art for arts sake..

No, not a spot the difference competition, but a print (above) made from the photographic image (below).  

This is the year where I seemed to have expanded my practice with Photoshop (mostly for work) - and am quite enjoying it, where formerly I had 'the fear', and it all seemed very complicated.

Making up artwork to hang in film & tv sets is trickier than you think..  Firstly the issue of copyright, and the prohibitive rates for paying picture library fees ratio to the often miniscule graphics budget, means that we often have to call in favours of other members of the department, holiday snaps, or friends who will give us permission to use their images!  Then there is also the appropriateness of the image to the character who will be in the set.  Normally this can be bypassed by hiring images for short periods, but as these will be required in a long running series, they had to be practically free and permanent!

I had already used several photographic images already, so had a dabble about transforming the photographs into watercolours or even screenprints.  There is also the effect of trying to intimate that artworks have been acquired over a lifetime, rather than in a few short weeks, as is often the case!

The print was made by fiddling about with 'artistic effects' in the Effects Palette on Photoshop.  I think I used 'cutout' then 'ink lines', and then individually selected each colour (under the toolbar heading Select - see 'colour range' - you can click on the colour you'd like to change, then just use the 'eyedropper' tool to pick another colour from the colours that come up.

I can hardly believe it is nearly two years since I took this photograph!  Autumn seems to be coming around a little quicker this year..

If you have had 'the fear' of using Photoshop, open up a photograph, go to the Effects palette and just dabble around - a lot of art comes through happy accidents anyway!

best wishes

Caireen

Comments

[Rebecca]

Love it!! I have the fear! I've started cheating ,and editing my pics on www.picnik.com Rx