Adam Hester
Beneath the surface
Collage Experiment - Ripping The image.
To carry on with my experimentation and develop my idea I decided to try a different collage technique that I found on Pinterest by an unknown artist
This is an original photo I took from one of my photo shoots of my twin brother Luke with the camera I borrowed from the college. I had Luke standing next to a wall facing at the camera lens, I made sure he stood next to a wall that is plain white or cream colour so nothing else on the wall would stand out and interrupt the image.
I then uploaded the image to the iMac and put it into Photoshop I cropped out the background because there was too much for the image. I cropped it to near the size next to his arms so we can see the main focus of the image is his face. I also lightened the background as I felt it was too dark.
Image after using Photoshop.
This image on the left with the colour is the image of my twin brother Luke when he was in primary school. I chose this image as I thought it would be a good idea to use it on the collage as Luke is a lot younger and looks different. I scanned it into Photoshop.
I then edited the image by using the tool to change the image into black and white, I did this by using this path Image>Adjustments>Black & white.
This is the image black and white image. I changed it because I thought it would be a good idea to change the colour to black and white to give the impression that it is an old photo, it also gave me the idea that when experimenting with the paper ripping part I could leave the newer photo in colour so it shows what he looks like now.
I printed off the black and white version of Luke’s primary school photo and placed it on top of the colour one and started to rip the paper open to show the image underneath so you can see what his eyes, mouth, nose etc.. look like now.
Finished Collage.
