WEEK 5

 PRACTICAL 

Spot Healing/Patch Work/ Clone Stamp Exercise

This week we were taught by Mr. Martin to fix images with the above-mentioned tools in Photoshop. It's quite a simple yet helpful exercise to help us proceed with our upcoming projects. Shown below are the before and after photos of the exercise.

Figure 5.0: Acne Fix (Before and After)

Figure 5.1: Desert Watermark Fix (Before and After) 

Figure 5.2: Chicken Pox Fix (Before and After)

Figure 5.3: Leopard Watermark Fix (Before and After)

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Displacment Map Exercise 

PART ONE

This week we were instructed by Mr. Martin to do a displacement map exercise where we had to edit flat patterns onto curved surfaces or different textures. Shown below are the pictures that we're provided by Mr. Martin for this part of the exercise.

Figure 1.4: Woman

Figure 1.5: Cloth

Figure 1.6: Malaysian Flag

Figure 1.7: Liverpool

With the above pictures, we were told to edit the Malaysian flag to the cloth texture, and to edit the Liverpool emblem and Malaysian flag to the woman's face. Shown below are the works that I've done for this exercise.

Figure 1.8: Malaysian Face Edit

Figure 1.9: Liverpool Face Edit

Figure 1.10: Malaysian Cloth Edit

PART TWO: HYBRID ANIMAL

The second part of this exercise requires us to create a hybrid animal. The idea is to choose an animal and edit another animal's fur or pattern onto the first chosen animal. Listed below is the process.

Animal photo: 

1. Apply black & white filter 

2. Apply Gaussian blur 

3. Save as displacement map PSD file 

4. Reopen the jpeg/png photo

Fur/skin photo: 

5. Move it to the animal photo 

6. Free transform to resize & rotate 

7. Convert to smart object 

8. Apply displacement map, use previously saved PSD file

9. Choose blending mode 

10. Masking to clean edges

For this exercise I chose two animals for experimentation, a tarsier and a baby meerkat. I played around with different types of fur. Shown below are the images used.

Figure 1.11: Deer Fur

Figure 1.12: Leopard Fur

Figure 1.13: Tarsier

Figure 1.14: Baby Meerkat

Shown below are the trail and errors I've done fort his part of the exercise. I tried the deer fur and the leopard fur on the tarsier first, but it didn't look right so I tried the leopard print on the baby meerkat and it worked out.

Figure 1.15: Tarsier and Deer Fur

Figure 1.16: Tarsier and Leopard Fur

Figure 1.17: Unedited Meerkat

Figure 1.18: Leopard Patterns Applied

Figure 1.19: Vignette Effect as Finishing Touch

FINAL OUTCOME: HYBRID ANIMAL

Figure 1.20: Hybrid Animal Final.jpg

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 LECTURE 

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 TUTORIAL 

This week we were instructed to do digital collages again, but with our own portraits along with the photos provided by Mr. Fauzi in Week 3. Shown below are my works with a brief rationale.

Figure 2.0: Digital Collage 1

The idea behind this was to show the concept of how I would see myself in TV, because I've always hated the idea of being on television and the people who appear on television; they're not real, they just let you see what they want you to see. In other words, everything's scripted. In the collage, it's somewhat a depiction of what I'd look and act like on TV, hating what I see in front of me.

Figure 2.1: Digital Collage 2

For this collage, it is an extension of the concept in the first collage. I wanted to experiment more with the same story and concept, but what's different is the composition. I opted for a grungy background and darker tones. The TVs are tilted as a symbol to how the media works, most of the media is altered and filtered for audiences. I also applied symmetrical balance of sorts to the collage.

Figure 2.2: Digital Collage 3

This collage has has different concept compared to the first two. This is a fun take of me if I was an all-seeing-eye. I would watch over everyone and everything behind a screen, maybe that's what our government is doing already.