Done

getting there

Here are the line drawings in the scenes. I need to resize them and whatnot though. I also plan on adding color of course.

drawings

I'm only going to do 3 images instead of 4 due to time. 

oh and I dunno I'm messin around with photo editing. I have a bunch of photos I took on my NYC trip and want to edit them. If anyone has any suggestions, please don't hesitate!

Before:

After:

Ok so here I was just playing around with a drawing I did and a random picture of a dude that I took in NYC. I was trying to see how a drawing would blend with a photo. This isn't that great, but since I plan to do the drawings on Photoshop and not blend them with real people in a photo, then it should look a bit better.

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all of the feedback! I have decided to go with my first idea with the ghost. It's the one I feel the most drawn and connected to since I am using myself as a subject and it relates to something that happened in my life. I also have a better idea of how this will work out.
I'm trying to decide which of these to use:

Here is a sample of my drawing style that I plan to use as well!

Final Project

For my final project, I will be honest and say that I have been thinking about it, but I can't really decide on something that I think that I would be satisfied with. I have a few ideas however, but I would like some feedback on what you guys think would be the most successful. I want to incorporate a lot of drawing for this project since it is open ended, but also use photographs. Here are my ideas so far:

• Something to do with ghosts and someone being haunted by them. I was thinking of taking a picture of a room, manipulating it, drawing a person in the room, and then drawing a ghostly person with them. The ghostly person is to represent a lost/ past lover. It could be literal, as in the person lost their lover, or metaphorical, as in the lover left the person but they are still haunted by their presence. 
• Another idea is a self portrait of myself. I would take a photo of my face but only use half of it. I would draw the other half. The photo half would show the normal, calm, shy half of myself. The drawn side would somehow represent the outgoing, creative, and crazy half of me. 
• Another is to take a photo of my profile (side view of face) and then manipulate it to make it seem as if the top part of my head is opened up. From my head will flow drawings and words that show who I am and what I think about. I am sort of liking this idea the best. 
• My last idea is too try and represent an "art block" or "inspiration/ motivation block." I would probably take a photo of myself to incorporate into the picture. I'm not really sure how to show the actual "block." Maybe a monster of some sort?

Final for Cyclical Nature

I added a bit of an antique look to the mirrors (it also helped blend them in with the background a bit better. I also added a white streak across each face in the mirror in order to give it more of a reflective look. I added cracks in the mirrors where the face has more makeup. I kept the background colorful because I wanted it to be a bit ironic. While the mirror faces show a somewhat sad face, showing the mundane task of putting on makeup every single day, the background is happy and cheerful, like a makeup ad (and also because some people, like myself, actually enjoy putting makeup on everyday).

???? IDK ????

I tried drawing hair on my faces, but to be honest it just looked crappy. So now I will use this!

Also, here are a few makeup textures that I might use. Not really a scannogram though. I am also looking around for some makeup photoshop brushes to download.

These are just the faces cut out with the tutorial for soft skin applied. I plan to draw in the hair so that it will look neater and more equal than the actual photographs of my hair. I'm still not so sure how to go about making this look visually appealing. I have a few ideas so I will play around with those.

DONT LAUGH AT MY FACE

Also, here is the tutorial I plan on using. I tried using it and it is a bit confusing but I think I can get it down.

Final version of Fantasy Appliance

For my cyclical nature project, I plan to take a series of pictures showing how I apply my makeup. Each picture will be a different makeup product applied to my face. I will then remove the makeup and the cycle will start over again. I want to present the pictures in a circular manor but I'm not so sure how to make that visually appealing yet. I don't want it to be too boring or anything. I haven't taken the pictures yet since I just thought of this idea, but I am going out tomorrow night (Friday) and will take them then as I get ready.

Some contact sheets for cyclical nature

I also forgot to post my final version of the Destroy the Icon project. 

I am thinking about going back to the antique store and taking a better picture of the radio. This isn't quality enough for me.

For my fantasy appliance project, I want to use the picture that I took of the antique Zenith radio. At first glance, the radio itself looks like the face of an owl.

So I plan to morph the radio with an owl face. I will draw the owl face to match it a bit better to the radio itself and to avoid copyright issues.

Radios emit sound waves while owls take them in to hear. Sound waves are extremely vital to owls in order for them to hunt their prey successfully. Their ears are large vertical slits that are bordered by flaps of skin on the front or back of the opening. The flaps can expand and contract in order to adjust the ear opening size. Their eyes are in the middle of a disk of feathers that are specialized sound conductors (their ears I suppose). Flexing these facial disks help channel sound waves to the ears so owls can hear even the faintest of sounds.

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