Both of these works appear to be formally cohesive, each using scale as the main focus of the composition. You’ve scaled down the people in your image to make it look like lots of people need to do the task that one person could (or a task that some people only think one person could do when really you need a lot of people). Both photos seem to have a pretty warm color palette, you definitely get that from the thanksgiving photo. Something you talked about in your inspiration post was your artist's use of dramatic lighting and I think you've done a good job at replicating that in your compositions. Maybe if you had gone with a flatter/white background like you did in your thanksgiving photo for your pencil sharpener photo you could have mimicked your artist further and made both photos more cohesive.
I think the meaning of this work as a group is something along the lines of the working class in america where it takes a lot more people than you think to do tasks like harvest food for thanksgiving or clean up the library. I feel as though there is a clearer message in the first photo than in the second photo. I see in the second photo people are wearing masks and cleaning so maybe you're trying to comment on the current state of america where it takes a lot of people to keep things clean.
Again I think the first photo has done more to set the stage for interpretation than the second photo and the first photo feels more closely inspired by your artist. I think your photoshop work is convincing, some of the shadows may be a little harsh like on the corner of the paper in the second photo. I think you've used lighting to your advantage and could push the lighting a little further in your pencil sharpener photo.
I think the works are successful in use of scale and making that look realistic. I’m not sure the message/meaning behind each photo is easily understood and that could be a good thing with making your viewer actually work to understand your compositions. I would love to hear your personal meaning behind these works and I look forward to seeing your final portfolio!
Both of these works appear to be formally cohesive, each using scale as the main focus of the composition. You’ve scaled down the people in your image to make it look like lots of people need to do the task that one person could (or a task that some people only think one person could do when really you need a lot of people). Both photos seem to have a pretty warm color palette, you definitely get that from the thanksgiving photo. Something you talked about in your inspiration post was your artist's use of dramatic lighting and I think you've done a good job at replicating that in your compositions. Maybe if you had gone with a flatter/white background like you did in your thanksgiving photo for your pencil sharpener photo you could have mimicked your artist further and made both photos more cohesive.
ReplyDeleteI think the meaning of this work as a group is something along the lines of the working class in america where it takes a lot more people than you think to do tasks like harvest food for thanksgiving or clean up the library. I feel as though there is a clearer message in the first photo than in the second photo. I see in the second photo people are wearing masks and cleaning so maybe you're trying to comment on the current state of america where it takes a lot of people to keep things clean.
Again I think the first photo has done more to set the stage for interpretation than the second photo and the first photo feels more closely inspired by your artist. I think your photoshop work is convincing, some of the shadows may be a little harsh like on the corner of the paper in the second photo. I think you've used lighting to your advantage and could push the lighting a little further in your pencil sharpener photo.
I think the works are successful in use of scale and making that look realistic. I’m not sure the message/meaning behind each photo is easily understood and that could be a good thing with making your viewer actually work to understand your compositions. I would love to hear your personal meaning behind these works and I look forward to seeing your final portfolio!