Scannin'.

Scanned, cropped, and edited some of my scarves. This could have been much more interesting, but I had to use what I had lying around and well... I have a lot of scarves.

My landscape... On the Road is my favorite book, so I kind of based the imagery off of the very last paragraph of it, which I layered here. The background is a Turner painting called 'Sunrise with Sea Monsters' that kinda fit the mood. I scanned in this weird little sun decoration I had, along with a gel transfer I did in 2-D class that resembled a landscape. I played with the transparencies the most, along with the opacity of the soft erasers to get the glow-y feel.

P-Shop, Photo Retouching

Before & After
#1:

#2:

P-Shop, Pt. 2.

THIS PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. ...But I'm gradually getting a feel for it, and realizing all the cool crap you can do with it. In my first attempt at photoshoppin', I used two pictures that I took at a concert (unhealth-ily obsessed with the Lips, I know.) and combined them to create two Wayne Coynes. I'm not sure if this was our exact assignment, but I'm really just trying to get comfy with this program. I found the quick selection tool helpful... And the soft-edge eraser kind-of became my best friend.

Second attempt: a picture I took combined with image taken from paintedhorizons.com. ...Kinda obvious, but I sort-of enjoy the surreal feeling of it. I tried to play with the color levels and bright/contrast of the balloons to mesh better with the picture.


Same idea as the Wayne one. Two Julies... which would actually be terrifying, if you knew this girl. =)


Um, these are my friends Oscar and Pairs? (zimbio.com) Very, very obvious, but I laugh anyway.


Lastly, two Hayleys. I think this might be my worst, probably due to sleep deprivation. I blame 2-D?