Prophets and Poets
Drawing and Media
Collage Technique - One day Workshop
Enjoyed playing around with layers and 'paste into' function in Photoshop. Learnt a lot about the effect of different layer formats and use of scanned textures.
Drawing and Media
Collage Technique - One day Workshop
Enjoyed playing around with layers and 'paste into' function in Photoshop. Learnt a lot about the effect of different layer formats and use of scanned textures.
Found that creating a cohesive image incorporating digital, hand-drawn and scanned elements, together with text, is much more difficult than it appears. It is easily possible to overdo it and end up with a disjointed 'mess'. This could be one of those instances where less is more. At least the computer allows you to play around with layout and colour with some ease.
I referenced David Hughes for some of the hand-drawn animals and once again ended up with a child oriented piece. Is there a message emerging here?
The image was resued somewhat via heavy cropping and through harmonising the colour scheme until it is almost monochromatic. I know that this is a matter of taste but I feel that it gives the image more mystery and unity.
I am concerned that I don't use Photoshop enough to internalise all the processes that I encounter. I need to set time aside for further use, to consolidate this and also to fine tune the balance of elements mentioned before; at the moment they make for fairly crude viewing.
Concerned that some effects are achieved through accident rather than intentional design - need more understanding of the scope of features and technical aspects such as file types, image size and resolution settings.
