the things that i was thinking of, like where i want to go, my dog and christmas.

Blommers-Schumm inspired portrait

For this, i had to turn the portrait upside down, but make the eyes and mouth the right way around.
But when i did the mouth, she is smiling, so it made it harder for me to make it blend in.

This is what it looks like turned round.

What went well:
I blended the eyes well, and made it look normal.

Next time target:
When i did the mouth, she was smiling, so it was harder to make it look realistic, so i will get a photo of someone with a blank expression.

Erin Case inspired portrait

What went well?:
I think that i refined the edge well, because it is smooth, and doesn't look like it was edited too much. i also think that i cut out the face well.

Next time target:
Next time, i will take  a picture with a different background, because i don't like this background. also, i would have used a different photo, because i think that its just a bit plain.

Portrait Homework