Matt Wisniewski example

This is my example of an image inspired by Matt Wisniewski. For this photoshoot the theme was fashion so the model did a range of typical poses. I also took a series of landscape photographs that I could merge with the portrait in photoshop. I imported the images and selected the clothes using the mask tool. I then inversed the mask so the clothes were selected and I could rub them out using the eraser tool at 10% opacity. This meant I could control how much of the portrait I was rubbing out and therefore how much the image underneath was coming through. After the double-exposure affect was finished I selected the background using the quick-select tool and painted it white using the brush tool. This gives the fashion magazine affect as there is no distracting details in the background. 

Matt Wisniewski research

This is my favourite image by Matt Wisniewki whose work is often in fashion and editorial magazines. I like this image in particular because I love the contrast in many ways. The thing that most stands out is the black and white portrait against the vibrant colours in the face. This gives an interesting perspective that I really like. The other contrast I noticed was how the pattern has sharp harsh lines but is in areas that are associated with being soft and kind like the hair and lips. It is as if the photographer is dehumanising the model and makes you focus on the clothes in the image which I think is very effective for a fashion magazine but is also an inspiring stand-alone image.

Cris Wicks example using photoshop

This is my example of a Cris Wicks inspired image using photoshop for the words instead of drawing them by hand. I like my previous attempt much better as i found it hard to think of relevant words for this image. I will try to redo this to get a better affect. 

Cris Wicks example

This is my finished image inspired by Cris Wicks. This was made using a printed out portrait of part of my face and layering tracing paper over the top. I then chose to use a theme of metaphors, most of which I found from songs and books. I wrote the words and phrases in black pen over the tracing paper, curving them to follow shapes like the eye and nose. I also tried to use relevant quotes like 'sleep and I remained strangers' under the eye where my lack of sleep shows and 'twin tears tracked tragic skin' on the cheek where tears would fall. The words layer was then scanned in and made into a virtual layer on photoshop where the words were selected and then cut from the black background. This acted like a window through the black layer to the portrait. I like the finished affect of this image and especially like the flow of the words around the face. 

quotes from
Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell (book)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathon Saffron Soer (book)
Looking For Alaska - John Green (book)
Paper Towns - John Green (book)
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green (book)
The A Team - Ed Sheeran (song)
Bullet - Hollywood Undead (song)
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes (song)
Holding On - Alex Day (song)
Small Hands - Keaton Henson (song)
Wish For Is You - Alex Day (song)

Cris Wicks research

This is an photograph by Cris Wicks which is made up of words. This style is very unusual and very affective in my opinion. I like how defined the features of the face are and the different words and fonts shows different meanings throughout the image. I am going to make my own image based on this artist. 

Barbara Kruger example

This is my own image inspired by Barbara Kruger. I love the meaning behind her style and edits and attempted to make one myself. I took the images in front of a black background which would give more contrast when i made it black and white. In photoshop, I desaturated the image to make it black and white and then added 'noise' in the adjustments folder to replicate the original affect on most of Barbara Kruger's work. The panel template has the slogan 'We are not what we seem' on it which made me chose the most sad/serious image from the photoshoot rather than the happy ones. To recreate the iconic inverted colours on Kruger's images I selected the middle panel and used the 'invert' tool which makes the image really stand out. 

Barbara Kruger research

This is an image by Barbara Kruger who is famous for editing images in an unique way. She took images from magazines and inverted the colours on a section of the photograph. She also put different slogans over the top of them to get across her point of view about different slightly controvercial topics. I really like this image and the red/white colours for the words stand out very well and make you think about the statement. I think Kruger chose this image and slogan specifically to show that women are more complicated than they seem but also they are strong and powerful and shouldn't be underestimated. The woman in the image looks serious and smug almost which shows how women can be confident and should be taken seriously.