Near-Perfection

I really do enjoy this picture. It may not be the most fabulous picture, but I like it. It's fun.

I made use of the tutorial on photoshopessentials to give John better skin, and brighten his eyes. High pass and Unsharp Mask have become two new friends in photoshop. Although, I did have to use the blur tool here and there. Also tweaked the curves to give it more contrast between the highlights and shadows.


And here's a random extra picture because it's also fun 8D

Photo by John!

Quick Edits

A quick pic. Nothing special here. Not yet anyway. Natural lighting does wonders. I hardly had to edit anything away. Just a bit of blurring over imperfections, use of the highpass filter, and unsharp mask.

To be filled something more professional later.

Senior Ex #1

I seem to be uploading more digital art over photographs. Mm.

My theme for Senior Ex is going to be "unveiling"/"into the light". And they're all going to be pieces of October, my faun/satyr character. For this, I wanted it to be dark, with his hair melding into the blackness. His skin is gray in a ghostlike manner, with glowing yellow eyes. It's supposed to be like he's stepping out of the dark.

I'm not sure if I want to add his horns yet or not. I'm sure if I'm entirely satisfied with how his face turned out. He looks a little too androgynous for my taste, as he's supposed to be subtly masculine, but not girly in any way. Mmm...we'll see how this plays out.

~Princesse

Yong Dansen

Principles of Design

Page layout consisting of the principles of design. These photos were not taken specifically for this assignment, but were selected and pulled down from my art page with the project in mind.
I enjoyed this project because it gave me an excuse to use photos of my dolls since I don't take pictures of them as often anymore [poor outdoor lighting mostly, and one needs a new face-up].
Since the principles were just principles and fairly broad, it left me a wide range to choose pictures from. Actual layout was easy enough to achieve only because of the set up the pictures, as a majority of them were vertical, it just seemed right to keep them in the middle all next to each other. It just fit better.
On a slightly off topic note, the pictures chosen were a crop of my favorite pictures too. Especially the one chosen for texture. I almost used it for color, until I found the bright pink photo. Second fave goes to direction, because he's not centered and even though he's not real, there's still this dark and solemn mood to it. If the image was horizontal, full body or not, it wouldn't have the same effect. The principles of design do mean something after all. Ha.

~Princesse

Looking Up

Oh my goddess.
That was so long and annoying to make.
Frame by frame in Adobe Imageready, pictures taken one by one with my webcam to give it that sort of "Uncanny Valley" meets "Scary Asian Horror" movement. The pictures aren't jerky enough, but I'll get to it eventually. 34 frames. My, my...

~Princesse

we're here now with the caramelldansen

Six frames of Kano [the wolf boy dancing] to do Caramelldansen. And damn was it time consuming! I finally figured out how to make gifs using Adobe ImageReady, and I'm feeling very accomplished. I got the base on deviantart [yes, i credited the person who made the base and linked back to them on my page there]

Caramelldansen
english translation

We wonder are you ready to [do this/join]
Arms up now you'll see
Come an
Anyone can [do this/join]

So move on your feet
Oa-a-a
and wiggle your hips
O-la-la-la
Do as we do
To this melody

Dance with us
Clap your hands
Do like we do
Take some steps to the left
Listen and learn
Don't miss the chance
We're here now with
The Caramelldance