Photoshop Final

Illustrator Exercise

still getting use to the pen tool

Photoshop Exercise

Film Still Illustration

Here is the photo I will be editing in Photoshop for my Film Still Illustration.

Film Still Artists

Gregory Crewdson:

Out of the four of these artists, Gregory Crewdson is my favorite one. The scenes he sets up are very interesting and the evoke so much emotion. There is a very dismal quality in his photos which is easy to relate to since most people felt sadness at one point in their life. The cool blueish gray tones add to the whole melancholy tone. I like how he plays with reflections in water or mirrors as a way of reminiscing.

Teun Hock:

Teun Hock's photographs are more playful in nature compared to Crewdson's. The colors he uses are more warm and bright and some of his compositions are pretty funny. I think it is cool how in each one he is getting himself into some sort of predicament. I found it interesting that he would actually paint canvas's as backgrounds and put the photos on top of that.

Jeff Wall:

There is something strange about Jeff Wall's photographs. In the photos where there is people there is almost no interaction. This makes me feel uncomfortable about the composition just because the people in the picture are situated awkward. I get a sense of solitude from his photos as well. I'm not sure if I think its a little depressing or not. I really like his photograph called "The Flooded Grave" a lot. I think it is such a unique concept and visually it is very interesting and pleasing.
Cindy Sherman:

The project that I react the most to from Cindy Sherman is her Fairy Tale Disaster's Collection. Some of these pictures are sort of haunting yet they still have an artist quality that makes them very intriguing. I think it is interesting how she can take ordinary fairy tales that are supposed to be cheerful and bring out a quality that is not normally seen with fairy tales. It is almost like she is reacting to the sugarcoated fairy tales and bringing them back to their original form as in The Grimm Fairy Tales. Her other work focuses on a woman in various settings and situations. Those photographs look old fashioned from an earlier era. The photos are done in black and white which adds to that whole quality.