Introduction to Computer Art
The Compute as a Painting Medium
Assignment:
Use Photoshop
to create one digital "self-portrait" painting.
Use your digital
picture as a tracing template to paint on top of it (Open your picture in
Photoshop, and create a new layer on top of it).
Save and submit
three files:
- one psd with all the layers, channels, and paths visible.
- one tiff, with all the layers flattened
- and one jpg file (File > Save for the Web) 500 pixels
tall or wide
Once finished
with the painting, save it, duplicate it, and create
5 variations of your painting with filters and styles.
Save and submit these five files as a jpg (500
pixels tall or wide,
at 72dpi).
The goal of this
assignment is to familiarize you with the painting tools and capabilities
of computers.
Don't be too concerned
with creating the most realistic painting ever. Pay attention to the overall
composition and try to simulate the "human touch" of the paint
brush to the digital pictures.
The self portrait has been a favorite subject for artists since ancient times.
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