Magnum Contact Sheet Series

     I've always felt that, by now, most unique artistic ideas have been taken. Thus, whenever I come across a fresh and new idea or style I am always in awe. In this series, magnum photographers have taken their in progress contact sheets and turned them into unique art. 

 The above print shows the artists many attempts to get an effective portrait, in addition to displaying the way that he goes about choosing a suitable print. The bold red outlines greatly contrast with the grayscale, making it both informative and aesthetically successful. 

 This image is much the same, but with a greater variety of color, giving an even more vivid feel.

 In this image, the photographer appears to have been telling a story through the ominous imagery and slightly varying perspectives. Again, the chosen pictures have been marked in brilliant red.

This image, my favorite, does attempt to tell a story. It is complete with a sort of "storyboard" that explains the different actions taking place. The image gives a feeling of being behind the scenes of the photographic processes of the artist, since the notes appear to be notes to the artist himself.


This unique series turns a process into art, and that is what art is all about in my opinion: innovation and creativity. 

Photoshop Art

     This week the tutorial I chose was one in which artistic overlaying  and a couple other techniques in order to create a new, pretty cool image. The tutorial was immensely helpful for me because it showed me the many things you can do in photoshop with simply masking and layering.

     First of all, I chose the images I wanted to overlay together. I chose a really dark sky, a nebula, a raven, and eventually a moon because my attempt at making one failed.

     I cut out the nebula and put it over the sky and soon resized it and made it much less opaque. (seen below)

Then, I drew a circle and began playing with the many mask functions that are in photoshop including beveling, color overlay, and outer glow.

 

      After creating a really crappy moon, I cut out the raven and overlaid it on the image.

      And then I used a sort of satiny filter to make it a bit darker without losing subtle features.

     Finally, I cropped the image and rearranged the components a bit. Oh and I replaced the moon.

     It didn't turn out looking so great, but I got the gist of the mechanics involved in making it so it was overall a helpful (yet lengthy) experience!