DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING (GCD 61204) / WEEK 3

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  WEEK 3 


7/10/2024 - 13/10//2024 / Week 3

Aricia Man Yi Xuan / 0375026

Digital Photography and Imaging / Group 1

Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Project 1A / Exercise 1 / Physical Collage

LECTURES

Fig.1.1.1 Introduction to Photoshop 2

This week, we're introduced to Photoshop 2 with the Lasso Tool, Pen Tool and Layering. Then, Mr. Fauzi let us play The Bezier Game for practice. We also started to do a digital collage using the image that was provided in Google Classroom. We need to use Adobe Photoshop to do three compositions and use the tools that are taught.
Fig.1.1.2 Result

  • Selection, Layering
Fig.1.1.3 Selection, layering
  • Tool Box
Fig.1.1.4 Tool Box

  • Marquee Selection Tools
Fig1.1.5 Marquee Selection tool


  • Lasso Tool
  • Pen Tool

         https://youtu.be/DKtHsFaclKo

Exercise:

PROJECT 1B: DIGITAL COLLAGE 

Instruction:

1. Download all of the images here to your computer: 


2. Follow this tutorial demo as reference to create your digital collage:


3. Create 3 different composition digital collages from the images that you've downloaded.

4. Create A4 canvas size (vertical) on Photoshop and start to do the compositions.

5. Take 3 photo of your digital collage compositions and insert it on the section below.

6. Submit (turn in) this file in Google Classroom.

Composition #1:

Fig.2.1.1 Elements #1 / (Week 4, 14/10/2024)

Fig.1.1.8 Composition #1 - "Megalophobia"/ (Week 4, 14/10/2024)
This is my first composition of digital collage, I've used the images of 'texture_liquid, texture_2, people, people_walking, fish_2, building_2' for this composition. I came up with the idea of 'megalophobia', which is a fear of large objects. The fish and the people who came out the door were extremely huge, presenting an unrealistic scene.

It's also my first time using Adobe Photoshop, the tools it's quite similar to Illustrator; but also quite challenging when first time using it. I keep succeed and failed to use the pen tool when cutting out the part of images I wanted, sometime when I paste it, it appears the shape with filled but not the image that I selected. Luckily, I was able to figure out how to do it by watching the tutorial and keep practicing.

Composition #2:
Fig.2.1.3 Elements #2 / (Week 4, 15/10/2024)

Fig.1.1.9 Composition #2 - "Welcome to Lilliput" / (Week 4, 15/10/2024)
The second composition I came up with the idea "Lilliput"; people are being transported from one space to another and shrunken by the "Dokodemo door," which is inspired by the Doraemon anime, and appears on top of the typewriter. The typewriter is the main element, and there was a black hole and a claw-like figure stretching out through the typewriter. The background behind was filled with dynamic black and white streaks, presenting a sense of being sucked away and chaos. The table I used the image (texture_grunge) , which has a rusty texture, and there are fragments on the table, or it also looks like broken glass shards. Overall, I wanted to present dreamlike, horror, and surreal imagery.

Composition #3:
Fig.2.1.5 Elements #3 / (Week 4, 15/10/2024)

Fig.1.1.10 Composition #3 - "Angry Mom" / (Week 4, 15/10/2024)

The last collage presents a surreal and playful scene. I came up with an idea that captures the moment of a mother being angry at her son for coming home late after playing outside, just like our daily lives. The central figure is the mother without a human head, replaced by a large fish head with an angry emotion, nagging to his son, and her son is hurrying to the elevator, trying to escape from his mom. I think it's very hilarious, like a common family scenario.

PROJECT 1B: FINAL DIGITAL COLLAGE

Fig.2.1.7 Final Digital Collage "Welcome to Lilliput" / (Week 5, 21/10/2024)
Description:
This is the final best version outcome, "Welcome to Lilliput". It's a dreamlike, horror, and surreal scenario. I've learned to use the tools in Adobe Photoshop like lasso tools, quick selection, pen tool, layers, and so on. Also, this project deepened my understanding of composition, creativity, and the technique of using Photoshop.

Feedback:
Today (21/10/2024), Mr. Fauzi gave us feedback and helped us choose the best version from our three compositions, and my final outcome was composition #2. Mr. Fauzi commented that  my composition did well, good practice, and it seems I had a lot of fun with composition #3.
REFLECTION

Experience: 
In this digital collage project, I worked with Adobe Photoshop, which has the ability to manipulate images in various way, such as resizing, rotating, and recoloring. Overall, I think this is fun because digital collage allowed me to try different arrangements without fear of making irreversible changes.

Observation:
Through this project, I observed how seamless it is to make quick edits, undo mistakes, and refine my design. Moreover, the potential to create layered composition is almost limitless, as I'm not constrained by physical resources.

Findings:
I learned a lot of technical skills in Photoshop, and using the tools to edit the image.

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