Project 1- Jose Alvarado

The top image has a psychological relation with the minds thought process. I'm intrigued by the tensions and reliefs that conflict with our minds perspective on the world. I wanted to break that structural element displayed by the intertwine fibers in the background with something more fluid and organic. Therefore the more organic part in the center is overcoming the structural elements, like a virus eating its way through.

The bottom image refers to the whole notion of the light at the end of the tunnel. However, the light as a organic characteristic which is transforming from its environment and moving toward the viewer. The light/object is alive and aware of its surroundings.

Lee: Landscape 1

Landscape 1 is a recreation of a part of Oklahoma City. Taking the buildings of the city and putting them into a new environment. The leaves covered with snow representing the sky and the neon colors were used to create somewhat of a cartoon setting. Reality and cartoon aspects combined in this image.

Project 1 - Aaron Rivera

In the first image, I tried to capture a sunset behind a mountain, while a forest and mist sit in the foreground. In creating this image, I used five different photos. I used the eraser, magnetic lasso, dodge and burn, and smudge tools. I also used the layer multiplication and opacity to make layers not appear so opaque and to change layer contrast and dominance. I was trying to achieve high levels of contrast and experiment with color in this image.

In the second image, I had in my mind no clear plan. Once laying down the first and second layers, I immediately recognized a radial sun in the image. To highlight this, I used the dodge and burn tools. I then used the lasso tool for the remaining three images and finished by using layer multiply, changing opacity, and adding in highlights.

I found that this project was a little challenging in that I do not frequently work with landscapes. I found it hard to conceive and idea of an imaginary setting. Also, working with so much color and found objects was difficult at first because you can only go so far with what you have. In the end, I found that it was not so difficult once I began to through things together and find what works and what does not. Since I have made these, I have revisited these images and changed things slightly.

This piece was created to be an artificial landscape that we had to create using many different pictures that we took around are central environment. The blue dream landscape that I made most of the pictures that i used came from object in my room and images of of my phone. This landscape was made to be more of a fictional piece that has a lot of things that dont really make since.

The next landscape image i created was made using the same methods as the one above but I made it using a more realistic image in mind. i wanted to create something that seamed a little more centered in reality but used basic pieces from pictures that i took from thing in my environment. I think that I did accomplish what i wanted and to me it does have more of a realistic feel to it.

Projects 1 & 2 Digital Landscapes

SPRING 2011

Welcome to our Wichita State University Spring Semester Digital Media Blog.

Our new student blog members are:
Aaron Rivera
Joyce Adcock
Melissa Doll
Lee Jones
Cheryl Lewis &
Jose Alvarado