Culture Clash

Purpose:

• To create a Clash of Cultures by creating your own Photo montage, combining images from Beijing, China and Yarmouth, Maine, USA;

• To further develop your Photoshop knowledge and skills;

• To create a "surreal" landscape by montaging a variety of photos;

• To know, use, and understand the Four Collage Techniques to use in your Photo Montage: juxtaposition/fragmentation, point of view, scale change, overlapping

When our class was first granted this assignment, I was a little worried to say the least. I had never used Photoshop before, and I know that learning the ins and outs of technology for the first time isn't exactly my forte. However, once I gave it a go, I came to realize how much I love using this application; it is so fun! After I understood how to use the eraser and transformation key, I was pretty much golden. There were definitely other tools that were very useful for this project that I didn't know how to use at first. In this case, I would "phone-a-friend" and ask former graphic design student, Maddie for some help. Even beyond the walls of this classroom, this application will be of great use. I'm so glad I got to learn how to navigate Photoshop through this fun and creative project.

Free-Choice

Alone.

Caged up,

Tied down.

Beaten.

Three legs,

one heart.

One 

big 

heart.

Frightened to trust again,

but ready.

Ready.

Ready

for a new

home. 

Ready to trust again.

Inspiring Digital Artist: Salvador Ramirez

Purpose:

• • To become familiar with 5 accomplished digital artists;

• • To see what is possible in the world of digital art.

Culture Clash Photomontage

Juxtaposition– how two things are aside one another and have contrasted effects

Fragmentation– the process of breaking something up into smaller parts

Point of View– angle or position that one is looking at something from

Scale Change– the difference in something and how much it has changed

Overlapping– to have a particular item cover another

Dorothea Lange iMovie

Here is the link to my iMovie on the life of Dorothea Lange.

Hobbies, Emma

in•ter•est

Noun.

The state of wanting

 to know or learn

about 

something

or

someone.

Synonyms.

Absorption

Delight

Curiosity.

When I am sad,

the sun absorbs my sorrows.

When I am joyful,

the trees dance in delight.

When I am stressed,

the birds show me how to be curious.

"E"

A letter.

An abbreviation.

A reminder to stay true to myself.

Interest.

Continue

to be

fascinated

by the world 

outside

the window.

"Food" - Emma

I hate seafood– especially this seafood. I was sitting on a stone wall enjoying the view of the ocean with my little brother as we waited for my other brother to bring us back lunch. Prior to this, he had told my brother and me that he was just going to run across the street to get us some hot dogs at Five Guys. We had waited all afternoon for these hotdogs. They were much anticipated for. However, to my disgust, he brought back these. First of all, he said he would only be gone a minute. A minute turned out to be twenty, the same number, in dollars, that he spent on these few oysters. What a ripoff. Second of all, gross. I don't even like seafood. Not only did I have to continue walking around the Old Port with an empty stomach and a disappointed face, but I also had to carry around the everlasting stench of the oysters.