Assignment #2: Surreal Composite

Golden, 2019

Due: October 29, 2019

Turn in to Dropbox:
folder: lastname_a2
lastname_a2.psd
lastname_a2.jpg
*include all asset files

lastname_a2.pdf (this is your reflection)

Conceptual Considerations:
You are asked to create a composite that would belong in a Surreal category. You are asked to create a new environment that does not actually exist but plays with the viewer's sense of 'possible'. You will follow rules and break others.

What makes a surrealist composite successful?

• Use of Scale
• Use of image sources that would not usually be found together (Contextual Contrast)
• Use of Graphic Shapes or Elements
• Use of effective Colors
• Use of Texture
• Area of Focus (This is the subject of your work. What do you want to draw your viewer's attention to?)

Technical Requirements

• Create a New Document set to 8.5" x 11" @ 300 dpi
• Use at least 3 source images. 1 of these images must be taken by you. This image can be of a landscape, a person, or an object.
• Any source not produced by you must be Fair Use and have no copyright protections. (Free to reuse with modifications non-commercial)
• Produce clean selections
• Demonstrate successful masking and blending
• Use of Adjustment Layers
• Optional: You can draw on your composite.
  
  
• Create a PDF where you reflect in writing on the work that you created.
  Are you attempting to tell a story? Or perhaps you are working on a theme ... How do you think the viewer will construct a narrative based on your piece?

STUDENT WORK

Salomon, 2019

Mayers, 2019

So, 2016

 

 

Video Links:

Jerry Uelsmann
his work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJkhUloCnqc

Maggie Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYzr8HNoN0

 Erik Johansson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc0vhSseGk4

the making of one of his images:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpMtcze2A3Q

 

Artist Links:

Contemporary Collage Artists:
David Delruelle
Eugenia Loli
Julien Pacaud
Mario Wagner
Tim Spelios

Bauhaus Collage (1930's):
Lazlo Maholy-Nagy
Max Ernst
Kurt Kranz

Compositing/Collage Surrealist Artists:
Shana & Robert ParkeHarrison
Maggie Taylor
Jerry Uelsmann
Teun Hocks
René Magritte
Erik Johansson

See also:
Juxtapoz Magazine