Gif Development

I've brought my image back into Photoshop and gradually added color to different sections. I chose green because it goes hand in hand with the 'Earth Girl' element, and it's one of the colors I would associate with my personality. I played close attention to the main image of the face and hat, and for the background, I chose to use a gradient background to fill in the extensions from the hat and the text and I think it works well altogether.

 

 

This is just an inverted version of the image above, which I thought was pretty cool.

Here's the first attempt:

file:///Volumes/ERICA%20GREEN/GIF%20IMAGES/Green.gif

I thought it didn't quite get the message across that I wanted, so I did a monochromatic animation that had the basic idea of building up and stripping down elements in a cyclical system. I used the text as a constant because it always has one element of the text to go with the frame. This kind of associates with the idea of building up on your own individual traits that make a person beautiful and then when it gets to the full image with all of the text, it's like the beauty is coming together as one solid concept before it breaks down again.

Here are some screenshots of the process I was going through making this version. I broke up the image onto several different layers, then added two or three elements onto one layer and then made several layers with the same kind of idea.

Digital Development for Project 2

I've come up with my final image in my sketchbook and drawn it out in fine liner. I was planning on using pen and ink as my medium, however, I couldn't get my hands on an ink pen. I decided to take my image into Photoshop and invert the whole image/ different sections of the image/ repetition of the full image etc. Here's my development...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This last one is my final. I like the idea of repetition; of having the drama of the inverted piece as well as the crispness of the original, whilst not just laying the two versions side by side (I also like to think of it as a reference to me and my two sisters.) I like some of the other combinations, but in the end I think it would have been too busy if I had repetition AND sections that were inverted.

Project 2 - Iconography

I did a little research into Iconography art and came across a few interesting images. I particularly like the recreated image of Marilyn Monroe because it takes a classic image and creates almost a demonic icon due to the horns and the skull like aspects of the face. It's striking due to the classic pop art colors it sticks with but it grabs the observer for longer because of the blatant and obvious symbols of deterioration and darkness.

I also quite like this image because of its simplicity. Although the color palette is limited, the way it is constructed/ painted creates a texture, particularly at the bottom point of the arm. This simplicity and 3 color palette means that the text/ message comes through undisturbed by any other elements. This is essentially what the core of iconography is about - due to its non-abstract nature, any message that an artist portrays through iconography is generally much more clear with less room for interpretation.

After I did this research, I found a few black and white images to help me visualize the combination of achromaticity and iconography. I particularly like the ink drawings so I'm considering using this as my medium for this project.

Finally, after doing some initial ideas, I was considering using a figure in my image to represent fashion  photography, so I did a little research into different silhouettes and poses that I can consider using in my image.

I love all of these, but I'm going to choose a fairly simple pose so I won't detract from the rest of what's going on in my image.