We'll be looking at different forms of the "self-portrait". This will include older and contemporary works that show a range of interpretation and possibilities. Consider these images/concepts as a point of departure. The completed project will be a collage of several associated images that comprise your self visualization.
Project Concept
Your concept should be of a self-portrait which is a composition of three aspects of your personality/persona. You are encouraged to take risks and experiment.
The image can be an abstract, surreal or realistic interpretation, or one which is a combination of those styles or approaches.
Consider the following while developing your concept:
—your feelings about and views of your body
—those aspects of your persona that may work together or in opposition or in states of change
—your relationship to your world, your family, friends, environment, job, school, etc.
—color, light, form, etc. that you will use to make your 'statement' about yourself
Specifically, you will create a large work in a collage format that uses your digital images and, optionally, other media. This can be a wall piece, a free-standing "sculpture", or combination of these. Craftmanship is important in constructing the work.
You'll begin with the digital photo(s) of yourself as a starting point to develop a more complex self-portrait visually and contexturally. You need to include three environments for your body photos which suggest the present, the past, and the future. You can include scenery, other people, objects. However, the main focus will be your body in some form. The image could be a metamorphosis, a transition, and or composed of separate states.
Image/Software Requirements:
DIGITAL IMAGES:
- SIZE = Any size and proportions within the minimum size of 8" x 10" and maximum size of 11" x 17" for printing on the Color Laser or 13"x19" for printing on the Epson R1800.
FORMAT: Horizontal or Vertical
RESOLUTION = 200 ppi working image/300 ppi print image
MODE = RGB
FILE FORMAT: save as a TIFF file only WITH all layers saved.
- PRINTING: Understanding color systems, resolution
SCANNING: Output planning, Resolution, File Size
BASIC TOOLS: selecting, feathering, erasing, copying and pasting, painting, rubber stamp, healing, and crop tools
LAYERS: understanding layers, layer adjustments
COLOR: understanding color palettes and systems
TRANSFORMATION: scale, rotate, etc.
SAVING: file formats, submitting final artwork to SHARE drive
- FINAL SIZE = a minimum of 22x30 (H or V format); beyond that size, any proportions are acceptable.
COLLAGE is to include a minimum of three digital images that you developed and created in Photoshop. You could print it as one large image, collaged digitally, or as separate prints which you physically collage for the final piece.
