Overlay Technique project

To create the image on the right I used a picture that was taken in class and then I cropped it so I am to the left. Then I made my the yellow/gold part of my uniform navy blue with the clone stamp. After I did that I picked a stone texture to use for my face. I chose a stone texture because it was sort of easy to work with and also I liked the stone texture example that I saw in class. After I chose my image I turned the picture black and white because the stone texture was grey and the grey would blend nicely with back and white. Next, I used the lasso tool to copy my eyes and mouth then the clone stamp to cover my original eyes. Then I pasted them onto the stone texture. I erased the excess stone texture so it would be just my face with the texture. I thought about leaving the hair with the texture but I decided to erase it .I had some problems as well. One problem was that I didn't know weather or not to make my hair part of the stone texture or make it actual hair by erasing it on my hair part. I overcame this problem by, deciding to erase the parts that covered my hair to make it actual hair, and not the stone texture. My opinion on my overlay is that I did a good job, I like how my overlay creates a sort of dark aspect. I am happy with my final product.

Andy Warhol Silk Screen Technique

I used my knowledge of analogous colours for this project. I used blue,yellow and green pigments for my three pictures. I used these colours because their pigments/shades are easy to work with and by using the shades they make the pictures stand out.

Photojorunalism photo's

Photojournalism Ethics

1. I think that Staging Scenes is not okay. Staging scenes is not okay because they are lying to the public by altering pictures to get a different mood when taking a pictures. Also, by staging scenes photo journalists are being unethical and it misleads the public's opinion about a certain topic or situation, like the imitations of the child's toy in front of a deserted city. There were a lot of copycats who tried to copy the image by bringing kid's toys with them, and placing them near deserted area, beaches and wastelands.


2.I think that Manipulation of Digital Photos is not okay. It is not okay because with digital manipulation you can place anything you could think of in the photo and make it look believable. The example of this technique is the Sharks in New Jersey photos. In New Jersey there was an actual flood that occurred, the sharks however were not part of the flood. People took pictures of the sharks at an aquarium or the beach and photoshoped them in and made them fit into the picture, as well as making the sharks blend into the water to make the sharks look like they belong in that picture.

3.I think that Intrusion into Privacy is wrong. It is wrong because the people who are taking the pictures of famous people are invading their private life and these famous people just want to be alone with there friends or family, and not having to deal with people who are in their faces all the time. An example of this is are celebrity parents. They are an example of this because the celebrity parents have to try to conceal their kids sometimes whenever they have a family outing because they want to shelter their kids from the cameras in their faces when they just want some alone time with their parent as well as parents wanting to spend time with their kids.      

Marcello's New Kid

1. The faces that I chose were Laszlo's face for the base. I also used Pietro's face for the glasses and mouth. And, finally I used Daniel's face for the eyes. I picked these three faces for my my New Kid project because their skin tones are similar.

2. I did well on the eyes, the eyes are placed well and they look like they belong on the person. I also think I did well on the hair. I did well on the hair because I cut the hair nicely and made it believable and the hair colour is coloured nice and evenly. The areas that I should work on improving is the mouth. The mouth looks sort of wonky a bit and some of it is sort of cut off.

Frist blog comments

1. Yes, I am excited about this course because I like to be an animator someday, and this course will help me with what I want to do after I graduate and so on.

2. Yes, I do agree to uphold the Studio Rules that were distributed.