HannahG+Portrait+of+a+Place

A digital substrate is a surface an artist uses to print onto and photographers use them by printing their pictures onto materials like paper, wood, cloth, etc. There are 3 different ways to create a digital substrate such as an image transfers, a digital printing process, and altered art. An image transfer is used when the material you are printing on is to big to fit into the printer. There are also different kinds of transfers like gel transfers, Polaroid transfers, and ink jet wet transfers. You can create t-shirts, bags, handmade books, and many more interesting things with transfers as well. One artist I really admired is an artist from Alberta, Canada, Jeanne Germani who create Polaroid transfers of nature, flowers, and other trinkets. I really like how Polaroid transfers make the photo seem from a long time ago and makes it looked faded. This will effect my work because I like the faded look very much and may incorporate that into my final piece. In thinking about using portraits from lakes, or old looking places to emphasize and older, faded look to it as well. I hope to make the viewer seem like they were taken back in time when they see the photograph whether it would be on a shirt or in a book. I do not know what type techniques I am going to use but I know I want to make it look like it was a painting and not just a photo. Some things I am thinking about doing are making a handmade book, sewing, or painting as well. The picture on the left is a polaroid transfer and even though we do not have the materials to do this I am greatly influence by the faded look of this and may incorporate this in my substrate. The picture in the middle is really good because it is printed on fabric which I think is really cool as well. The picture on the right is a transfer that was taken but used paint to make it look like a painting and less like a photograph. I like these three very much because of how they were made and how they look.