Evaluation

I found this project extremely interesting and very enjoyable. I enjoyed trying new programmes that I haven'tused before and I found out that I really enjoy the vector basing method. I found it easy to catch on too and it didn't take me very long to grasp the idea of what I needed to do. I am going to consider using this method in the future in my own time and in Univeristy as I think that I have done well at it and got some good images out if it, I also think that if I improve I can get some really good images that I am even more happy with.
I think that the main thing that I would have changed if I did this again, is I would have taken more time over my photo shoots and I would have planned it better to make the images a lot better. I would have also researched into fairy tale photo shoots and films as influences in my image making.
The main thing that I found difficult in this process was the actual coming up with the idea. I think that if I found out exactly what I wanted to do at the start of the project I would have had more time to research into better things that related to my project. I would have also have tried to experiment with film images, possibly slide film or holgas that have a more dreamy fantasy sort of effect and very bright colours.
Overall I really like my final images and I am planning on using my birds one as a portfolio image for my University interviews.

How to vector base images

Final 3

This is my 3rd final image, I am not as happy with this image as the other two but I do think that it works well as a series.I like the idea of her reaching out to the light, she appears trapped and is trying to get out, I therefore drew some vines and flowers to add to the idea of getting out of the place as she could have imagined these as a way to help her get out. I think that this worked very well in the set because all the same parts are vector based therefore worked extremely well.

Final 2

This is my second final image, I wanted to keep up with the idea of it being a dreamy place and something that she is imagining. I also wanted to carry on with the idea of using the same model as before. I am also really happy with the umbrella and rain idea, I think that the fish jumping out of the pond also works well as it is like her being in a dream seeing things that arent really there. There would never be a pond with a fish jumping out of it in the middle of the road and it is also not really raining but there is an umbrella. It appears (like the previous image) that she is making up stories and imagining what is happening rather than accepting reality, which children do not normally want to do, they usually believe that fantasy is real.

first final

This image is my first final. I edited the image in photoshop and then decided to do a vector based portrait of just my sistera as I want her to be the only part of the real image that is vector based. I then wanted to use a birds brush in photoshop and so I added brushes into the sky. This then led me to add birds as balloons to her hands to give her the effect of flying away, she appears to be escaping however the real meaning is not shown. I am happy with this image and it's ambiguity. I think that it shows numerous  meanings because Amy does not appear real even though she clearly is a real person as it was a photograph before vector based, however she could also not be real as this could have just been added into a plain landscape image.. The idea of the ballons being birds shows the idea of her flying away to be with the birds. It also represents her in a kind of dream world, I think that this works well because all 11 year olds are quite dreamy and like making up stories., I think that my mystical fantasy idea works with this image. It also reminds me of when she had an imaginary friend when she was younger, therefore links to her life as a child as well.

Contact sheet 2

This is my second contact sheet of images to use for my finals, I wanted to carry on using my sister in a very dull way and then add drawings in and try vector basing it to add colour and imagination to it. I think that my shoot wasnt very good and I think that my images were not particuarly good images, but after ive edited some of the images I think that they will look a lot better and work well with  the mystical element. I particualry like the idea of her climbing the wall. Like in the previous shoot where I wanted to incorporate drawings in I think that I will do the same here to connect the images and make a story. For this set of images I had the idea of her climbing up the fall as a kind of excape with flowers and vines taking over. It is sort of like her in her dreams and what she sees, compared to what is actually there. I have decided that the girl will be the constant throughout and I will vector base the girl and not much else of the picture.

Contact sheet 1

This is a contact sheet from my first proper shoot, I took these images for my finals and I am going to edit them and try and vector base some of them. The shoot was of my 11 year old sister Amy. It was a misty rainy day and I wanted to put her outside in the wind to look slightly dreamy. On this contact sheet is also some cartoon style pictures that I drew with a fineliner and scanned in. I am going to incorporate these into my images somehow.This is my contact sheet of a shoot I did for my finals for this project.
I am going to choose the best one and starting playing about with it.
The shoot was when it was very misty and lightly raining, it is of my sister amy in her dressing gown.
I think that the shoot went fairly well, and after editing I think that I will have some good images to work with. The reason that I had the idea for this shoot was because my sister was walking about the house in her dressing gown and a floaty dress. She was playing with her dolls and it made me think of a fairytale. I thought of it being windy and her dress and dressing gown floating around like she wanted to fly, I therefore took her outside to take the photographs and got the photos that I wanted. Ideas for other fantasy and adventurous style images then came into my mind and I decided that I wanted to work with this idea throughout and try different things. I also wanted to keep the same subject throughout as I think a young girl could add ambiguity to the image, for example, why does she appear to be flying? Why is she outside in the rain and wind? Why is she in the middle of a field? and also I wanted to play with the idea of her being a mystical character, her face isn't shown and no one knows why or who she actually is