Blog Assignment #2

For this Blog Assignment, I used the Fake Infrared Tutorial on the website www.worth1000.com.

This is a link to the tutorial I used  ->  Fake Infrared Tutorial

1. This is a snapshot of my original image. I took this photo at Old Mans Cave in Hocking Hills this past Spring Break. I thought it would be a good photo to apply an infrared filter to.

2. This is my second snapshot. For this step of the editing process, I used the channel mixer to change the photo to a grey scale and made the greens very high.

3. For this snapshot, I had done two different things to my photo. I duplicated the background layer twice, and on one layer I sharpened the image, and on the other layer, I blurred the image using Gaussian Blur. After that, I adjusted the opacity of both layers to make the image blend together.

4. In this snapshot, I had been adjusting the curves of the photo. I had trouble with this step, because I have never used the curves application, so I was not really sure what I was doing with it. In the tutorial, I was also unable to really understand how to use it, so I only made minor adjustments with the curves application. 

5. This is a snapshot of my final "Fake Infrared" image. I believe that the image in the tutorial looks better than mine, but this is the best I could do. I messed around with many different color choices, but this seemed to be the closest one to looking infrared. I painted a new layer, and then adjusted the opacity to make the image come through the painted layer.

My final image!

Blog Assignment #1

Roya Hamburger

  Roya Hamburger is an artist from Amsterdam. She does graphic designs for many companies, including magazine companies, advertisement agencies, publishers and more. Many of Ms. Hamburgers works are done digitally, and she works with various computer software editing programs. Her pieces are very interesting and playful, and have a 3D feel to them as well.

  This piece is titled Dilemma. This is one of Roya Hamburger's more detailed pieces. The denotations of this artwork are that there is woman who is the main focus of the piece. Around the woman are many random items branching off of different lines. All the items around the woman are in a similar orange to red color. The woman in the middle has pale skin, a bright white apron, black heels, a red scarf, and colorful hair. There is the word "Dilemma" written by the woman's face. The artwork gives the illusion of being done on a piece of grid paper that seems to be pretty old.
  The connotations of this piece of artwork are that the woman in the middle is wearing an apron and heels, so she seems to be a housewife or have the job of a housewife. All the different objects and lines around her seem to be different decisions, or "Dilemmas" that she is facing throughout her day. Which way to go, and what to do that day. The grid paper represents a map or directions for her day and the different "Dilemmas" she is facing.

  This next piece of art is entitled Tree Time. The denotations of this particular piece are that there is a large tree in the artwork, made up of different greens and purples. There are two green birds, and an orange tea pot. The words "Tree Time" are written to the right of the tree. The artwork is designed to represent a page of a book.
  The connotations of the piece are the tree is representative of the book. You use trees to make books. The colors are very happy and the birds represent joy. The teapot represents a calm and peaceful cup of tea, just like reading a book is calm and peaceful. "Tree Time" refers to enjoying a book, maybe even outside with trees and things that make you happy and calm.


 

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