Experimenting with Photoshop.

Cut-out abstracted faces.
colour and 'cut-out effects' added.
Text to be added next using Inkscape.

Exploring colour, shape, form, and compositional problems.

Thinking about layering with colour and shapes.
Created using cut-out paper shapes, drawing and watercolour.

Looking at composition, and where the eye's attention falls  (Cathy King, and Trevor Chat)

Alloa Campus Visit two

Bringing the outside-in at the new Alloa Campus

Exploring Design Ideas for Alloa Campus title:- 'Inside Outside'

Starting Point from Brief 1 The Emperor, Feeding into Brief 2, Insideout-Outsidein.

Design Idea developed from Silkscreen exploration.
This I can see as a large format Digital print. 

Exploring Silkscreen using a Photo Positive.

Preparation 

Photo Positive

Insideout-Outsidein Paper Cut-out experiment

 Experimenting with paper cut-out profile faces title:- 
'Insideout-Outsidein'.
Looking at using white on black effects.












Looking at black on white effects.  thinking about lack of colour and the shadow effects created by using paper cut-out and paper'mac tacks'  to give the black paper a lift off the ground.

looking at shadow effects for the first time.  Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's cut-outs. 



Blogged on Wednesday 7th September 2011. 
and inspired by cut-outs of fellow student with  shadow effects ( Degree student Laura Sharp).
















Looking at outcome.  

Learning from the Inside-out and from the Outside-in.

'Insideout-Outsidein'

Developing artwork for the new Alloa Campus.  Impressed by the buildings many windows and views of the surrounding Ochils (hills) Stirling Town and countryside.  This artwork is influenced by the buildings ability to bring the 'OUTSIDE-IN giving a feeling of an  open learning environment  INSIDE-OUT.  Also the idea of a person learning and absorbing knowledge from Tutors and each other within the environment /building OUTSIDE-IN and sharing knowledge of themselves. INSIDE-OUT, with each other, students and Tutors.     

Insideout-Outsidein

Adding more layers of learning.
 Thoughts in text. Image depicts communication, between students ,each other, tutors. viewer and  the wider community. Equality for all. 

Title:- Insideout-outsidein.

Exploring Ideas within Adobe Photoshop CS4

Insideout-Outsidein

Starting Point from Brief 1 The Emperors' New Clothes
How people see you-Reflects how you see yourself

This is the first time I have used Text within Adobe  Photoshop.  This is my first experiment towards a finished Artwork for Brief two 2011. Forth Valley College. 

Alloa Campus Visit

Open views  bring the 'Inside out and the Outside In' this idea will be my new concept. 

This Campus has dizzying angles and long white corridors. The building has amazing views of the surrounding hills and Stirling town.   

 Visit to The new Alloa Campus Library and central stairway.
 Photo captured on my phone manipulated and enhanced within Photoshop Elements 6, 'Cut out' and colour effects. 

 Alloa Visit  phone photo manipulated within
 Photoshop Elements 6
 with added colour effects and embossing. I may use this outcome to create an Artists Print? or Digital Print?