Gabi+Texture













For our first project this semester, we focused on texture and how we were able to incorporate multiple textures together into one picture to create a story. Nature withholds a high variety of natural textures, for which we were exposed to for this project. My main concept in this project was to incorporate each season together into one picture. In order to convey this concept, I used an original photo that includes snow on trees to represent winter, the leaves that were photoshopped onto the tree represented fall, summer was shown through the green leaves placed on the top and spring was found through the flowers around the faucet on the bottom left. Each season had at least one picture to represent it, that was then photoshopped using Adobe Photoshop onto one background image. I adjusted the color balance of the original tree trunk to a bluer tint by +19, and also incorporated curves to hit a whiter, brighter shade. To the faucet as well as the fall leaves I added brightness therefore my overall image would appear brighter. Since the faucet was darker than the rest of the image I needed to also increase curves that added a whiter appeal. Cutting out both set of leaves was a challenge as there were many tiny spaces that included white I needed to remove. The original picture of the flowers matched the level of brightness the other pictures had so I did not need to mess with that. I warped the summer leaves to fit the top in order to appeal such as they were apart of the tree, and they were falling over. After adjusting most of the picture to be brighter, I realized that was not the appeal I was going for. Therefore I toned down the overall brightness of the image therefore the image darkened. I had to copy and paste the fall leaves to create multiple sets of them in order to frame the middle of the tree. In order to complete my photograph, I used a variety of compositional techniques such as framing, using the leaves to frame the tree trunk. Also filling the frame by using my main focus, the tree trunk, to take up most of the image. The texture I emphasized was specifically the crispy leaves that were plastered on the main tree of the photograph. I also used the softer texture of the green leaves that were running across the top. A big texture difference was the pipe compared to the leaves and tree. The pipe had more a rustic texture that was different compared to the rest of the image which I enjoyed. I feel as though I successfully incorporated a variety of textures that was put all together into one final image. I believe my concept was successfully conveyed through the multiple textures and colors from the trees, flowers, and leaves. However I believe I could have edited the individual pictures and the image as a whole better to create more of a challenge, rather than appearing to be more basic.