Digital Photography and Imaging: Recompose Surrealistic Artwork

Digital Photography and Imaging: Recompose Surrealistic Artwork
11/06/19 - 03/07/19 (Week 11- Week 14)

Sia Man Sheng

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FINAL PROJECT - RECOMPOSE SURREALISTIC ARTWORK
In the final project, we are to choose an surrealistic artwork from a given website and recompose it in Adobe Photoshop using Stock Imagery.

Submission size: 1920 x 1080 or 1080 x 1920. Recompositing artworks not not within the ratio will require cropping/filling in gaps with content aware fill. Proportion of subject must be maintained.

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Artwork Selecting

Figure 1.1 Examples

 I have a hard time in choosing which one to proceed initially, both seems have some challenges which I am will to face to test my skills. However, I decided to recompose the artwork "The Unseen" is because it is a very famous artwork and Mr. Martin was very happy if I pick up this challenge.

The Unseen by Lara Zankoul 

Looking for Shutter Imagery

One thing I could say about image finding is that this part really takes most of time in looking for the similar or the same part in the image. This makes me to rush in my progression I but I did not regret on it as all this image does help me in recomposing a high similarity artwork and hence achieve a better outcome. 

Progression I

Figure 3.1 Progression 1

Figure 3.2 Picture of Chair

Until this point, I have try on shaping up the wall and floor with the matching colour from the source image. One thing I learnt from here is that I learnt to use perspective warp in changing the perspective of the chair, this really help me a lot a lot in the following process.

Progression II
After looking at my progression I, I decided to redo it as it is off a lot in terms of colour and texture.

Wall and Floor

Figure 4.1 Base of the room/space

 I learnt new skill here which is content aware fill. Since I want to achieve the frame size of 1920 x 1080 pixel, but the picture not as big as that, hence I need to used content aware to fill in the gaps outside the boundary. Also with the help of clone and stamp tools.

Figure 4.2 Extraction of door frames

Figure 4.3 Extraction of door frames

Figure 4.4 Extraction of door frames

Figure 4.5 Door frames paste on wall after edited

 For door frames, I actually extracted each and adjust their angle using perspective warp following exactly the frames in the original artwork. As I noticed that there is different in size of frames above water and underwater. Hence, I adjusted them as well, with the predicted angle and dimension of water refraction. 

Figure 4.6.0 Recolouring

Figure 4.6.1 Recolouring

I used colour matching in the progression I and it results in dull and rough texture surface. Hence, I switch to another to achieve the colour which is recolouring. Extract few major colours from the original artwork and recolour the frames, wall and floor separately with few layers for one to achieve closest colour observed from the original one.

Water Surface

Figure 4.7 Materials

Figure 4.8 Adding the cut-through line of wave

I connected all the water I can found on the material to form the complexity of wave. Using vector mask to remove the part other than line and colour matching to fit into the artwork. 

Figure 4.9 Adding the water surface with adjusted opacity

Figure 4.10 Adding volume to the water

Chandelier

Figure 4.11 Materials

Figure 4.12 Adding the chandelier

Figure 4.13 Adding candle onto it

Character Forming

Figure 4.1401 Materials to form Mr.horse's body

While structuring the body of Mr. horse, I try look into parts of picture which consist of the clothing or the posture i want. The skills I used the most here are puppet tool, recolouring, masking and colour match.

While continue to structure the Ms. Rabbit, I did the same as well, look into parts of picture and select only what I want to apply on her including the high heels, dress, detail around her neck. I have used puppet tool in adjusting the leg to the posture I want.

Figure 4.14.1 Materials to form Ms.Rabbit's body

Figure 4.14 Mr. Horse and Ms. Rabbit

 While forming two characters, I really out effort in observing their details including the shadow and highlight of the masks, reflection of blue light on the lady's leg, red colour nail, dark red eye instead of pink eye(from picture of what I found) and sitting posture(hands & legs). ONe special to talk about is that the guy and the lady actually is I capture part by part from different image and combine them together, this is really interesting for me as putting so much effort in the details, and it works!

Touch up(Lightings & Shadow & Texture)

Figure 4.15 Final Touch up 

By adding the shadow at the frames, mask and some noise and light yellow and light green layer in the water really helps in structure the overall feeling to make it more realistic

Final Artwork

Figure 5.1 Recomposed Artwork of "The Unseen"

Figure 5.2 The Unseen by Lara Zankoul 

Animated Version

Figure 6.1 First Attempt 

Figure 6.2 Second Attempt 

From the first attempt, I get the feedback is "the water feel like a glue". Hence, I am watching some youtube tutorial on how to create realistic water surface using turbulence displacement, fluctual noise and evolution function key. Finally, I came out with the final.

Figure 6.3 Creating realistic Wave Effect

Figure 6.4 Third Attempt

During the last feedback session, Mr. Jeffrey suggest me to improve on the cut-through line of the water surface, in order to make it more natural, i have to make the line moving. He suggest me to learn on track matt but I still no really get how it works and hence I adjust the turbulence displacement to achieve the outcome.

Figure 6.5 Final Animated Version (The Unseen)