MY FINAL BOOK COVER!

brown paper effect

The brown paper effect

I decided to experiment with the brown paper effect with different picture such as flowers, jellyfish and books.

Combining pictures and drawings and photographs.

My Andy Warhol attempt didn't turn out the way I wanted. So i go a new idea and decided to go with that which led me to my final book cover. 

I cut different black and white photos of things I like add out them together and then used the brown paper technique to fade the triangles behind my face.

Photo Shop

Starting Point

Firstly we chose the photo of a drawing we did then scanned it on to the computer to use in photo shop. When we loaded it on photo shop we used the crop tool to edit which bits we wanted and got rid of the ones we didn't want. Then we re-sized the photo. Also we used different layers and on each layer we used a different tool on each of the layers. Then I used the magic wand tool to add different colours on to the picture.

Michael Colavito

Michael Colavito

Colavito Modern Image Painting film work is created without computers, without retouching, without photo-comping, without color filters, without camera masks, without reflections, without printed images, without projected images or patterns, without darkroom manipulation or optical assembly, without painting directly on the human body or on the film itself, without blue or green screening, and without special effects editing - all on one original negative, chrome or individual frame of movie film.

Ben Slow

Ben Slow is a talented portrait artist from London. His subjects range from beautiful starlets to pop culture icons. “Working from my London studio, I find an exciting dynamic in the contradictory relationship between the glamorous pop images and the raw, unrefined urban context in which such icons are celebrated. The point of my work is to reduce the silhouette to its most elegant and minimal, while simultaneously embellishing its energy, depth and texture. The process is as symbolic as it is aesthetic,” Slow says.

Chuck Close

  I like Chuck Close work because it looks like I photograph even though it is a painting. After he had a seizure he was paralysed from the neck down but he carried on painting and totally reformed his work. I like his current work more probably because of the detail and the way he uses the colours and how it still looks similar to a photo but I think it’s more eye catching. 

Anna Razumovskaya

Blonde Ambitions I

Ruby Red

In both these photos I like the way there is small detail in the background. Also I like the use of tone how there are really light colours and goes to dark colour very easily.

Matthew Hollings

Madonna

I like the Madonna one the most probably because of the multiple different colour which I thinks it makes it more interesting. Also I like the detail in the actual drawing as well. I like the Mick Jagger picture because of all the detail in the tone. I don't like the lack of colour in the Mick Jagger.
I like the Obama and the shark picture because it's simple and I think the shark makes it catch your eye.

Obama and the Shark

Mick Jagger

MARCO CALCINARO

In the Audrey Hepburn portrait I like the lack of colour and the subtlety of the picture also I like the tone in the Audrey Hepburn picture. Also I like how in both of the the face is made to look more real and texture. Furthermore I like the hints of colour in the Marilyn Monroe it makes it a bit more interesting.

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