Just like my last project, I knew again that I wanted to do this project digitally. I didn't know how I wanted to show it, but I knew I wanted my metamorphosis to involve smiles. One idea I considered was to have one person's face used, and have their smile transition from an angry face to a smiling face. Another idea was to have every one of the 6 people smiling, but have the person's age change. To better explain these ideas, I included reference images in my sketchbook, along with sketches and pictures describing the stages of a smile. After sketching, I had decided to take pictures of myself, and show the transition from a mad face, to a smiling one. I first began by taking the pictures and then editing them inPhotoshop to remove any blemishes. Now that I had taken and edited each picture individually, I began to combine the separate pictures into one. Placing each picture next to each other just in a line did not sound very interesting, so I played with overlapping them. I changed the opacity of each image to allow the previous layer to be seen through the one after it. While it did make my pictures slightly slanted, I matched up my left eye up with the right eye before it. This allowed for new "faces" to be formed in between the "real" faces. It created a sort of optical illusion. This project created problems for me, just like any other project. It required me to learn more and more about Photoshop. However some problems just couldn't be fixed. After my work was critiqued, I realized that I should try and "erase" the lines formed from the overlapping pictures. After days of googling and trial and error, I finally had to let the problem go. Nothing I tried solved the problem. I am happy with this project though, despite this problem I had. With each project I am learning more and more.
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AuthorI am a senior art student at Shippensburg Area Senior High School with a love for graphic design, interior design, and photography. Archives
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