Apparently, I suck at Photoshop. I'm looking at everyone else's images, and they seem (somehow) "better" than mine. I say this because it seems like I don't have a good enough hang of layering, cloning, etc. I guess that will come in time. I have been playing, though. You should see my failed attempts! The only reason I didnt post them is because, well, there are just too many photos of flowers with weird effects to share!
Here, I found an image of two daisies that I loved. (In case you hadn't noticed, I've only Photoshopped photos of flowers. I love them). I sharpened it, watercolored (I think) the background, and "twirled" the center of the back daisy, because you gotta have some "twirl" distortion! Plus, I think it contrasts nicely with the (unaltered) image in the foreground.
Why "Paradise Found"? Because of John Milton (Paradise Lost) and to me, finding daisies is just about as close to heaven on earth as we can get. I also like punning. Word play at its best, sez I.
This whole discussion --mostly from Marla and Kristi's blogs, respectively -- has made me think about why I do what I do in PS. That is, I have no "artistic eye," or any concept of design. Would this help me? I'm not sure.
It makes me think of the lecture Anne gave on our first night of class, where she was saying that we can all be moviemakers now. I love that I can do this, and I love the access it gives everyone. But, the other side is, how WELL? I know, I know, that's a question smacking of elitism and "traditional" values. Nonetheless, that question plagues me. I'm not good at PS because I have little (visual) aesthetic or artistic sensibility. I was the kid who did well in art class because she tried valiantly, and my work wasn't completely awful -- not because I'm good.
So Kristi's question, about "how to PS this? Would it make it better?" is at stake here. I don't think any of my PS experiments make anything better. Then again, the assignment was to explore the relationship between words and texts, so... better might not serve our purposes here.
This post is not answering any questions, and it is not tying up any loose ends. Oh well.
3 comments:
Your work is great. Creative and everything. Don't worry about comparing it to the rest of the class--we're all individuals.
Oh, and I didn't do valiantly in art class. My elementary art teacher despaired of my ever being able to cut straight or draw a straight line with a ruler. And when I had to do anything free hand, well, it was very, very sad. Sort of like the projects my friends in therapy got to make. So, you'll have to take my judgment with this in mind: I'm lame in more ways than one (and not just when it snows).
Thanks, Elizabeth! I feel better!
It's mostly that I'm not super confident in my tech-abilities. Oh, well! :)
I can't cut, either. Or use a ruler. At all. All of my lines come out "straight", as in, not jagged, but slanted. At least that's something.
There's nothing wrong with being lame, in ANY way! ;) (Said by someone who ALSO hobbles around).
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