Memory's In The Skin Assignment
Friday February 20, 2015
Technical
In this media art piece that we did during class on our memory's that will stay with us forever like they are in our skin, I used some new techniques. For example, I learned how to feather the outside of all of my pictures after I was done cutting it out so there would be no background. Also, I learned how to add lots of layers so the picture would blend better with the rest of the photo. Another thing I learned how to do was how to combine different photos so the human eye can start at one certain spot, then move around the photo in either a circle around the outside or through the photo in a wavy motion.
Idea or concept
In this media art piece that we did during class on our memories that will stay with us forever like they are in our skin, I was planing on just winging it. But, I had a few ideas that I had for this piece, and only one of them changed. For example, I had planed on having the leviathan roller coaster from Canada's Wonderland be big and slowly fade off into the distance. And unfortunately I had to change that because there was way to much detail on the photo's so, it was almost impossible to get rid of all the backgrounds. Another idea that ended up getting changed was that I wanted to add some of the people that dressed up to scare people that went to the Halloween Haunt at Canada's Wonderland but I could not find photos that were big enough off Google Images or they picture just did not look right.
Influences
No, there was no artists that influenced my work on the assignment 'Memories In The Skin' in anyway.
Composition
In this media art piece that we did during class on our memories that will stay with us forever like they are in our skin, I pick all of my pictures that I used into a circular like shape around the edges of the space that we had to work with. I put the pictures into a circular like shape because it is the easiest way to guide the human eye around a piece of art work, For example, the artist puts one picture as the main image so your eyes knows where to start, they the eyes will move along with the movement that the artist created (some types of movement can be waves, or triangles, or circles)
What kind of emphasis and movement did you use in the work? Describe how your eye moves around the work. How does the emphasis and movement work for each individual piece and how does it work for the group as a whole?
Motivation
Going beyond the requirements of the assignment 'Memory's In The Skin', my personal motivation for my work was: just able to remember the time I spent with my Uncle when I went to Canada's Wonderland for the first time, and able to go to the Halloween Haunt for the first time (also not getting sick for being scared out of my skin in something haunted such as the mazes that were there). I was also able to remember my first time on a roller coaster, and so on.
Also going beyond the requirements of the assignment 'Memories In The Skin', my other personal motivation for my work was: being able to expand on my experience, and skills using the different types of tools that are in the Photo Shop program that we use. For example, the brushes, eraser, magnetic lasso, magic wand, the magnifying glass (being able to make the picture bigger or smaller to see better), and so on.
Critical Assessment
The elements that I feel are the most interesting about my Memory's In The Skin assignment are the vampire in the coffin in the bottom right hand corner looks like it is trapped behind bars. Also, I mostly like how the picture turned out to be creepy and haunted looking instead of chipper and happy.
Yes, there was on part of the process that surprised me a lot. This would be when my file crashed. But, in the end I was happy because it made my picture look more creepy and it gave me lots of ideas.
With additional time to improve my work I would change the brightness of the background so it would be a little brighter. Also, I would change the picture of the sub on the left hand side to something more creepy.
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