Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 9

November 23 / Week 9

Sheren Princessa Davon / 0362134

Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

LECTURE

Digital Surrealism

- it defies logic

- inspired by dreams and the subconscious mind

Fig 1.1 Surrealism Art Examples

Dadaism

- an anti-war art movement with artworks that is satirical & nonsensical in nature

Fig 1.2 Dadaism Example

How to create surrealism artworks:

- dream-like scenes & symbolic images

Fig 1.3 Symbolic

- unexpected, illogical juxtapositions

Fig 1.4 Juxtapositions

- bizarre assemblages of objects

Fig 1.5 Bizarre objects

- inspired by actual dreams (sketching them out first, then find references)

Fig 1.6 Sketching out dreams

TUTORIAL

Mr. Fauzi provided a YouTube tutorial on how to create a looping animation of After Effects, which will be discussed further next week.

Video 1.1 Animation tutorial

PRACTICAL

Our next project is the Conceptual Product Photoshoot. In this project, we are tasked to photograph 2 items, then Photoshop to combine the two objects and create a feel of surrealism.

Project 2B: Conceptual Product Photoshoot

Research

First, I researched some inspiration to get some ideas.

Fig 2.1 Research

Poster 1: https://www.fubiz.net/2017/06/06/quirky-photo-mashups-by-stephen-mcmennamy/mcmennamy10/

Poster 2: https://id.pinterest.com/pin/12525705205984551/

Poster 3: https://id.pinterest.com/pin/563018688429731/

Sketch

Then, I started brainstorming and sketching some ideas I have. I want to use two objects with a similar shape, this way I am able to mash the two objects together so that it looks smoother. This way the final result will hopefully be more cohesive and well thought-out.

I found 3 pairs of objects:

1. Key & Airpod - use the bottom part of the key as the lower part of the airpod

2. Glue stick & Lipstick - I want to make the tip of the lipstick sticking out of the glue

Fig 2.2 Sketch #1 and #2

3. Sponge & Popsicle - the sponge on a popsicle stick

4.Dumpling & Ice cream cone - the dumpling sitting on top of the cone, like an ice cream

Fig 2.4 Sketch #3 and #4

I decided on Sketch #2 since I really liked how the shapes of the two objects blend together.

Photograph

I took the picture of both objects in the sunlight next to the window, using white sheets of paper as a make-shift backdrop.

Fig. 2.5 Lipstick and Glue stick

Process in Photoshop

Afterwards, I placed the two photos in Photoshop and started to mask each object with the Quick Selection Tool.

Fig 2.6 Masking lipstick and glue stick

Then I brought the lipstick layer on top and used the brush tool in the layer mask of it to mask out the bottom part of the lipstick. I also adjusted the sizes to make sure it fits perfectly.

Fig 2.7 Masking lipstick on top of glue stick

After that, I added the shadows using a gray color in the Brush Tool and setting a Gaussian Blur.

Fig 2.8 Adding shadows

I adjusted the curves of the glue stick to make it a bit brighter so the colors match. Alongside, I adjusted the color balance of the lipstick to make it a bit more pink in color