Photoshop developments (My day at home)

     I am fond of the days when we don't have to come into Ravensbourne, not because I want to be lazy and watch tv (despite my love for a good cuppa!), but because I really enjoy working independently at home when I know what materials I have and I don't have any time limits to my day, thus I can work at my own pace and stop when I am happy. Today I decided to elaborate more on my photoshop skills so that I will be more advanced for tomorrows workshop day. Instead of exhausting secondary images, I decided to use a few of my own. One picture I did relates to the word 'Attachment' because it was a very special holiday in Wales for me and the scenery was absolutely beautiful by the beach with caves and vast amounts of yellow sand. On the other hand, I also did a photoshop creation with the word 'structure' by using a skeleton I took a photo of whilst I was in the Natural History museum not so long ago. I have also tried to stick with the 'Mono' look, however considering this is still research development, I really want to keep my options more open with what I am trying to achieve by the end of this project. If I could have changed anything, it would have been to change the repeat heights and widths, however it took me quite a while to figure out how to do, so clearly I do need more help from Dan tomorrow to make me even more advanced and understanding when using photoshop. Below are the examples:

     This creation above was the one which related to 'structure' because it shows the anatomy of a human being. However, to create this, I used the magic wand to trace over the main structure of the skeleton, although it didn't work properly. Despite this, I like the look it gave off without having a head because it becomes a sort of mystery in a sense. Whereas, the creation below shows a primary source photo I took of a cave whilst on a beach in Wales, which I then layered vertically to create an elongated effect. Then, I used the brush tool over it and then put on a threshold effect as a layer, which makes it look a lot like a print or stamp and I also experimented to see what it would look like in different colours, however this is the original. I am very excited to see what I will produce in the end because I really like using the concept of digital design and printing, which makes the garment look a lot more detailed and interesting to a great extent, it also adds more perspective to the design because it isn't always clear as to what it is unless you take a closer look or let your imagination take over.