Sunset

Sunset
[Homework 5]

This was an experiment working with masking. The week was busy for me so I did not put as much time into this one as I would have liked to, but here it is.

Green Eyes

Green Eyes
[Homework 4]

My first photograph is a picture of me at the age of 16 or 17; the source is my camera. My second source was the internet. This is where I got my image of the lion in the field. For my color scheme, I chose alot of green overlaying a greyscale image; I wanted the picture to represent who I am. First, I chose to work with black and white because that is how I see the world. Secondly it puts more emphasis on the green. I picked green for two reasons. First, green is a "cool" color, which or more laid back than "hot" colors such as red, orange or yellow. According to some persons, green is culturally a "fun" color for persons living in the United States. I am in fact, more often than not, laid back and fun. My second reason for using alot of green is that it is the color of my eyes.

Watchful Tiger

Watchful Tiger
[Homework 4]

Duotone was a much quicker process than was colorizing a grayscale image, however, I was able to work with more colors when colorizing instead of duotoning. Surprisingly, the file sizes weren't very different, but that might change when saving them both in higher resolutions. I will say colorizing was more fun.

Mom on the Moon

Mom on the Moon
[Homework 3]

This assignment was focused on the use of duo-tones. I took a picture of my mother and stuck her on the moon before applying the duo-tones.

Duotoned images only consist of two colors two draw the entire image. Many printing companies perceived this as an economical opportunity. To print a "normal" image with many colors cost money -for the ink- and time -to draw the colors-.

A duotoned image only uses two colors. The tiny ink dots that are printed to form the image are arranged in such groupings that shading and depth are imitated without a real greyscale.