Oh.

Just realized that pretty much all the people images I see in patterns are white people.

This started out as one of them and then I made that realization lol HARSH YELLOW WIN? HARSHELLOW. MARSHMALLOW.

Another Filter Self-Portrait

Number one: I am sort of pissed because I accidentally saved the other one I did as 72 ppi. aweofijaoeifj


Number two: I can't seem to get away from these busy pieces. I deleted some things, but it is still super busy. I like that, but at the same time I don't. 

[update]

Tried to make it a lot less busy. I like how everything from the original photo is pixelated and/or distorted, but the cartoon images of me are the only real crisp/clear parts. 

  
And this one is still 72 ppi... but... cut out one of the images of myself, cropped and here it is. Still too busy, but I like it. I think I might like the other one better now though... so... yay?

Filter Portrait Progress Pt. II

Prof said the other version was too much like a background and that I should put more of me in there... not sure if she knows that every part of that image is just a filter on one image... but I added more recognizable me plus a cartooned version. I like the other one better, but I definitely like the cartoon version of me in there. Much more personalized, thus much more like a portrait.

[4/9/10 update]

Ughhhh I am so mad that I accidentally overwrote my original file and saved it as 72 dpi instead of 300. I actually really liked this one. 8*****[ And I am too lazy to redo it. FFFFFF

Beginning Digital Art: Scanner as Camera Project

For this project, we scanned items, then photoshopped them into collages, etc. 

#1

I really liked the concept, but the final product is pretty bland. The background is really flat, needs to be brought back. The gum wrappers could probably use a filter to look more like buildings. Maybe add some fires or explosions. 

 

#2

I liked this one a lot better, but it is still pretty cluttered, I guess. I don't really know what else to do with it. I was going for a tyrant overlooking a machine factory that processes some kind of weird dinosaur meat or something like that. 

  

I guess what I really have to focus on now is really getting my concepts and meanings together. I have to know what I want to portray with these images, and I have to be able to confidently explain them. Oh goodness, this is going to be a long process.