'Surrealistic Me' Project
Studio Project Outcome: Create 1-3 Summative Composite Images in Photoshop
Each digital collage may be it's own stand alone piece or your collages can work together as a series.
The collage(s) must communicate your chosen theme with the imagery you select.
-The composite(s) must use at least 2 Surreal Devices out of the list below:
elongation
levitation
scale
transformation
juxtaposition/dislocation
liquification
&
transparency
We will learn more about these devices together in class.
Each digital collage may be it's own stand alone piece or your collages can work together as a series.
The collage(s) must communicate your chosen theme with the imagery you select.
-The composite(s) must use at least 2 Surreal Devices out of the list below:
elongation
levitation
scale
transformation
juxtaposition/dislocation
liquification
&
transparency
We will learn more about these devices together in class.
What is Surrealism?
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Surrealist Artists
Surreal Photographer Spotlight
Maggie Taylor shares her creative Process
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Erik Johansson shares his Creative Process
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Surreal Photography inspiration-LINK
Student project Gallery
Double Exposure
Purpose: To learn how to easily create a double exposure image, as this will help you with your Surrealistic Me project. We will be creating a simple double exposure in black and white in the style of surreal photographer Jerry Uelsmann. For experienced photoshop students, you have the option of doing a more advanced double exposure tutorial-details below.
What you need to do this:
-An image of hands, high resolution image will be best, and with a distinct background so it's easy to select the hands from the background
-An image of a landscape of some sort: ocean scape, mountains, forest, cityscape etc.
I've collected some hand images on our digital art shared drive so feel free to use one of those images, or you can take a photo of your own hands.
For a landscape photo, here's a website to download images. Just type in the landscape you are looking for in the search bar and download the photo.
Once you've downloaded those images, follow along this double exposure tutorial. It goes step by step and is easy for beginners.
*** Experienced Photoshop students: If you are experienced with creating double exposure images in Photoshop, here is a more advanced double exposure tutorial using a face and a landscape image. If you choose to try this more advanced tutorial out, then here are the image files to download and follow along. And if you want to use your own photos PLEASE DO!
Make sure to save your PSD file AND export your image to a JPG file as well, and place them in your individual folder in our shared drive.
Also add your JPEG file to this slideshow presentation.
What you need to do this:
-An image of hands, high resolution image will be best, and with a distinct background so it's easy to select the hands from the background
-An image of a landscape of some sort: ocean scape, mountains, forest, cityscape etc.
I've collected some hand images on our digital art shared drive so feel free to use one of those images, or you can take a photo of your own hands.
For a landscape photo, here's a website to download images. Just type in the landscape you are looking for in the search bar and download the photo.
Once you've downloaded those images, follow along this double exposure tutorial. It goes step by step and is easy for beginners.
*** Experienced Photoshop students: If you are experienced with creating double exposure images in Photoshop, here is a more advanced double exposure tutorial using a face and a landscape image. If you choose to try this more advanced tutorial out, then here are the image files to download and follow along. And if you want to use your own photos PLEASE DO!
Make sure to save your PSD file AND export your image to a JPG file as well, and place them in your individual folder in our shared drive.
Also add your JPEG file to this slideshow presentation.
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Other Helpful Photoshop Tutorials
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Sky Replacement Tutorial |
Object Selection |
Composite Tutorial |
Composite Tutorial |
Final Plan for your project |
Possible Theme Ideas |
Final Plan for Surrealistic Me Project
1 page Final Plan write up with a composition sketch of what your 1 work or series (2-3) images will look like. Folder titled 'Surrealistic Me' in your personal folder. You should have a collection of primary source images and secondary source images you plan to use. Checklist for FINAL PLAN: -What is the message/intention of your work? Do you have a guiding theme in this composite piece? -What 2 SURREAL DEVICES will you use in your work? Name them and explain how they are being used. -What PRIMARY images are you using? You should use at least 2, if not more. A primary image is a photo you have taken yourself or an image you have in your possession (maybe it's a photo of your old house, or a photo of the Grand Canyon that you or someone close to you took) -In terms of collecting SECONDARY images, what will you need to collect? They should be high resolution images. -What's some of the imagery in your work? What do these things SYMBOLIZE or REPRESENT to support your message/intention? -What is the MOOD of your work? How are you creating this mood? (COLOR, LIGHT/SHADOW, IMAGERY) -Out of the surrealist photographers/painters we have looked at, whose work are you most drawn to and inspired by? How will you "borrow" some of their ideas/techniques in your own work? -What photoshop effects will you need to learn how to do in order to achieve your vision? |
You may find it helpful to have an overarching theme to guide how you put this surreal composite together.
Below are a list of theme ideas you could use with your final plan to guide your work.
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Example Final Plan and Completed project
SECONDARY Image Sources
1. Flickr Creative Commons : The sheer number of users on Flickr, many of whom license their images for free use, means you’ll find a good variety to choose from. You will find many images that are high-quality. Though, you’ll also sift through some that may not meet your standards, so be prepared to spend a little time looking. Make sure to download the largest size image file under the download icon on the lower right corner.
2. 500px Creative Commons : The 500px Creative Commons has a large number of professional and high-quality amateur photos. The variety isn’t as large as Flickr, but the per-image quality is top-notch. There are a number of international photographers on 500px, so you’ll find a lot of images that have a European flavor. There are also a lot of fashion/model pictures to choose from.
3. Google Creative Commons Search : If you want to search across the Internet for just about any Creative Commons image available, then use Google’s Advanced Search. The license option you want to search for is at the very bottom of the search. Creative Commons-make sure to check that you want to use an image that you want to "modify, adapt or build upon".
4. PXHere
Over 1125461 high quality photos. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
5. Unsplash
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos. Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing stock photography under the Unsplash license. The website claims over 207,000 contributing photographers and generates more than 17 billion photo impressions per month on their growing library of over 2 million photos.
2. 500px Creative Commons : The 500px Creative Commons has a large number of professional and high-quality amateur photos. The variety isn’t as large as Flickr, but the per-image quality is top-notch. There are a number of international photographers on 500px, so you’ll find a lot of images that have a European flavor. There are also a lot of fashion/model pictures to choose from.
3. Google Creative Commons Search : If you want to search across the Internet for just about any Creative Commons image available, then use Google’s Advanced Search. The license option you want to search for is at the very bottom of the search. Creative Commons-make sure to check that you want to use an image that you want to "modify, adapt or build upon".
4. PXHere
Over 1125461 high quality photos. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.
5. Unsplash
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos. Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing stock photography under the Unsplash license. The website claims over 207,000 contributing photographers and generates more than 17 billion photo impressions per month on their growing library of over 2 million photos.