Do Not Be Original (Presentation and Image)
Goals and Objectives: After completing this assignment you will:
- Use the library, Internet and slide resources to identify and interpret the artists style
- Research and develop a presentation on an artist
- Use Photoshop to create a new image or series of image in a particular style
Description: Artists and designers are often inspired by the work of their peers. We are going to create new work based on or in the style of others. You will choose an artist from the list given below to research and study.
PART 1: You will give a 10 minute presentation on the work of that artist using images that you have collected, scanned, etc. (This will be timed) You may include any relevant details about their artist’s life, background. Please make sure your images are of high quality. You may use Powerpoint, JPGS in Preview, or a PDF to present. Please include your own reflections about the artist.
1. What do you like about their work?
2. What do you find challenging or hard to understand about their work?
3. What do you question or want to learn more about?
4. What interests you about their process?
Be sure to cite the sources you used to create you presentation. Where did you images come from? Where did your information come from? You must include a formal bibliography or works cited slide. Please use MLA style to list your references.
Sample found here:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
PART 2: As you are researching and preparing your presentation, you will begin working on a Photoshop project that is in the style of the artist you have been studying. Create a new work using your favorite elements of the artist, the content should be original but the style should not. How can you adapt the artist’s style to fit your interests? What do you enjoy in their process?
Try to use your own images as much as possible to create the work—i.e. no Internet images
You and I will be responsible for determining the size of their project based on their artist. For example, if your artist stages elaborate scenes, you will only have to produce one or two images. If your artist uses more straightforward photographic processes, you will create a series of images in their style.
LIST OF ARTISTS: (You may choose an artist not on the list ONLY with special approval)
Cindy Sherman Barbara Kruger
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison The Starn Twins
Sandy Skoglund Mariko Mori
Uta Barth Jerry Uelsman
Adam Fuss
Joel Peter Witkin Jeff Wall
Clarissa Sligh Aziz and Cucher
Gregory Crewdson Ruud Van Empel
Abelardo Morrel Francesca Woodman
Teun Hock Nan Goldin
Mary Ellen Mark Catherine Opie
Lorretta Lux
Evaluation:
Technical 2 pts: How well did you appropriate the style? How did you use layers, masks, filters? How is the image printed?
Conceptual 1 pts: Do you use the style of the artist to convey your own idea? How did you build upon the artist’s style?
Formal 2 pts: How is the image arranged? Is it interesting to look at? Are your color choices appropriate? What size is the image?
Presentation 5 pts: Did you speak clearly and confidently? Did you research your artist and know about his/her work? Can you answer questions about the artist? Did you choose appropriate images? Were they high quality?
Total 10pts
Please choose your artists by next class
In class we will create a list and choose dates for presentations.
PRESENTATIONS DUE: October 21
IMAGES DUE: October 21
Two Word Collage
Goals and Objectives: After completing this assignment you will be able to:
- Utilize and work with layers and masks in Photoshop
- Successfully prepare and print a high quality image
- Associate an image with a word or concept
Description: Using images to convey ideas can be very challenging. For this assignment, you will make two collages using Adobe Photoshop. The collage pair will represent two opposite words or two antonyms. Below I have included a list of words for you to choose from or as a starting point to get you thinking.
Both of the two collage pages must be LARGER than 8.5 x11 inches and must be printed in color using higher quality photo paper.
The sources for your collage can include: magazines, the Internet, photographs, drawings, scanned objects, etc.
We will generate a longer list in class . . . but here is a start.
Clarity Confusion
Inclusive Exclusive
Life Death
Clean Dirty
Natural Synthetic
Evaluation:
Technical: 1 How well did you layer, mask and incorporate the image sources? How is the image printed? Is the resolution good?
Conceptual: 2 Do the collages convey the feeling of the words? How do the images relate to the words?
Formal: 2 How is the image composed? How did you use color, texture etc to make a visually interesting image?
5pts Total
DUE October 5, 2010
Rounding Obsession
Collecting, composing, going in circles
Objectives: After completing this assignment you will be able to:
- Create your own workflow for multiple images
- Print successfully
- Make basic photo corrections
- Compose thoughtful and interesting images
Description:
Develop your photographic composition skills by hunting down circular or spherical forms
and shooting them in a variety of ways. (How do you fit a circle in a rectangle?)
To add to the fun of the assignment, you may not use anything that I will recognize from
Chester’s campus. Try to shoot outdoors as much as possible.
Prepare a selection of 7-10 of your best circle images by making inkjet prints on photo paper. (8×10”, between 240-360 dpi), following proper workflow, and smart decision making skills.
Some rules to follow:
—You may only use each circular object once!
—Get as close as possible
—Don’t use flash
—Don’t shoot during midday
Evaluation: 5pts
Formal: 2pts How are the images composed? How did you use color, texture etc?
Technical: 2pts How did you use Photoshop? Did you color correct? Did you crop? Did you organize your workflow?
Finishing: 1pt How are the images printed? How are the images displayed? Are the borders even, pages neat etc?
Due: Sept 23
Exercise #2: Picture Puzzle
Objectives: Through this assignment you will practice and use:
- Image compositing
- Scale and rotation
- Clone stamp, healing brushes, and the patch tool
- Cropping, straightening and setting the correct print resolution
- Layer styles for drop shadows and other effects
- Colorization techniques
Description:
Picture puzzles are visual puzzles in which two photographs are presented. The photos look identical (or nearly identical) at first glance, but upon further inspection several subtle differences can be found. Readers solve the puzzle when they find all of the differences between the photos. However, the most satisfying puzzles are the ones that are hard to solve; wherein the differences are clear once you spot them, but not obvious at first glance. Example puzzles available on Life.com
Process
- Find (or shoot) an interesting photograph to use. You may wish to choose a photo that is sufficiently complex such that you can make several subtle changes to it. Make sure that your chosen photograph is at least 5 x 3.5″ at 200 ppi (1000 x 700 pixels) in size.
- Create an alternate version of the photograph with 7 or 8 subtle changes from the original.
- In the alternate version you create you must (at minimum) use the following techniques: image transformation (scale, rotation, flip, etc.), image colorization (color replacement, adjustment, hand coloring, etc.), image editing (removing objects, cloning objects, etc.), and image compositing (adding an object/element from a different photograph).
- Strive to create a natural and unaltered look in the changed photograph. You may need to color correct or adjust the tonal range of the images that you bring into your composite so that they look natural within their new context.
- Design an 8.5″ x 11″ page (with at least 1/4″ margins) in which you lay out both the original image and the changed image with each image sized at 5 x 3.5″ at 200 ppi.
- Lastly, design/create an answer key (in small type on a separate page) that provides the answers and describes the changes in your picture puzzle.
- Print the completed Photoshop document on 8.5 x 11″ glossy photo paper.
Evaluation:
Preparation: 1pt How did you prepare for the project? Did you work consistently? Did you use class time wisely?
Technical: 3pts How did you use Photoshop? Did you color correct? Did you crop? Did you organize your workflow?
Finishing: 1pt How are the images printed? How are the images displayed? Are the borders even, pages neat etc?
DUE SEPT 16
Adapted from http://karlcleveland.com
Exercise #1: Fixing Your Family
Goals and Objectives:
- Learn basic digital photographic terminology
- Learn creative visualization and compositional techniques
- Learn creative and practical applications of photography by studying its use in art, documentary and advertising
- Learn the fundamentals of digital photo editing, manipulations and montaging
Project Description:
Part 1:
Find many old photographs of your family if possible. Scan and retouch two images of your family. Color correct, remove dust, fix scratches. The images can be old—as in great-great grandparents or more recent. If you do not have access to family photos or if you do not have access to a scanner, I will upload source images for you work on. They will be in a folder on the network. Save and print your corrected photos at their original size or larger.
Part 2:
After you have retouched the images, go back into the image in Photoshop and add contemporary elements—you could add yourself, you could add text, you could add images from popular culture. Rework the images so that they tell a story, or show emotions. Consider how color effects the mood and tone of the images. Look to the work of Millee Tibbs and Clarissa Sligh for inspiration. Save and print your re-edited image. You will have a total of 4 images for this project.
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on the following areas:
Formal: 1pt How are the images composed? How did you use color, texture etc?
Technical: 3pts How did you use Photoshop? Did you color correct? Did you crop? Did you restore the images successfully? How did you add other elements to the images?
Content: 1pt What mood or tone did you produce with the reworked images? What story did you tell? How did you alter the images? What did you add or change?
DUE Sept 9
