Composite

I present to you, a Mandalorian manning the cannons as my composite. I adjusted the levels a little. Though mainly worked with a gradient mask to turn it black and white and a photo filter combined with some noise and a spherical gradient overlay to really try and capture that grungy old crappy camera vibe.

For my images I used this cosplay photo: Costume_Pageant_Mandalorian_at_Star_Wars_Celebration_IV.jpg (533×800)

And for the background this photo of Cape Coast in Ghana: Cape_Coast_Castle_in_Ghana_9.jpg (5184×3456)

Bjork Project

For this project I used various pictures of an artist named “Bjork” by first putting hue/saturation filters in tandem with a gradient map with a hue overlay setting on top of it. Some other effects I used were Outer/Inner Glow, Drop Shadow, Brightness/Lightness and Satin. I utilized the brush tool to add some dotted details like in the hair or around her. I enjoyed experimenting with the colors and the leveling tool as well.

Source of images used:

Photos: Spike Jonze

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/980447781375316006/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/26247610300089809/

Photo: Kate Garner

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/389983648998717279/ 

Photo: Unknown
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/18647785948786293/

My composition

This is my composition that I have made in photoshop, I used the shapes and blending tool for my composition. I got inspired by a music video I saw which is called “Visual Dreams” by Girls Generation, I liked the aesthetics of the music video so I tried to replicate the style in my work. I’ve used up to 24 shapes when making this and as for the most challenging part I would say the draw tool because it was a bit laggy but ultimately I just decided to stick with shapes.

Composite Image

For this composite I chose four digital versions/remakes of art historical paintings and placed them on a heavily textured wall. Then I overlaid a cat and a man each with a paint roller. I wanted to have humor and appropriation as well as a mix of styles.

Images used:

“Crack back wall” by rejon. CC0. Openclipart. June, 26, 2013 https://openclipart.org/detail/179500/crack-back-wall

“The Milkmaid By Johannes Vermeer” by GDJ. CC0. Openclipart. June, 26, 2016 https://openclipart.org/detail/253389/the-milkmaid-by-johannes-vermeer

“Picasso style” by donchico. CC0. Openclipart. May, 24, 2016 https://openclipart.org/detail/249190/picasso-style

“Mondrian style” by donchico. CC0. Openclipart. May, 24, 2016 https://openclipart.org/detail/249189/mondrian-style

“Man Painting Silhouette” by GDJ. CC0. Openclipart. June, 27, 2015 https://openclipart.org/detail/221446/man-painting-silhouette

“Here is another New Mona Lisa Painting” by rejon. CC0. Openclipart. August, 5, 2014 https://openclipart.org/detail/195919/here-is-another-new-mona-lisa-painting

“cat painting wall” by OlKu. CC0. Openclipart. August, 2, 2013 https://openclipart.org/detail/181442/cat-painting-wall

My Composite Image

I composited together an image of a monkey sitting on a tree with a snake found in a rainforest. I think the composite highlights the diversity of the rainforest, the place many species call home.

Here are the links to my source images:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_tree_snake_%28Dendrelaphis_punctulatus%29_Daintree.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_howler_monkey_Manu_national_park.jpg

My Composition

So this was my first time using PS, so i decided to go for something simple and create a tulip. It definitely wasn’t easy as a new user but it was fun to experiment for the first time.