Monday, 14 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
cut and paste..
A few weeks ago adam uploaded some images off wgsn which reminded me of Picassos work. The designer took different elements from photos and randomly cut and pasted them over the original image. I felt that this was a lot more effective than the photo with ‘block colours’ representing shapes as it made the image look more real.
In the end we all decided that we would go down this route so we printed off the original photo of dee (as a male) then the photo of Stacey (in drag makeup) and decided to dissect the images and cut and stick different pieces of her face over his to achieve the same effect.
you will still have to look at the shapes of the different features to detect weather it was a male or females certain body part and the cut and paste style would reflect Picassos abstract nature through the use of shapes and the human form.
In the end we all decided that we would go down this route so we printed off the original photo of dee (as a male) then the photo of Stacey (in drag makeup) and decided to dissect the images and cut and stick different pieces of her face over his to achieve the same effect.
you will still have to look at the shapes of the different features to detect weather it was a male or females certain body part and the cut and paste style would reflect Picassos abstract nature through the use of shapes and the human form.
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we initially were going to blend the male and female face together – as if the ‘male model’ went to a surgeon and said “what could you do to make me female?” and the surgeon through the use of photoshop would bring his cheekbones in, lift his forehead, shave his adams apple down etc but this didn’t work as we couldn’t find a model with the same skin tone so it would have been to hard to blend. The Picasso route however is so abstract that we decided that using a white model would still create the same effect if the makeup was the same.
Makeup wise we decided to use peacock colours for the one eye as with peacocks, the male is the beautiful one and the woman is the ‘plain one’ which goes against the stereotypical conventions of what a male and female should be. We then used very bright makeup for the other eye so it would stand out against the otherwise plain features.
When we went to edit these photos it didn’t quite work as the male and females were to similar – although that was the purpose (so you would have to look at the shapes of the features to differentiate between the male and female) the image previously worked better with a ‘normal’ male face and a ‘made up’ female over the top for juxtaposition.
Makeup wise we decided to use peacock colours for the one eye as with peacocks, the male is the beautiful one and the woman is the ‘plain one’ which goes against the stereotypical conventions of what a male and female should be. We then used very bright makeup for the other eye so it would stand out against the otherwise plain features.
When we went to edit these photos it didn’t quite work as the male and females were to similar – although that was the purpose (so you would have to look at the shapes of the features to differentiate between the male and female) the image previously worked better with a ‘normal’ male face and a ‘made up’ female over the top for juxtaposition.
photoshoot.
So, general photo shoot ideas..
We decided to go for the ‘Picasso’ look as he uses different shapes to create really abstract photos. We want to keep the original concept of having a male and female face but dissecting bits of the eyes, lips and cheekbones etc so you would have to look at the difference of shape in the features to detect whether the image came from a male or female face. E.g a male would have a larger forehead and a female would have higher cheekbones etc..
We decided to go for the ‘Picasso’ look as he uses different shapes to create really abstract photos. We want to keep the original concept of having a male and female face but dissecting bits of the eyes, lips and cheekbones etc so you would have to look at the difference of shape in the features to detect whether the image came from a male or female face. E.g a male would have a larger forehead and a female would have higher cheekbones etc..
pablo!
i love this image. i recon in our photoshoot we should play with colour and black and white so the shapes can be created with blocks of colour aswell..
merging the male and female profile! genius! lovelylovely
i really liked the cut and paste nature of this photo. the way he's stuck to such a blunt shape and made the images flow is genius..
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