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Digital Photography and Imaging: Week 9

|Tang Chin Ting [ 0366473 ]
|Digital Photography and Imaging/
|Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
|Project 2B: Conceptual Product Photoshop


INSTRUCTIONS


LECTURES

Digital Surrealism

Realism vs Surrealism

Realism:

Takes subject matters of the ordinary and common world which we call "reality." It almost always takes a non-exotic and non-extraordinary subject matter and theme. There is no need to think outside of the box, as that is not "real."


Figure 1.1 Realism

Surrealism:

A twist on Realism. It explores the subconscious mind, with subject matters concentrating on dream images, and often aims to distort the ordinary and what we call reality.


Figure 1.2 Surrealism

What is Digital Surrealism?

Surrealism is a cultural movement focused on the type of art to express the artist’s ideas themselves. In this digital era surrealism is one of the top digital art styles.


How to start creating Surrealism artworks?

  • Dream-like scenes and symbolic images
  • Unexpected, illogical juxtapositions
  • Bizarre assemblages of ordinary objects
  • Primitive or child-like designs
Capturing your Dream
  1. Sketch It Out
  2. Find Reference Images
Mindset During Creation
  1. "Does this look real?"
  2. Make it happen to the best of your ability.
Photoshop makes it easier than ever to create surrealist images, requiring just a modicum of photomontage skill to produce impressive results.

Figure 1.3 Mindset During Creation

TUTORIALS

Moving Imagery

How to create loop animation for I.G Stories?
Reference Video: 


SUBMISSION

PROJECT 2B: CONCEPTUAL PRODUCT PHOTOSHOOT

CATEGORY: CONCEPTUAL PRODUCT PHOTOSHOOT

1. Create a conceptual product photoshoot using various lighting techniques.
2. Find an interesting subject and shoot it using suitable lighting techniques.
3. Create a photo manipulation of the subject using Photoshop to make it interesting.
4. Explain the concept and the process of the development.

For the first step, we needed to do some research on the Internet. I completed this step via Pinterest, and there were a lot of interesting examples.

  1. Research
Figure 2.1 Research

Figure 2.2 & 2.3 Research


Reference Link:
  1. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1099582065243829454/
  2. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/400116748157367582/
  3. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2322237300373529/
According to these references, I started finding something that could be combined in my home. After the class, I came out with many ideas and drew the sketches by using Procreate after they had been combined. We were required to bring our objects and take some shooting at the studio in the next class. 

Figure 2.4 Sketches


Figure 2.5 Sketches

Figure 2.6 Sketches

Figure 2.7 Sketches

Figure 2.8 Sketches

I preferred sketches 3 & 5. After I had tried to combine it in Photoshop, I thought that Sketch 5 didn't work because their sizes couldn't be matched. This was my first sketch after editing in Photoshop. Despite I used the skills that I had learned before, it still looked strange. These were my progress works: 

Figure 2.9 Processing

Figure 2.10Processing

Figure 2.11 Processing

Figure 2.12 Processing

I tried to adjust the cup's color and used brush tools to make it look more smoother. I would ask our lecturer for feedback on this section.

Figure 2.13 First Sketch in Photoshop

But before this, I also prepared another sketch. I used the idea of Sketch 3.

Figure 2.14 Second Sketch in Photoshop

These were my processing works: 

For the first step, I used quick select tools to select the subjects. Then press Select and Mask to make it as a new layer.

Figure 2.15 Processing

Figure 2.16 Processing

After that, I pasted the pen layer on the screwdriver's layer and masked it onto the screw driver. Fortunately, the pen was matched with the screwdriver.

Figure 2.17 Processing

Figure 2.18 Processing

I added a white background which was using the solid color that I had learned before. After adding the background, it looked better. I also renamed every layer so that it would be more orderly.

Figure 2.19 Processing

Figure 2.20 Processing

Next, I tried to adjust the brightness and contrast of my subjects. Pen: brightness -38 contrast 40.
Screw Driver: brightness -38 contrast 19.

Figure 2.21 Processing

Figure 2.22 Processing

For the next step, I was required to add a shadow of the subjects. I learned it at the Hearst Mansion exercise before, so I felt easier.

Figure 2.23 Processing

In the last step, I adjusted the curves and levels of the whole image. My final work was done.

Figure 2.24 Processing

Figure 2.25 Processing


FINAL CONCEPTUAL PRODUCT PHOTOSHOP

Figure 2.25 Final Conceptual Product Photoshop

FEEDBACK

Week 9: Wonderful. Your submission is good now. Good work! Thank you

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