Cindy Sherman Final

The Figure: Simply Sketchbook 13

This is my series of simplicity

Cindy Sherman Contact Sheet

Cindy Sherman Brainstorm

2 self-portraits:

  1. Shirin

    -Shirin is extremely critical and hard on herself when she makes mistakes in sports.

    -Shirin is very quite and has a lot to say, but often keeps it all to herself.

    -Shirin likes to be comfortable and in her calm element, but that does not stop her from having fun.

    -Shirin has gone through a lot, but it has made her stronger and more determined.

    -Shirin is very close to God and prays to him every night before going to bed for the many blessings in her life.

    -Shirin feels like she is 16 going on 35 because she has so many responsibilities, a lot of stress, and a lot of pressure from herself and others.

  2. Daria

    -Daria feels lost after loosing everything when her plane crashed in Malawi.

    -Daria is very vulnerable and scared after watching her mom who was on the plane die right in front of her.

    -Daria feels guilty that she is still living and her mom is not, even though it was Daria's idea to go on the trip.

    -Daria is desperate and is constantly praying because she went from a life filled with blessings to living on the bare minimum.

    -Daria has so much pain and sadness because she has lost everything.

    -Daria feels defeated and like there is no possible way she can go anywhere from here.

    -Daria feels like she is 16 going on 5 because she went from a teenage girl with a lot to a vulnerable girl with nothing and who does not know what to do or where to go.

Lightroom Adjustment Experiment Assignment

The top one is edited and the original is the picture below it

used spot removal tool for blemishes and to shape eyebrows

adjusted temp from 0 to 30

changed contrast from 0 to 50

changed blacks from 0 to -40

clarity from 0 to -80

Used Graduated filter (M) to….

change temp from 0 to -6

change tint from 0 to -24

change exposure from 0 to -0.79

change contrast from 0 to 100

change highlights from 0 to -44

change shadows from 0 to 16

change whites from 0 to -100

change saturation from 0 to -15

 Used basic to change:

 exposure from 0 to -1.70

contrast from 0 to +26

highlights from 0 to -58

shadows from 0 to -100

whites from 0 to -100

blacks from 0 to -37

clarity from 0 to -3

vibrance from 0 to -20

saturation from 0 to +45

 Used tone curve to change:

highlights from 0 to +4

lights from 0 to -94

darks from 0 to -30

 Used basic to change:

contrast from 0 to +3

shadows from o to +32

whites from 0 to -100

blacks from 0 to -12

Used tone curve to change:

highlights from 0 to +54

lights from 0 to -54

darks from 0 to +25

shadows from 0 to -32

 Used graduated filter (m) to change:

exposure from 0 to -2.05

contrast from 0 to -11

highlights from 0 to +100

whites from 0 to 0 to -77

blacks from 0 to +100

Used tone curve to change:

lights from 0 to -7

shadows from 0 to -17

 Added brush stroke to lighten the shadow

Exposure from 0 to 1

Contrast from 0 to +1

Tone curve: lights from 0 to +3, darks from 0 to +87, shadows from 0 to -21

 Used brush tool to lighten him and the shadow of the tree that he is in

Enclosed Space Sketchbook 12

Can a wrapped object be art?

Here are my versions of a wrapped camera that I captured:

What I learned about my work was that it was hard to pick a creative idea and follow through on the interesting look and feel of what I was trying to go for.  What I learned from Christo and Jeanne-Claude was that I can have the most creative artistic ideas and to not think anything is impossible because if you work hard enough, you can fulfill your artistic ideas.  My inspiration was the wrapped bottles they did and how interesting they made simple objects look.  My difficulties were making the wrapping stay shaped on the camera in fine detail and trying to make the background compliment the silver wrapping on the camera.  What I learned about these two amazing people were what I can make, what seems like a simple and boring image, lively with the accents in the picture and colors to make it intriguing

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A new idea I found on http://www.ps-illustration.co.uk/Misc4.html that I thought of doing:
I would wrap the camera and set a self timer so that it can take a picture of itself in a mirror while still having wrap on it and a white backdrop behind it.




All captured by Christo and Jeanne-Claude