Vogt-+Portrait+Research



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LANDSCAPE CITYSCAPE INTERIORSCAPE

Artist: Brett Weston Artist: Brett Weston Artist: Brett Weston

I picked this artist for this assignment because his pictures really caught my eye because they showed such unique and different concepts. He captured moments and some things that I thought really was simple but complexed. For example; this first landscape photo was simply a guy taking a photo on top of a car but with the background and the camera/type of cars, it really is a great picture. Especially the cityscape photo that is so simple but so cool with the shape of the building and the door that's oddly in the corner. And finally the interior scape photo that almost seems as if it is dark and odd.

Moods to Capture- Happy, Sad, Ecstatic, Excited, Hopeful, Upset, Adventurous, Energetic, Scared, Lonely, Busy, Flustered, etc.

Bright- Bright lights can capture the more happy and exciting moods rather than the sad and lonely moods. Bright lights help us express color and emotions that are more exciting that others. Medium- Medium brightness in lighting helps us express the moods that we are unsure of or questioning. This is because it not one hundred percent happy and exciting but at the same time it’s not one hundred percent sad and hopeless.

Dark- Dark lighting helps us express the more sad and more dark emotions that we can’t quite express in color. Like when you try to express you are upset or sad it’s hard to do when you are using color. Substrates- A substrate is the surface you decide to print/transfer your image onto. This surface can vary form a blanket or piece of clothing to a piece of metal or glass.

Digital Substrate- Digital substrates are substrates that you are able to fit into a printer so that you are able to print it yourself through the printer. These can be pieces of paper, fabric, etc.

Grounds- Grounds are substances that seal the surfaces you decide to use. You apply the grounds prior to printing because the ground helps the ink attach itself to the substance you are printing on and allows your piece to be successful. You have to be careful when you use grounds because it is possible for it to do some damage to your printer if it is not properly used.

Image Transfer- Image transfers are important to be able to transfer your image onto something such as a piece of wood. There are many different techniques such as polaroid transfer, acrylic gel, and inkjet wet transfers.

Altered Art- Altered are is when there is a work of art that is used as a starting point and overtime with lots and lots of changes it becomes a new piece or also known as an altered piece.

[|Digital Printing]

Digital Printing Process- The digital printing process means that the creator of the artwork did more than just shoot a photo, it means they did some editing in photoshop then printing it out. This means that the author had have had a final product such as an image transferred onto a piece of wood or glass but then didn't stop there, they added some paint or ink or some other, new detail to the piece.

Transfer information,

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Inkaid- Rub all over paper try to use foam brush. Can leave outside lanke so boarder in created. Use lots of layers of the ink especially if you are printing onto dark paper. Make sure to take project down along with a base paper under project so that you don’t get anything on your table or other workspace. Gel- Layer the gel all over the image. When dry saturate the surface with water. The paper will become pulpy, pull the paper off. Let the image dry and once it is dry you can paint on the bal side and when you flip the image there will be color incorporated into the image. Transfer to wood- Get a shape of wood if you want. Print on plain piece of paper and print to size of wood. Lightly damped paper towel and get dust off wood. Use foam brush to rub gel all over the wood where you want your picture to be. (can paint some on picture to help transfer). Make sure to have enough or the transfer won’t work. Cover image in gel. TRY NOT TO USE WHITE IF TRANSFERING TO WOOD. Flip image onto wood and rub down when you have it where you want it. Use a craft stick or something to get the bubbles/wrinkles out. Add more medium if you are having troubles getting corners to stick. Let dry overnight when you are satisfied with replacement. Or all day if you do early. When dry, tear off paper bits you can get off. Get a rag or sponge to get paper wet and really saturate until paper comes off. Do for two or three times let dry in between. When done getting paper off you can distress edges of wood. Purell- Add few pumps or purell and rub all over paper. Fill both sides with the purell. Tape the paper down to prevent from sliding. Take transparency and press it down firmly. Rub back of transparency until the ink is transferred. Make sure there are no light areas in the print. When done carefully pull up transparency.

When using these techniques I will try to make the transfers as neat as possible and make my transfers with delicacy. My imagery will look neat and I am really trying to portray a nice landscape photo. The mood will be something of an adventurous outdoorsy mood. I want the final piece to be normal paper size possibly a little larger.