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The keys to creating a combination of pictures like this are shape and color alignment. When brainstorming about potential combinations, I realized I’d just need to think of two things which are shaped similarly, and also have the same color. But, after a few minutes of deliberation, I realized this is much easier said than done. After pushing my weak creative mind for a while, I realized that humans and microphones share both of the attributes I was looking for, and the combination could convey an interesting message. Firstly, we’re working with podcasts in class and I thought this could maybe be some sort of cover picture for our site (like below our title or something). Also, I think this picture represents the fact that everyone in our society shapes it by speaking their mind/thoughts. In this day and age, one of the biggest influences on people’s thoughts is the news. Whether it’s on television or in the newspaper, people listen to other’s thoughts to help craft their own. Our society, at the end of the day, especially as a democracy, is governed by people’s thoughts and “voices.”

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About a week ago, I was binge-listening the 99% invisible podcast and came across an episode where they covered the architecture of the Guggenheim Museum. They described its white curves and spirals as another masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright and when I looked it up, I couldn’t help to think that it kinda looked like half an egg.

Coming up with an idea for this assignment was the easy part. The curves of both an egg and the Guggenheim were more difficult to crop together than I would like to admit. As someone who doesn’t own photoshop or has picture editing experience, I fumbled with how to make my idea appear on the screen. After spending an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to get the to curved shapes to fit together, I downloaded a shady editing software and watched a tutorial so I could clip out the museum itself. After several layers of background colors and duplicates of images, I now present to you the masterpiece that I dub, “The Eggenheim.” I’m more proud of that name than I probably should be but that tangle of poorly cut images and mismatched colors is my digital baby now.

Below are the original images

I paired an image of my friend Zack with a pom pom ball as hair. I created this combination of images because they were both conveniently in the coffee shop I am doing this assignment in. I sat and stared at my surroundings for a few minutes. I could feel the wheels turning inside my brain as I actively looked for items to pair together. It was challenging to find two items that attached together and flowed in some way. I looked up and saw my friend’s straight hairline. I realized it would be fun to put something coming out the top of his head. Now his hair has become the puff ball that sits at the top of my beanie.

So, if you asked me how I liked this task… I would say I didn’t. I don’t think that this task of creating a combophoto is a horrible one, but I would say that the idea of thinking of two completely different things and fitting them into a similar graphical/physical agenda posed as a real challenge. I don’t know if I felt dumber thinking about how I was going to possibly photoshop two very different things together or how the two different things that I chose would fit together and make sense. So, there I was… in the ESC trying to figure out what two things I would decide to do. And, there was my friend Autumn sitting there with a beautiful puffy fro. YEP! That was idea number one. But then, I pondered about what would go right with a fro. I literally looked up and saw some clouds. BOOM! Idea number 2 was in the works. I’d figured I’d add some pink in the clouds to give the pick some “flavor”.

So yes, my combophoto is representative of a fabulous black woman who’s hair is made out of beautiful clouds. After struggling to figure out what two photos I would jam together, I actually grew to love my first photoshopped picture. Maybe you’ll like the picture, too?

Do you remember all the planets? Let’s see them from left to right… The first one is Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. The second one is Venus, the hottest planet. The third one is Earth, where we live on. The fourth one is Mars, where we might live in the near future. The fifth one is Jupiter, a huge one. The sixth one is Saturn, which has cool rings. The seventh one is a melon, which always reminds me of craters of moon…

I encountered with two challenges. One was that I had no idea which pictures to choose and another was that the editing software “Paint 3D” crashes every time when I open it. I chose the following images:

There is no deep meaning to why I chose these images. A melon’s surface just looks like a planet, and I tried to edit so that the edited image seems to be right. I wonder why a melon looks like this way…

#sq4

Sources: Heart by Injurymap https://www.flickr.com/photos/157210824@N06/46770305995/in/photolist-2efW3w8-b8C9EH-7Dexkr-7jV1tA-npqrDm-dX2vor-96XQnE-6RW2pt-9xv2ja-7CSfo5-oihvDa-iVMpnF-6rVSbo-o6xbVQ-3gbqMu-9DE7di-7DXhc7-2bX3PW-4ggtsX-6yLJM9-5P8C3q-8Ng5us-5dZpWw-2hrv3iy-eKUHdG-5tHyEk-7WgJw7-2vEtqV-2dC4x7-4H6zyX-3cJo7f-7XzX6r-ihwz6k-96JAt-bghih-h6wzP-p5ckmc-5RZbaq-8jhjYi-4saqa1-5otsrW-928wCF-8jkyKC-24KfvAx-AG5XD-5ah8u6-AG5Yk-pmDNHo-p5bcaB-pmDP2u

Apple by Open Grid Scheduler

https://www.flickr.com/photos/opengridscheduler/24591388896/in/photolist-rUwJfg-Dt4iaJ-24k4u8N-DkRWME-DMe87K-JAcF5U-DdJ52e-9XzRzZ-zMbg6Y-HqrHZQ-246Fc6H-2az2rTD-Z1Tc5t-JuqjkL-AJbvcT-226GBXd-DK4okd-Djc6Nj-BUbcDa-GGfvCh-JVgRDR-szp8a9-zQYQ8C-27FSXMA-GFUmB3-XYanFn-Kd18QR-qD4EzQ-23SpwHn-JL4JAY-JFXnUm-wKyQfV-BEspZT-zvGaWk-FXD1FG-22XScci-PnkxUX-GSQzMH-vJztsR-25bCNQ7-26YeWzB-uAYeBf-CSCdra-w62Zw5-JSfSuE-saeZG5-xeSrLe-R6MQ7E-tCe2HX-rjQjXT/

This combo image was inspired by the dessert-scented body lotion I purchased yesterday, the sweet, delicious fragrance in the air pushed me to make this assignment dessert-related. Being a baker myself. one of my favorite things to bake is cupcake, and my favorite part of making cupcakes is decorating them, therefore, after choosing cupcake as my base image, I was trying to come up with an idea for the “frosting”. I thought using cloud was a perfect idea because we always make the analogy comparing cloud and cotton candy because of their fluffy, pillowy textures and appearances. To make it more attractive and dream like, I chose a castle-shaped cloud to be the frosting. This combo photo reminds me of my childhood fantasy when I sat on the grass and looked at the clouds, and I hope you like it, too.

The most difficult part of this assignment for me was to find two pictures with very similar background tone so that they wouldn’t look too “separated” when I combine them; other than that, there was no major obstacles.

Picture credit: https://pixels.com/featured/2-birthday-cupcake-ruth-black.html

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I did not enjoy this task. There is nothing inherantly wrong with it, infact I found coming up with potential ideas incredibly fun. The frustration of this task was entirely my fault. I looked through Stephen Mcmennamy’s instagram page and my mind went in to overdrive, spitting out exciting ideas and potential photo combinations. I then went to Flickr’s Creative Commons website and had an ‘Oh shit’ moment. These pictures are grainy, the backgrounds are terrible, the lighting is awful.

My issue was that I was far too ambitious. I looked back at Combophoto’s page again and my brain was filled with dissappointment. ‘There’s no way I can even come close to recreating these’. Sometimes boundaries and limitations can be benefitial when it comes to being creative, not in this case. I felt deflated and annoyed that the images I was picturing in my mind would never be seen by others.

In the end I took inspiration from ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ with my Hippotatomus. I wasn’t happy with how it looked so I also made a space shuttle where the main fuel tank has been replaced by a carrot.

Picture References:https://www.pexels.com/photo/aircraft-astronaut-business-dusk-355906/

The significant challenge for the Combophoto is to find two images that are graphically and chromatically matching. For the first attempt, I failed to come up with a decent idea. However, later when I was watching the documentary film First Man (2018), the idea of combining the image of astronaut and moon popped into my mind. The shape of the space helmet ideally matches the shape of the moon. With the basic idea, it is not hard to find the images of the astronaut and the moon.

However, I had a hard time piecing two pictures together. I was too lazy to explore new apps, so I tried to use Procreate on my iPad. However, this app is not friendly to rookies like me. I tried hard to figure out how to work with the layers and brushes.

People are naturally respectful and curious about things like outer space and astronomy. The idea I would like to convey here is similar to the spirit of moon landing: to explore the unknown.

Picture reference:

https://images.app.goo.gl/pnHaK5mTFJW8eFWn8

https://images.app.goo.gl/BjEf7gTSMtNKtETS6

Fresh frog may blow your mind

I created this image based on a common comment on Porsche cars: they look like frogs. The iconic design that hasn’t been changed carries within every model in the brand and they all resemble frogs from multiple views. I figured it would be a great idea to combine a green car and a green frog in an image. This image can be used as an appreciation for the timeless design of Porsche and how the curves and shape convey the beauty.

Credit to: https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/poster/8/10/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/porsche-911-carrera-green-mark-rogan.jpg