BMA142, 3-poster project, Silhouette development, 12 May

Using images from my geisha research as a guide, I traced the silhouette of the head, added the symbiont from the cameo, and removed all colour information in Photoshop.  With the lasso tool, I selected areas for deletion and added an oval layer underneath the head.  In Corel Painter, I used a filter to make the head and oval ground look like paper and added a drop shadow to create the illusion of physical layers.

BMA115 Drawing, comic research, interiors, 10 May

Library interiors research for the Chrono Hub, a mix of a library full of card catalogues and tunnel aquariums.

 Reading room at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 10 May 2015

BMA142 Digital media: 3-part poster research: engraving subject, 10 May

Poster #3 will feature an engraving of Martha Washington, with a symbiotic creature, as if her image appears on the US dollar bill.  President Martha Washington, like the other figures, should raise more questions than she answers.  

Martha Washington cameo

Martha Washington portrait

Martha Washington portrait 2

dollar bills

BMA142 Digital media: 3-part poster research: silhouette subject, 10 May

Poster number one will feature a cut-paper silhouette of a Japanese geisha with a symbiont.  The 19th century European art form combined with the profile of a Japanese woman and creature should raise questions for the viewer.  

Torii Kiyonaga Geisha

photo Geisha Girls

geisha side view

geisha curtain

geisha red

geisha pink

cut paper silhouette

BMA142 poster research

http://www.tipsquirrel.com/movie-poster-credit-template-for-photoshop/


generic layout for movie credits

BMA142 3-poster series, development, Cameo 6 May

The head of a man was created in Mudbox. This is the first time after a demo session, that I have used this 3D program.  A "head mesh" was chosen from the menu and then sculpted with tools to bring out the features.  My inspiration piece was of a African American woman and as this face developed, I liked the idea of using a man of uncertain ethnic origin to be the subject of the cameo.  My attempts to give him a dread lock ponytail were insufficient, and that detail was erased when I moved the image to Photoshop.  I also had trouble forming eyelids and lashes.  I fixed those details,  as well, when I moved to Photoshop,

 In Photoshop, I darkened the eye sockets to mimic statuary I've seen in the past and placed him on an oval field.  The shape of the man's torso was extended to mimic the contour of the oval and a tentacle was drawn to the right to fill the negative space and show that this wasn't a necklace, but a living organism.

I decided to create the creature in Photoshop because time was more important than mastering Mudbox.  I will have to continue my work with that program...  While I was able to replicate the colours of the head for the creature, I wasn't able to get the smooth texture or bold highlights that would bring the two figures together.  I'm currently working with art filters to "marry" the two so they look like they're made from the same substance.

BMA142 3 poster research, Skin Pullers, 4 May

http://starwrecked.com/contents/celebs/large-pics/Alice-Krige-Borg-Queen-Star-Trek-8-First-Contact-0.jpg

Inspiration piece for skin being pulled by hardware.  The cameo symbiont has clamped onto skin in a few places on the chest and shoulders.