I think i have learnt how to repeat pattern PROPERLY in photoshop.

Today has been a good day, a much better day than yesterday. I had a lecture first thing this morning that was held by Les (lesbicknell.blogspot.com) and his lectures he gives are a real mind blowing experience. He makes you think so deep into things that you even begin to think into things that you would have never though possible. After an eye opener of a talk, i took a very brave step into the oppostie building at university and stepped into the digital design room. Considering i am never in this building let alone in a computer room on my own, this was a step forward (literally!) and i learnt a few tips on photoshop like how to edit a dawing, how to adjust levels and how to make sure they are the standard of which is good to print onto acetate with. I got these straight into the print room ready to be put onto a screen of which i aim to do next week! Between this and 3pm i had spare time of which i put together 2 layers of kodatrace for another type of print, pat of this project is exploring all of the different types of repeat that print can offer, obviously the list is endless but i want to explore as many as i can as print is something i am very interested in learning about. I had my tutorial at the end of the day, and learnt that my strengths lie with my drawing and that i should continue to gain imagery from my drawing as this opens up so many options for me - print, stitch, repeats, digital art, illustration and acts as a source of inspiration. I also,after this caught our photoshopteacher who taught us more photoshop and for me clarified up all of the points i was obviosuly missing for why my repeats never repeated properly. I am pleased to say they are going well so far tonight and i feel much more confident and better about the project already this just proves to me that all my sleepless nights and negative thoughts stem from that fact that i was getting very stressed over the dreaded p word. I am going to continue makng repeats after i have posted this, i am very excited and motiated right now to explore more printing repeats. Here are some of mine so far...

I will definetley put more time into refining these but i was a bit excited over the fact that i have learnt how to repeat without a line showing, and how they repeat and not knowing what the actual repeat is.

More Photoshop Work...

Yesterday i played around with photoshop and after i had blogged i had continued to do some more as they becamemore routinal and easier to do ! I played around with colour to create different moods and added in a swan to relate it back to my theme!

The top image isn't that realistic and i find that the composition is quite block like as it is too distincive where the images meet. I wanted the effectof movement where it eased and subtly changed appearance. However i do like the use of different postures here..

In the bottom image i overlayed the same image and used subtract where it gave an eary feeling towards it, almost mythical which i think links nicely in with the story of swan lake.

The top image is one of my favourites where i have explored the use of movement through 3 images and drifted the images from the back left and brought forward to the right, so within composition and posture i feel as if i have achieved movement.

The bottom image is interesting as the main image is central and to the left the scale of her has changed and the swan sits subtly on here dress. I tried to blend it in with the white as if she is becoming the swan again linking it back to the story of swan lake.

The top image here is interesting in colour as it is much darker than the rest. This takes me back to the way black swan costumes were presented in the new york gallery where i wouldn't have to explain what this is but by the colour of it you can tell that it has darkened, in particular by the way the personna isn't facing us anymore....

The bottom image is much lighter in colour and in posture. I like the way the overlayed imaged cups the background image linking the two together.

Using photoshop has opened my eyes up to the possibilities of overlapping work to create something either illusional, story telling, or to provoke feelings. I feel as if it could be quite a powerful tool for the future! (Links in with the technology theme,also!)

Jess x