Double Exposure Critique
This work is an 8" x 10" double exposure artwork. It was created by Shelby Naillon. The title is, "Can You Hear Me?" The work was created in Media Arts 2 class in May, 2016. I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 to create this work, and my self portrait photograph taken with a Sony Nex-5 camera. The photo was manipulated in Photoshop using masks, blend modes, and the levels adjustment layers. I integrated photos that I found on the Photos for Class website.
My photo is about being ignored by those around you. I have always felt as though people don’t hear me when I speak. I’ve felt as though people underestimate me and think they know me, but I want to show them that there is more to me than meets the eye. My art depicts my classmates covering my mouth and silencing me, my own hand covering my mouth, and finally my hands pushing back against my silencers. In my double exposure you can clearly see a lonely girl with her head down and giving up and I used this to show how it feels when you constantly have people talking over you.
The work is constructed around my self-portrait but doesn’t follow and lines or constructed path. The color scheme is similar throughout the art. The points of emphasis in my art are the hands covering my mouth, my eyes, and the lone girl within the double exposure. The subjects in my art are the girl and I. Our relationship is based on both of us feeling alone, unnecessary, and discouraged.
I would describe my work as tragic because when a person feels as though no one on Earth cares to hear what you have to say it’s the worst feeling in the world. My work reminds me of a twisted version of “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it at all.”
I think it’s a success because when I asked my classmates they told me it made them think of “someone who had a lot going on in their mind she couldn’t speak”, “Someone who is being held back because of her surroundings and is dying a little inside as a result.” Both of these responses tied in directly to what I wanted to say through my art. My art is as original as you can get.
This work is an 8" x 10" double exposure artwork. It was created by Shelby Naillon. The title is, "Can You Hear Me?" The work was created in Media Arts 2 class in May, 2016. I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 to create this work, and my self portrait photograph taken with a Sony Nex-5 camera. The photo was manipulated in Photoshop using masks, blend modes, and the levels adjustment layers. I integrated photos that I found on the Photos for Class website.
My photo is about being ignored by those around you. I have always felt as though people don’t hear me when I speak. I’ve felt as though people underestimate me and think they know me, but I want to show them that there is more to me than meets the eye. My art depicts my classmates covering my mouth and silencing me, my own hand covering my mouth, and finally my hands pushing back against my silencers. In my double exposure you can clearly see a lonely girl with her head down and giving up and I used this to show how it feels when you constantly have people talking over you.
The work is constructed around my self-portrait but doesn’t follow and lines or constructed path. The color scheme is similar throughout the art. The points of emphasis in my art are the hands covering my mouth, my eyes, and the lone girl within the double exposure. The subjects in my art are the girl and I. Our relationship is based on both of us feeling alone, unnecessary, and discouraged.
I would describe my work as tragic because when a person feels as though no one on Earth cares to hear what you have to say it’s the worst feeling in the world. My work reminds me of a twisted version of “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it at all.”
I think it’s a success because when I asked my classmates they told me it made them think of “someone who had a lot going on in their mind she couldn’t speak”, “Someone who is being held back because of her surroundings and is dying a little inside as a result.” Both of these responses tied in directly to what I wanted to say through my art. My art is as original as you can get.