Two Portraits Prework

Bill Gekas 

I liked how this portrait wasn't centered, though the girl is still the main focus of the photo. I like how the colors are all warm, blending in with each other, while the red scarf adds a pop of color to the image. The darkness in the background and the lonely path ahead are reflected of the expression on the girl's face. The girl is posing like she's looking back at where she came from, which is very effective in the idea that she's sad about leaving down the dark path. I also like how Bill blurred the background of the image, adding more focus to the girl herself. 

Alessio Albi

I chose this portrait, because I liked how the face is the main focus though most of the picture consists of the orange tree. The tone of this photo is warm, while the girl's face gives you a cold feeling. The hair over her mouth tells you she's a shy and quiet individual. I also like how a part of the tree is blurred. 

This cover I chose, because it's not too crowded and has a vintage feel. I like how the photographer used her hands to add more shapes to the image. The colors are all plain and dark, with the suit giving her a more sophisticated feel. The red wording against the dull background pops out is a bold creative way. And the use of accessories make the portrait more than just another pretty face.  

This cover, similar to the one above, has a font color that pops off the image itself. In this photo I like how she's not turned towards the camera showing off the back of her outfit. The grey stone background gives the image texture, while maintaining simplicity. 

Surrealism

Though this photo has no actual idea to it, I decided to post it as a collage of pictures found in the Pearl District of Portland. 

This is a crafted picture of my dog facing herself from above.

This photo has many different environments, from snow to water, to the grassy ground. I added the windmills to make the photo seem environmentally friendly. 

Prework Project 8

Surrealism is a movement set in the 1920's where artists using realism created a dreamlike image that allowed people to see the impossible. Surrealism features the element of surprise using unexpected juxtapositions. To create a surrealist image artists use many different images and add or subtract them onto a background. 

Rene Magritte

Vladimir Kush

Kevin Corrado 

Tom Barbey 

Erik Johansson

Project 7

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This daguerreotype was originally a mural in downtown Portland. I love the way the mural is shaded and how the face is serious, different from normal portraits where the subject is smiling. To create this, I used a brush tool that could outline each of the edges before adding the photo, cropped in a way that only focused the picture on the face itself. Then I tinted the photo a tan color before adding a texture over it to give it a feeling of an old wrinkled photo.

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This photo is of the Hawthorne Bridge, which happens to be the oldest working lift bridge in the nation, so I decided to give it an old style look by editing the photo into a daguerreotype. I used four different brushes, one for each side, then layered the photo onto the framed background. I tinted the photo to get the old look and changed the saturation of the once red panels of the bridge, to be the same tint as the bridge itself. Now the details of the bridge are easier to see.

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This mill photo began as a warm colored photo with an old feel, so I decided to change the mood completely and changed the photo into a cyanotype. I used many different brushes to create the background in which the photo was layered onto. My favorite brush used in this photo was the grass like brush, which gave the cyanotype many cool shapes. After the photo was layered on, I tinted it with a blue, giving it a cool mood.

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Most people when you ask say their favorite car is a Porshe of a Lamborghini, but I have always loved old cars my favorite being an old VW Bug. So when I saw this car, I had to take a picture. I turned the photo into a cyanotype because I believe the buildings in the background distract the viewers focus on the car and I wanted to see how I could make the car more special. I used a spiky brush to paint the background and tinted the photo. I really like the outcome, something different yet beautiful.

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I found this flower to be very beautiful and made it into a gum bichromate to see what ways I could change the picture’s colors. First I quickly painted on a background with three different brushes. Next I layered the photo on and changed the photo into a cyanotype. From there I added two layers both primary colors and multiplied them onto the image. Now the photo is an array of colors and much darker than the original image. It also looks more like a painting than a photo.

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My next gum bichromate is a shallow depth of field and frame within a frame photo, where the blurred Hawthorn bridge is shown through the railings that are along the waterfront. I love the textures in this photo and by changing the picture into a gum bichromate the texture pops out with many different colors. I used many brushes on the background including frame brushes, then layered on all my favorite colors.

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The original photo already had some stunning colors in it, so I decided to add to those by creating my original photo of Portland above the clouds into a gum bichromate. To create the background I used many spiked brushed that expanded out. I layered the photo on and using similar colors I overlaid layers of color onto the image. The editing makes it look like there’s nothing between the mountain and the few building on the bottom of the photo.