Photoshop/Independent study

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Independent Study for one student interested in sci-fi writing - not graphic design

A1

A bio, and description of what you do - in this case - writing science fiction. So the images we make will hopefully enrich your writing. But in order to set a direction, we need to understand your areas of excellence, and areas you think could be improved. A description of the stories, how many have been written, whether they have been published, whether you want to write short stories or novels, your influences. This is what I need along with any other related information you can provide. We need as well your thoughts on color in your stories. How do you describe sky, water, skin, environments, weapons in terms of color. If you have an example of you writing that you can post, that would be excellent.

A2

A. Week 1 is chapter 4 in the book. Color. For this assignment we will do the duotone exercise on page 199, using the files on the cd.

B. In addition, we will make the result relate to writing. I want you to think of this as a film still from a movie based on one of your stories, or if you want to experiment with simple typography you can. I made mine into the cover of a book.

C. Include a paragraph that describes the image - this can be a summary of what is happening in the story, a blurb from a book cover.

Example. You can see my own result. After going through the exercise I experimented with tritones. Her face seemed like it was being lit up by a craft landing and the original title was Landing. My view on aliens is that of Stephen Hawking. Aliens may use us for food and strip our planet of resources. So the title is called Food Chain. We're no longer at the top of it.

Foodchain. Jeff Prentice

Written component: In this image we see Beth Barnes watching a spacecraft landing in a field behind her house. SHe isn't alone, in fact half the world is experiencing the same thing. Earth's weapons have been somehow deactivated, and leaders have been in communication with the aliens, but details of the conversations haven't been leaked. There is a sense of foreboding worldwide. Animal justice is coming to humans.

A3

Option 1: Partial desaturation/Vibrance page 205

Option 2: Tinting a Photo Graphic page 207

With either option, continue with our idea of relating this to a story. In the examples below, I've continued with the idea set out in Food Chain.

I went through the exercises in the book using their examples, and then applied that to my own imagery

Include a paragraph that describes the image - this can be a summary of what is happening in the story, a blurb from a book cover, other.

Option 1 example: Vibrance

Example. After going through the exercise I experimented with the vibrance layer. I found some images were better suited than others. I like this one because it is rather dehumanizing, like meat. I copied the definition of food chain from the dictionary, pasted it into the image using the text too, rotated the text, highlighted some terms.

Option 2 example: Tinting a Photo Graphic

Example. After going through the exercise I experimented with the threshold and gradient layers. It seemed more like a portrait of one of the characters, so I imagined this to be a profile image with a description of the character placed below.