Inspiration for Drawing images

Silhouette shoot

Face/Hair charts for Silhouette images

How has my concept developed and adapted over the project so far?

Since my proposal my concept has changed quite a bit. I think when I wrote my proposal my knowledge of synesthesia was still slightly underdeveloped and as I am learning more about it, it is giving me a better understanding of how I want my website to look. When I originally thought about the design for the website I divided into different sections which were: interactive, learning centre and the vision. Throughout this project I have realised that my images are much broader than these 3 categories. I stumbled upon my idea for my website layout when creating this image. I edited the front image and just changed the colour of it, it was only when I had finished the complete image that I realised that I had done 5 copies. One for each sense. I thought this was perfect because I could divide each section of the website up for each sense and then each group of images would go into each section.

ORANGE (TASTE)

5 different images of girl eating different food- what does it make you feel? What are the foods that encourage an emotional connection? What more could I do with it?

PINK (TOUCH)

imagination images- 1st of 3 cluster images

Go through the FB page and see what other images I can create from the comments.

Ask Amy if she can model again

BLUE (SOUND)

Think about how to do the interactive images. Look on flash- see how they work.

NORMAL (SIGHT)

Double exposure cinemagraphs- ask people what resinates with them- think about what films I could put behind the images. Have a look how to actually create the images.

I was finding it difficult to place smell because it is very difficult to portray smell without actually experiencing it. However, I was really please with this image and planned to make it interactive for the homepage of the website. I do feel like a lot of the good things that happen through this project are through my spontaneity. I think the website building is coming together and I am enjoying editing the images in lots of different ways. 

Fragmented glass

This shoot was based around fragmented glass and was is another element of the interpretation of the word 'imagination'. From building the sculptured head piece I to placing it on the head, I found there were several complications.

• Struggles with getting the hair into place, should have practiced the best way of securing that much hair
• The concept encapsulted a more forest vibe rather than fragmented glass
• The model was very easy to work with
• Playing around with edits, found it difficult selecting just her from the background- hence not that many edits

I found that I had to improvise with the placement of the headpiece because I couldn't make the hair stable as I would have liked. However, it seemed to stay in place but the model managed to keep her head still enough to take the images. I found that working with a photographer meant that I could focus on the creative direction of the shoot. I was able to adjust the hair and the headpiece accordingly throughout the shoot to make sure the images came out well. I think I should have practiced the shoot first, or at least the hair so that I could find the best way of securing the hair and the headpiece. I was annoyed that the shoot looked more foresty rather than fragmented glass, but I think I made it work. I also know that the images will be down to interpretation, so it didn't matter too much about the exact inspiration for the image. 

Research/face charts and making for Sticks shoot

I wanted to add a creative element to my project that wasn't just the make-up and hair design. I thought about how important texture is to this project as it add the element of touch and sight to the website. I feel like my creativity flows best when I can just work in the moment, I find that planning too much makes things rigid. So I sat down with my sticks and hot glue gun and just pieced it together. I made sure that I constantly checked the height and the shape of it against the heads of family members to ensure that it would fit my model.

• Didn't take any measurements of the size of the head and the height of the hair once up- therefore couldn't tell how high to take the sticks.
• Didn't have plain skewers so had to buy green ones- despite the fact the shoot is supposed to be blue fragments of light/glass.
• Thought I could solve the problem by buying glitter spray but even after 5 coats it wasn't thick enough to mask the green.
• I enjoyed the physical making aspect of this shoot because I like being creative through actually bringing something to life from a design.

Despite the amount of sticks I used the headpiece was very lightweight which worked in my favour as I knew that I will need to secure to the head somehow. At this stage I am still unsure of how I am going to work this into the hair as it pretty much in the shape of a semi circle. I need to think about a way of securing the hair itself so it is strong enough to hold the headpiece. 

Bubbles (Imagination)

This shoot was very fun and interesting to do because I had a complete team with me. Have a stylist and a photographer meant that we could work together to creatively direct. I enjoyed being able to play around with the different outfits because each outfits completely changed each look. I found that this made up for the fact that I didn't change up the actual make-up and hair looks. I found that the scarf made the look very classy and almost like it was from another era. I found that the different coloured jacket gave the image a very street/urban look which I really enjoyed. 

I enjoyed dribbling the different soaps on the body the most because I got to play around with another texture and I was really happy with how the pigment that came out in the soap bubbles. However, I was hoping for a stiffer foam so that I could really mould it around the model. But I feel like the consistency worked just as well. I was really happy that I matched the colour in the eye make-up with the choice of colour for the soap, it really brings the whole image together. 

I think I would have liked to place more of the soap onto the face because I could have got some really interesting images with the soap running all down her face. However, these images do look very clean which I like. I do wish I had experimented more with the hair and the make-up, so that I had a variety of different looks. I think working in a team was really helpful for me because we had each other to bounce ideas off.