artist statement: i'm tryna convey in my image that i like to be artsy and that my sister, dog and nature is a few things that make up who i am. the first layer is of a tree with a dull but calming background with a bag in the tree portraying nature being strangled by trash, this layer is a metaphor to me and it is aesthetic. my second layer is of me, the selfie, it's the skeleton of my image. my third layer is of my sis, she is very meaningful to me, when i took this picture she was in front of a brick background which made the photo aesthetic. the final layer is of my dog, my dog is always there for me (as cheesy as that sounds) and means a lot, i took a portrait photo of her because she's cute. i used opacity to make my layers slightly transparent which made some of my layers stand out as a focal point. i also used the magic wand to make the subject in some of my photos without a background, replacing the background with other layers. i used command t to shrink a layer so it would be more pleasing to the eye. i titled this image medley because i wanted to show that i see my image's message as a blend of me which it's synonym is medley.
drowning
artist statement: this selfie collage shows the progression from the beginning of the trimester to now. at the start of this tri, i did not know how to layer images in photoshop; i am now confident in my ability to work around photoshop using the adjustments, and the filters and some other cool stuff. i have developed immensely with both my photography and editing skills. i learned that i need to follow instructions step by step and it is quite simple from there. my photography is more appealing to look at than it was at the start.
artist statement 2: in the edited image, medley, there are 4 layers and in the edited image, drowning, there are only two layers. in medley i used things that meant something to me on a personal level but in drowning i used a landscape photo i had taken for a different project that held a piece of one single memory. in drowning, the double exposure is more specific and is something to represent a lonely, lost part of me but in the other collage it represents more general things outside of me that influences me daily. i titled the first collage medley because it is a mix of numerous things that affect me in a mostly positive way. i titled the second drowning because i feel like i am drowning a lot and i am stuck and struggling; i can't swallow anything but pain-inducing water, i like the first one better because i spent more time on it; it shows that i had amateur skills but i like it anyway because despite the fact that i sucked and was discouraged with editing i stuck with it and finished it well enough.