Media Arts Year 9 2014: March 2014

Sunday, 30 March 2014

Pictures I used in my assignment

Tattoos:

This image is from Flickr.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68870181@N03/9596166653/in/photolist-fBYS2c-j6CY5V-ecEJZn-kNi58a-9r5fQm-eYNQHV

Piercings: (All from Flickr)
Lip:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27790728@N02/3065050580/in/photolist-5ERbKE-6ddkpK-ddRtLj-595wXJ-8CUs4z-KQdy9-bxhYrs-bAmEWJ-G8j6h-ASv2R-bJJYCX-ayzPu-pygMM-ejWG5i-7qLkaD-bDDmHt-6dqukZ-9r8egC-6v9NTi-7qYapw-7qUfHM-6ZK1um-ae95t-aezfo-ae9ea-aexfF-ae8uW-aezoE-aezA4-ae8kw-37Mzgh-8ZZWPM-6ZzCtV-618HHs-ddRsSW-6E7Prf-UGH2D-2JXKbB-6ZqMHy-7Nc87E-dKr5WD-5aKBxD-7qYaGm-7qYazy-6GscoF-8XvhiS-7VnAYh-aKp17p-btXQsX-c2zdxw-6cCnf9

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24522216@N03/2359819339/in/photolist-4AwG5k-3FkSB-3cJVy1-5uZs1f-hrpJD-4PsEnv-5tQJTp-dAJfpB-bB7bEc-8yDLNx-g8d8M2-5VMCsN-6Xvr6U-7412eH-ik85ym-7THkV6-9EnWXh-65fjN3-5bk2Rr-MVxVa-mKpPJ-ejYqts-G8j6h-595wXJ-ec7bs8-eGVi4R-edviU5-5P8u9f-66ZrRk-7MFgYR-4BapTf-69aHhN-61F11z-6jgNRr-9U6VJx-9aRgZK-7Y2AD1-7kvsyR-ajzYBJ-4LA8No-4YswcJ-4q75Wm-9QwLAm-5M9zx2-9vdjc1-9vdjef-4NZfsR-93npue-cZeZHS-77hD5S-5gRakV

All studs were clone stamped.

Background: (Flickr)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13286453@N00/6294928970/in/photolist-aAga57-biFLNi-d7Q2FA-bsJMGg-fjp1wG-cdJozL-fHVTan-8DrxRN-7KNNZb-gNzYLg-9S4Q3Q-bFyipV-7DtjkN-dkCE7u-7XX9sQ-8a9rae-8a9qQk-8a9qU4-aExgzM-gjsPDU-8a9ri2-gjsrWA-89QdcF-89TsSS-7XTCUx-bArDvZ-aWp27z-aWQhqp-ijNniD-9dZWgP-9e42bQ-9e4257-9dZWnZ-9nzdBB-bpSYh9-8a9qZK-8acFZW-as9F9d-bAzbNX-846aRE-8433it-8433Ze-by7GtV-ejKf3b-7zvSJB-ejU63a-7XGXv9-7TeMfh-8ubeJs-7XXxUA-7TeNW9

Beanie: (Flickr)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/35468140272@N01/5101502931/in/photolist-8LNx66-a1TdRe-a6SJWY-8rcWUB-8rggaE-ajbzCD-8XtCP2-bhnB4r-9cVwq9-cKyrD9-cKyru7-cAtwsm-8rjDRu-dUKVJM-9GfLgT-8rfHNB-8rddtx-8rkjTV-8rhLqM-8rkT77-8rgaeN-8rorEW-8rhLqc-8rdeda-8seg4K-8rgdvW-8rgejw-8rd8JD-8rjJpY-8rorZG-8rdafZ-aNgyBB-ajbztt-7ZsCJi-8rge2m-9tzPyh-ajbzpv-ajemUf-ajbAaF-ajenF3-dxtdGd-csr4RQ-a6QsTe-8XsSMK-8rgfR1-8rd2tr-9u38yj-9tZnWH-8rggw5-8rd5iV-8rkjZt

Fire:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64418630@N04/6461702279/in/photolist-aQZUXZ-bibJqg-m7SEYv-eB1Q1n-kx1WPV-dUzJVw-9xyJKw-7GR4Pi-8f9vtc-aBn9tE-aRCagi-aRCaAv-dNNWhe-fzqRjL-d96WCd-dNQRXB-a5ikNG-imjQe8-imkN6N-imkDp9-imjsyd-eeoHep-imjAQU-crAUVQ-8yh5Vz-fPuTPi-kx3DuG-d8BuZN-9u1iXV-e8YuGW-kK6w6L-9wxTGE-8tuATy-bwVUzx-bwVUxk-bwVUyx-9mq9ob-avRxTd-8pvzbg-icZx7P-icZwXR-id19eF-8FuEw9-7CQtEb-ehs86S-dB1X9k-dB7qDS-9AWv4F-85iekQ-8oC177-fNgqGQ

FINAL

This is my final image.

I added a scar on my eyebrow, here's how I did it:

- Selected lasso tool and marked where I wanted the scar
- Selected, Filter, Noise, Add Noise
- Adjusted to 50%
- Pressed Command B (Colour Balance)
- Adjusted red to +60
- Selected Filter, Brush Strokes then Crosshatch
- Adjusted stroke length to 12, sharpness to 7 and strength to 1
- Then selected the blur tool and blurred the scar
- Then selected the line tool to act as stitches
- Added stitches onto scar
- Blurred stitches to look a lot more realistic
Done!
I also liquified my anger emotion and made the eyebrows dip to make her look a lot more angry. Before, she didn't look angry so I definitely needed to fix it! I also added a tear on my sad emotion, to resemble a mime. Mime's usually have a tear painted on there cheek, so I thought to create the emotion of sad, I could also paint a tear on my sad girl's cheek. I changed the sad girl's shirt to a blue to suit her emotion. I also fine tuned the tattoos and piercings. I will post another post with all the images I used in this photoshop.

Saturday, 29 March 2014

New Make-up on Emotions

I added make-up to both emotions, sticking with their colours.

I also used the clone stamp tool to get rid of a bit of there eyebrow. I made a slit because I was thinking of adding a scar in the slit to make her look more scary and mysterious. I also need to make the emotion's tattoos look more realistic. I also died down the fire eyes, because Mr Andrews told me they didn't look very realistic. They looked as if it was just photoshopped on. I've decided to turn down the opacity on the eyes and colour out some of the fire, too look more realistic. That's what I've made my focus in my avatar. I want to make it look as realistic as possible.

Make-up added

I used a tutorial from the internet to help apply make-up to my avatar.

This is how I did my eyeshadow,
- Select the paint brush tool and used the colour black and painted over the eye
- Selected the paint brush tool and used white to painted it in the inner corners of the eyes
- Once I did that and then I changed the blend mode to soft light

I did the eyeliner the same way, but only applied it on the bottom. I also made some blush and bronzer using the same method. I just turned the opacity down to around 20%. I changed the colour of the beanie using hue/saturation. I decided mutant green because it is a mysterious and dirty colour.

New Sad Emotions

I applied what I did to the anger emotion to my sad emotion.

I added the tattoos on both of my emotions, as the emotions are the same person as the main avatar. I am going to change the sad emotion's shirt to a blue colour. Since the colours in the background were way too vibrant, I decided to change some of the background to black and white.

- First you select channels

- Then you alter the modes to how you would like them

I need to colour out some red next to the anger emotion and add neck tattoos to the anger tattoo.

New Emtions

This time, I took Mr Andrews suggestions into action. I made the anger emotion stand out a bit more, I haven't done the sad emotion yet, but will next lesson.

I also added a shadow under the beanie, to make it look more realistic. This tool was very useful, as it made the beanie look a lot more realistic.
This is how I did it:
- Selected the image
- Selected effects, drop shadow
- Adjusted the Distance, Spread and Size

Mr Powell, also suggested I should use the paint brush tool, but put the flow down and paint (selected mask before hand) away the tattoo, to make it look realistic. Now I am mostly focusing on making my avatar look a lot more realistic. I also changed the colour of the anger t-shirt to an orange I picked orange, as it was a warm colour and was very similar to red. How I made my anger person look like this was like this:
- Open the base photo (luckily I already saved an image of myself with the background transparent)
- Filled the background with red, adjusted the opacity to around 30-50%
- The made a new layer, filled it with orange
- Added a mask and then coloured out the bits I didn't need for my t-shirt
The orange was the colour for my t-shirt.

New Beanie

To make my avatar look more like a rebel. I decided I should add some headwear. I decided a beanie, because in some of the images I researched.

The beanie is blue but I will change the colour to a much darker colour, like a mutant colour. Mr Andrews suggested I should focus on the main avatar and then the emotions next to her. He suggested I should colour behind the emotions so they look more a bit better with the background. Since the background is so vibrant, the colours a seen through the emotion avatars.

Sunday, 23 March 2014

Full Piercings

During this lesson, I added piercings on my face (nose, lips, eyebrow and chin). I used all the studs from my ears.

For my lip piercings and nose, I used images from flickr. For both piercings I copied the image into photoshop, added a mask and painted out the excess bits I didn't need. Then moved the image to the places I needed them.

Here's my lip piercing image:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/27790728@N02/3065050580/in/photolist-5ERbKE-6ddkpK-ddRtLj-595wXJ-8CUs4z-KQdy9-bxhYrs-bAmEWJ-G8j6h-ASv2R-bJJYCX-ayzPu-pygMM-ejWG5i-7qLkaD-bDDmHt-6dqukZ-9r8egC-6v9NTi-7qYapw-7qUfHM-6ZK1um-ae95t-aezfo-ae9ea-aexfF-ae8uW-aezoE-aezA4-ae8kw-37Mzgh-8ZZWPM-6ZzCtV-618HHs-ddRsSW-6E7Prf-UGH2D-2JXKbB-6ZqMHy-7Nc87E-dKr5WD-5aKBxD-7qYaGm-7qYazy-6GscoF-8XvhiS-7VnAYh-aKp17p-btXQsX-c2zdxw-6cCnf9

Here's the image I used for my nose piercing (it is a cow):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24522216@N03/2359819339/in/photolist-4AwG5k-3FkSB-3cJVy1-5uZs1f-hrpJD-4PsEnv-5tQJTp-dAJfpB-bB7bEc-8yDLNx-g8d8M2-5VMCsN-6Xvr6U-7412eH-ik85ym-7THkV6-9EnWXh-65fjN3-5bk2Rr-MVxVa-mKpPJ-ejYqts-G8j6h-595wXJ-ec7bs8-eGVi4R-edviU5-5P8u9f-66ZrRk-7MFgYR-4BapTf-69aHhN-61F11z-6jgNRr-9U6VJx-9aRgZK-7Y2AD1-7kvsyR-ajzYBJ-4LA8No-4YswcJ-4q75Wm-9QwLAm-5M9zx2-9vdjc1-9vdjef-4NZfsR-93npue-cZeZHS-77hD5S-5gRakV

Colourful

This time I decided to turn my original self back into colour, as i felt it suited the background a lot better.

I also changed the colour of my shirt to black. I am thinking of putting a pattern on it as well.
How I changed the colour of my shirt:
- Made a new layer
- Selected paint brush tool
- Used the colour black (soft brush)
- Roughly coloured in the shirt
- Selected the blend mode to soft light
- Added a mask to the layer
- Coloured out the excess black
Taa da! You have a different coloured shirt!
I also added fog in the light area, Mr Andrews showed how to do it in the lesson
- Make a new layer
- Make sure the two colours on the bottom left hand side are the colours you want to use in your fog (mine were black and white)
- Select Filter, Render then select clouds
Your fog is ready to use!

New Background

Mr Andrews discussed my avatar with me and the ideas he started talking about, made me realise my old background, wasn't every effective with my avatars personality.

My old background was reflecting a more classy, than edgy and rebellious.Mr Andrews suggested graffiti. I took on board his suggestions and it looks even better! The image was very colourful, so I decided to bring down the lightness of the photo to make it look darker. However, the sky is annoying me quite a bit, as it is way too bright. I also added some piercings below the lip. I used the clone stamp, copied the earring on my ear and pasted it onto the skin.

New Tattoo's

This time I changed the design of the tattoo to a much tribal pattern, that covers the whole sleeve.

I put both the same pattern on both arms and I am thinking of placing the design on the neck as well. Maybe some piercings could be added. To place the tattoo's on the arms, I used the same procedure as I did the last time I placed a tattoo.

Friday, 21 March 2014

Sad Avatar Added!

This time, I added a sad avatar, to reflect the sadness that she keeps inside of her

I didn't do too much to my image this time. As well this I also liquified the sad face, making the sad one's mouth droopier, eyes much bigger and eyebrows furrowed. I also liquified the angry avatar by dropping the mouth and furrowing the eyebrows.

Assignment Improvement!

I worked on my avatar a bit more and came up with the idea that my avatar should have two selves beside her, showing her inner emotions that are trapped inside. As my avatar is a very closed person, who doesn't like to express her thoughts and emotions.

The red self is the anger that she has kept inside. I am planning on adding a second emotion, preferably sad, as I can use the colour blue. For the angrier emotion, I used the hue/saturation tool and changed the image to the colour red and turned the opacity to 60%. I also added a tattoo to my avatar, as it gives a more rebellious side to the avatar. Again, I used a youtube tutorial to assist me to place it.
This is how I did it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C22J1-c_FMk

Displacement Map:
- Make a displacement map (use the burn and dodge tool to bring out any veins, muscles, bones etc.)
- Make sure you desaturate the image
- Make a new layer and fill it with the colour grey
- Then select soft light, so you can see your desaturated image
- Go to Filter, Noise, then despeckle, this will make all the adjustments you made, flattened
- Save it as you will need to use it later on

Tattoo
- Get the same image, place the image
- Place the image of your tattoo, use a template or design (just make sure it has a white background)
I got mine from Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/68870181@N03/9596166653/in/photolist-fBYS2c-j6CY5V-ecEJZn-kNi58a-9r5fQm-eYNQHV
- Change the blend mode of the tattoo to multiply (this will take away the white background and make it transparent
- Place your tattoo where you would like it
- Go to Filter, Distort, Displace, select your displacement map and the tattoo image will follow the texture of the skin where you placed it
- Drag the opacity down to 50-60%
- Now feel free to adjust, place a mask and get rid of excess bits!

First Image of Avatar

I borrowed a laptop out on the weekend and worked on this image:

My avatar is the complete opposite of myself. I decided to make my avatar black and white instead of colour, as it reflects the avatars personality as dull. To place the fire in my eyes, I used a youtube tutorial to help me. I decided fire because it would be a good representation of anger.
Here's how I did it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVvnZncUIUY

- Desaturate the image, select levels adjust them
- Lowered contrast, invert image
- Merge all Layers
- Channels, click RGB
- Lock Transparent pixels
- Select paint brush tool, paint over the image (Make sure the colour is an orange warm colour)
- Select outer glow, make sure the colour you select is red
- Then use the pain brush tool, to paint on the edges the colour red to give it a more realistic look
- Select a fire stalk image
I used this image from flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37952845@N03/9619954917/in/photolist-fE5MrF-fCy2Gj-bsK1HF-88PAA1-bsK1kk-cLwW7b-iZMet1-9iw6dg-7F4FcM-a1XFpZ-eDeGyQ-fCSuP2-8tVHB4-86sL7K-gJvdCu-861hb5-bibJqg-m7SEYv-kx1WPV-aBn9tE-aRCaAv-879aD7-dNNWhe-a1JFeD-8duEMu-c8bJy7-c8bJqU-86MyyV-81Et2H-81HBLq-81EsYr-81HBH9-bh7eS6-fzqRjL-aQZUXZ-d96WCd-eB1Q1n-dUzJVw-dNQRXB-9xyJKw-7GR4Pi-8f9vtc-aRCagi-ehs86S-imjQe8-imkN6N-imkDp9-eeoHep-imjAQU-crAUVQ-d8BuZN

- Go to channels (on the fire image) and press the Green channel
- Make a copy of the fire and press Ctrl C (copy) make a new layer, then press ctrl v (paste)

That is the fire you will need to use to place on top of your image I placed my fire on top of my eye.

I chose my background because it was an alleyway, it was black and white and I think it looks very creepy. I thought it would go well with my ideas so far.

I got the image from flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/neutronboy/4242277146/

ALL IMAGES WERE CREATIVE COMMONS-LICENSED CONTENT