Monday, 9 April 2012

Dalí-inspired surrealism

Clock face, to liquify
For my next experiment, I thought I would make more use of the shots from my second shoot to create another image based on the work that Dalí has produced. I have taken the idea of body parts and the face almost melting, as well as the melting clocks which are an infamous element of Dalí's work. I have used a photo editing software called "GIMP" to adjust and manipulate the various images I have used on different layers. The face is a combination of the original picture and then another image I used for the previous cow/man hybrid, to the left. 

Photo I used to combine and take facial
features
I took the left eye and smile from the first image and fitted it carefully into to the second which worked very well, adjusting the light and shadow levels accordingly in order to submerge the features seamlessly. The ear on the right was enlarged and lowered slightly to deform the entire face in this Dalí sort of style. An important part, and an icon of Dalí's works is the melting clocks that feature in a few of his paintings. I decided to include these within the background, hanging on the bush and the washing line, as well as replacing the sky.

The tool I used is the equivalent of "Liquify" on PhotoShop, and is called "IWarp". It was the same tool I used in adjusting the head of my subject to a slightly elongated version, similar to that of Dalí's sleeping body resting on the sticks. 

I made sure that when adding anything into the background, I adjusted its focal level so they don't look out of place. I think my final image expresses surrealisms need to thwart and forget reality, as well as developing and replicating Dalí's outstanding pieces to the best of my ability. 

Final image

My next idea is working with food. I shall be creating egg-human hybrids which, as peculiar and far fetched as it sounds, should work well in portraying the message I will be showing. 

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