Selection Assignment 2

 

Designing this piece was enjoyable because I was able to take an old childhood passion and turn it into something new. Originally this quote and the figure you see falling all began in a video game. MYST, as it was called, took place in an alternative universe where the main character falls through a "star fissure." This was my favorite game when I was a child.

The quote is taken directly from the beginning. The game opens up with you falling in a 2D world (circa 1995.) You are this figure:

I then took this picture:

and this one:

and subtlety blended them together. I liked the idea of the background moon because it filled up the black space left in the orginal picture. It also gave a sense of scale.

I wanted the figure to be falling into a black hole. I wanted to duel represent this by taking an eye and forming it into the event horizon.

I used this stock image:

and made it to look like a chasm. Difficult to explain to those who have not played the game, but it has a large meaning to those who have. 

I then took the nebula clouds and warped them around the eye to make it appear more like a black hole. Although this is not congruent with physics and quantum theory it gives an interesting effect.

I then took three copies of the same figure to show a sense of continued motion along the timeline. I wanted it to appear as though he was falling, rather than getting sucked in. I feel I accomplished this.

The completed image captures many aspects of the original game, since this was an ode to it. I am pleased with the outcome.

I RIPPED MY FACE OFF

This time I decided that I wanted to RIP MY OWN FACE OFF

because I wanted to put it on the body of a sixteenth century king.

Although I was not born into nobility I always wanted to make awesome poses like this:

 

That man looks like he runs an empire. And he did, that is Louis XVI of France who ruled until his death, much like every other leader.

I had no birthright so I knew the only way I could accomplish this was take my face and simply putting it on his. 

And here we have it:

Look at those tights, damn that's some high fashion.

I mean I have to say I have come a long way from where I started:

Just for the record that man's name is Jon Hammer, so the joke is considerably less funny if you don't know that.

I also decided to put myself in space, because once you hit the monarchy where else is there to go but up?

 

 

Shopping Selections

I am going to make two separate posts for each selection exercise.

One is interesting, the other is just copying and pasting onto a new picture.

Doing this was actually somewhat more difficult than I thought, and I also learned more than I anticipated. "Defining edges" was actually a tool I had never used before and was ecstatic to figure out. I look for tools like this constantly but guides to photoshop online can sometimes be absolutely horrible. I much prefer class time. 

Like selecting that cat book, my god, what.the.hell.

 

Introducing the Icon

HELLO

My name is Michael but everyone calls me Mike.
 

This guy right here is me -----------------------------------------------------

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The one in the middle.

This picture was taken in Spain while I was studying abroad.
Barcelona to be exact.

Here's a better picture of me.

 It is a little dark, but you can still see my gorgeous face.

I am a Senior Public Relations major at Quinnipiac (obviously) and I really enjoy digital design. 

I don't use photoshop or illustrator that frequently but I have a fair understanding of both.

I love music and I work in the radio station.

For my first project I took the tree picture and ended up with this:

 I have no real method behind my designs for these other than I started tweaking the palette and ended up doing some interesting things. I ended up liking the last one I made quite a bit because of the minimalism. To me minimalism is one a the best outcomes for creating art. But I believe as a movement it is a little past its prime.


Now, I took my photo and moved some thing around. I added some GANGSTA STUFF 'cause I think it's hilarious and here is the result:
 

 

As Riff Raff would say, "What you expect from the butterscotch boss when I floss, rap game Randy Moss in the cotton candy Buick sittin' on Brazilian gloss"