experimentation cont.

continuing to experiment with brushes and filters

- using airbrushing techniques and blending the colours together on the same layer

- then placing a lined saturation filter on top.

pretty cool huh

xx

photoshop awesome-ness

Ordinary converse shoe - transformed!

First by adding airbrush inside the shoe using the magic wand selection tool
Then inverting the airbrushing selection to add shadow - controll button - invert
Adding noise to add a dotted effect filter
Then downloading a ink brush and dot splatter brush to make it AWESOME lol

Concept board and Synopsis

"i wanted to create an architectural space that is like a space in musical sound"

TOYO ITO

"Tower of Winds" 1986 lies in Yokohama Japan, designe

d to be influenced by the city surrounding it. The structure reinterprets the sound of wind and noise in the city to digital light as light reflectors in the building change intensity and luminosity depending on the strength and loudness of wind and so

und. 

It is interactive architecture

Ito's intention to reflect upon the aesthetics of light is explored in my chosen concept board. the building is dominantly made up of geometric shapes to form one main elliptical prism. within my skirt designs i want to explore opaque and translucent effects which characterize the building. the refined layout of the board with simple layering of images demonstrates the inventive, futuristic and unique qualities of the "Tower of Winds." 

Blinded by Colour. AHH!

I love the abstract work of Diane Lefroy. The talented Canadian abstract artist and painter produces unique colour palettes within her abstract work. She is my chosen artist for Tuesday's colour lesson. Here is some of her amazing work.. they are very inspirational

enjoy :)

Gemma xx

(Stream - 2002)

(Ribbon - 2002)


(The Jackal)

(Frozen - 2001)

texting continued...

... continued
This is the teaser movie poster for "Gangs of New York". The purpose of this movie poster is to give insight/excite and intrigue viewers. However I think the text type used is wrong - if you stare at it long enough it almost appears comical, and does not resemble the drama within the movie. I think its not serious enough.

The text within the top hat makes it very difficult to read. It seriously took me ages to read it!!

Red is used again to be effective and striking however its dull and muted infront of the Grey stone background - the eye catching effect is lost. i think the blood stain bellow is more vibrant - its easier to interpret as well!!

gemma xx

texting

Lea! I completely agree that the font type used in a movie poster can make or break it. Browsing on the net I found great examples that contribute to the theme and overall mood of the film.

Pulp Fiction - a prime example of a post modernist film displaying themes of violence and black humour. 

In my opinion the most striking feature on this poster is the seductive and intimidating frame of Uma Therman. In order for the poster to be effective it has successfully adopted a strong and bold text type to match the image of Uma. Therefore both these striking elements work harmoniously on the poster.

The meaning of "Pulp Fiction" relates to the popularity of Crime Novels. Thus, the title is parallel to text on old crime fiction novels conveying a gangster theme. I also get a Western influence with the text type chosen for the list of actors in yellow.  The use of yellow on red is harsh on the eyes however captures your attention just as effective as the sultry image of Uma. I think if a darker hue (black) was chosen as title colour, its impact would be lost and not stand out equally against Uma. The harsh combination of yellow and red is also reflective of the harsh and violent nature of the film. 

I have chosen to compare another Crime/Gangster/Drama/Thriller movie poster to "Pulp Fiction", however I think it's not as successful.

Scanning

After a 'very' productive computing lesson, I went home to see if the curse of the dodgy scanner leaked out to the western suburbs, of course it did. My beast scanner decided to go on strike as well. Pfft technology. . . after three attempts to get it working again it magically decides to function. 

How to scan in Photoshop/

File - Import - Hp Scanner 

I placed a magazine image in the scanner.

Then a preview of the image appeared on my scren where I could crop the image, select different colours and resolutions. However I didn't realise I can only choose from standard resolution selections eg: 75, 150, 200, 300 dpi. I'm guessing this is because my scanner is standard version? Still trying to figure out how to enter my own choice of resolution so if anyone knows.. tell me please ! :)

My scanner also doesn't have a descreen selection button because it automatically improves the quality of the image.  Descreening essentially improves the sharpness of the picture. Images used in magazines are produced with a method called "halftoning." The Scan Help website describes these images as "a series of overlapping dots that fool your eye into seeing more colours than are actually there. Because of these overlapping dots, scanning these documents or images will produce something known as a Moire' pattern." (www.scanhelp.com/288int/scontent/descreen.html)  Therefore, descreening takes place to improve the quality of the image.

These images show the before and after effects of descreen

ing. 

Before Descreen

After Descreen

The patchiness of the photograph is gone and there is no evidence of layered images as the Descreening mode has improved this.

The resolution of images depends upon their purpose ie:

Images with 300 dpi are suitable for commercial books, glossy magazines and brochures. The higher dpi produces a high printing quality with more pixels included in the image.

Images with 150-200 dpi are suitable for laser and inkjet printers producing print presentations for fashion.

Images with 72-96 dpi are suitable for email, websites and powerpoint presentation.

This DDS was produced in my Fashion Illustration class. It's scanned at 72 dpi in grayscale as it is a black and white image only for Internet imaging at the moment. However if I were to work on this image in illustrate I would probably scan it again at 150 dip for printing purposes to gain a finer resolution.

gemma,

xx