Kristen Simmons's Digital Imaging Blog

 

This is an image I was working on in class. I combined photos of a table where I keep my planner and other school stuff, my nightstand, my room taken from the perspective of my bed, and my cat. I feel that this fits more with my original concept of: ROUTINE.

I made two attempts at an image, but I am lost on where to go. I'm not very proud of these. My concept in one word is ROUTINE. My 40 images were all of things I often see and places I often go. For the first image I used the breezeway of my apartment complex, and instead of the normal end, I added a photo I took of an eerie scene I saw one day while walking around stores in the mall. I wanted to create a sort of liminal space and make it feel unsettling. For the second image I used a photo of my living room taken from the floor (I spend a lot of time there when I'm stressed). I included pictures of mine and my roommate's cats because they're a big part of my life. I also added a spiral pattern of my cat's glowing eye. I'm not sure why.

  I'm not sure of the route I am going to take this project, but the idea I was getting while taking these photos deal with my daily routine, the places I go, and things I see throughout each week. It seems to always cycle through a few select places.

  I ended up breaking up and resizing parts of the original image. I then put filters on them from the filter gallery. I included the sequin and leather textures, along with a couple of patterns. I used blending modes over each layer.      

  I've been trying to make the original image less and less recognizable through my iterations. This was my first. I've mainly been playing around with blending modes. In this next iteration I incorporated a pattern. I cropped out part of another image and made a pattern out of two of Freddie Mercury's most recognizable features—his mouth and mustache. In this third iteration I decided to take the main figure and duplicate it a couple of times while resizing. I think this makes it a bit more interesting. I'm not sure where I'll go from here. More Iterations

  I started off by removing the background, I then played around with a couple of textures (sequins and leather) and tried a few blending modes.