OUGD405 STUDIO BRIEF 1 - DEVELOPMENT

Using photographs of broccoli off the internet and the lung photograph I found, I uploaded the broccoli photographs to Photoshop and deleted their backgrounds so I'm left with just the broccoli itself. I then put the lungs photograph on a new document on Photoshop and dimmed the opacity, then opened the broccoli photographs into that document, and resized and rotated them to fit within the drawing of the lungs.

Original broccoli photographs.

This is what I produced.

This is what I produced. I only wanted to do a section of the lungs as I am going to use my own photographs of broccoli, which I haven't gathered yet, but will do tomorrow once I buy fresh broccoli, as my broccoli at home is flowering and dropping yellow seeds everywhere, and I'm pretty sure has some mould on it too. This would be a negative image as it would look as if the forests are dying, when I want them to look luscious and green and full of life, rather than withered and yellow.

This is the same section of my lungs, only without the background image which has all the lines on it. I hid this layer after doing a section of the lungs to see if it still held it's shape without the outlines to guide you. I think that it definitely does hold it's shape really well, and the lines are very bold.

I encountered a problem whilst producing this image, which was another reason as to why I didn't continue much further. This was that as I copied the broccoli images more and more, their image qualities reduced significantly, from what was outstanding quality of image, to a pixellated collection of dots. I think this cold of been something to do with the way I was copying each broccoli photograph, using alt and drag instead of CMD + C then CMD + V instead. This also might of been because I was working on Photoshop, perhaps if I was working on Illustrator the image quality would of stayed consistent. 

When producing my actual designs next time I think I will use Illustrator, once I have removed the broccoli's backgrounds at least, as I think this will result in a clearer image. I will also manipulate the colour of the broccoli as well, to give a broader range on colour in my lungs, as no one tree looks like same.

This is a great idea for one backing paper design, however I must remember that I have to produce THREE different designs, so I must think about what my other two images will be. I think I am going to stick with the lungs image but will change what it is made out of. Perhaps grass, or petals, although petals may be quite tricky to find in December. I need to think really hard about this and make a decision quickly as well.