Portraits

Portraits. . .

"to the sky"










This is me :)
I made it with pictures which I took.
I'm jumping to sky. Then my hand which is right side is drawing wing!
I sometime think about I want to fly, and how wonderful it is.
I have own wings with my dream.

"yummy window"














This is me :)
I have onion ring! These are one of my favorite food. It is like a window.
You can see me through that onion ring window. And have a nice time with yummy food.




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Wordle Wednesday 7!!

Wordle Wednesday 7!!. . .




"Portrait -Picaso by Cory Smith"

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Photomontage Project

Photomontage Project. . .

This name is "Okamoto Taro"

He was the greatest artist in Japan.
That tower is one of this famous art.
And I used his famous picture for background.
I used almost 40 filters for this photomontage.

This name is "so with President Lincoln"

I used Lincoln statue picture which I took when I visited for base. then I put pictures of myself which look like I'm sitting with Lincoln.

This name is "YUI"


She is one of my favorite artists. She is singer.
She writes really good songs, and I love them.
I put picture of guitar which I make filtered because she uses guitar when she sings.
The letters on that guitar are the name of songs which she made.









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Wordle Wednesday 6 !!

Wordle Wednesday 6 . . .




"Pencil Bullets"

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iPhrase

iPhrase. . .




"iHug"

... because i like hugs :)

*Why did you choose these poses?

Because I like to hug :) I think hugs make us happy.  So I collected some poses. That green one, that picture is actually that two of my friends lied down on the floor and hug each other. Blue one, there are two of my friends and me, it looks like sandwich, I like it, too. Red one, I see often. I was my host sister.

*Why did you highlight the details that you did?

Because arms is the point for hugs. And it is interesting how we hold. And clothes, I want to show how close each other when we do hugs.

*Any other little tidbits about the process?

I put two or three layers for showing arms and clothes.  Then as I put, colors of hands/arms are more clear than color of clothes. Backgrounds of original photograph were not all blank, so it was hard to select object every time. 

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Wordle Wednesday 5 !!

Wordle Wednesday 5...



"Seahorse"

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Filtered Photo & Self Critique

My favorite one. . .

"Water Paper"










#What do you think is most successful about this piece?
I think I could succeeded to make that photo so sweet and shiny by filter. I think that soft texture of Water paper is matching with that photo's emotion.

#What do you wish you could change?
I wish I could change that back ground. I think it needed more dark shadow. So I think it would have more deep images, not just bright and light.

#What was the most enjoyable part of this project for you?
I loved them all. It was hard to choose best filter for one photograph. It took a lot of time to try, compare, change, and discuss. Each filter has different character, so sometimes it'll have another meanings compare with original. When I discovered from that, I was so excited. To take that photograph was just one second, and it has just only one face. However we can give it another face through using filter.

#Did you find anything about this process challenging?
I challenged to use filter more than one for other filtered pictures. Some kind of filter is really good with other one, but sometimes not. When I was doing that, i felt like I was doing some kind of lab. I enjoyed it. I think I might be able to fine for another filter for that one photograph above, which that point I wanted to fix them. I'll try another time then.

#Do you think you will use these filters in the future for anything?
Off course!! I will. It was so fun to do it. And it was so simple to use.

#How do you feel about your digital art skills so far?
I feel it's OK about my digital art skills. Digital art is really different part of art, and it was first time for me. So I think I need more practicing and trying other technique. Apparently I need to practice to take nice photograph, too. Even I have Photoshop, if the original one is not good, I never be able to make greater one, that's I think. I want to make best ones which leave impression on someone.


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