Artists Book – “Words of Expression”
Artist Statement: "There are many words that can express what is being presented in a photograph and many times words can evoke a specific idea, theme, feeling or emotion. With the addition of words to a photograph the photographer is able to better demonstrate what he or she is trying to express in their photography."
I am using Blurb to create my artists book. I will put my artist statement along with the title and my name on the first page of my artist book. The size of my book is going to be a large landscape size book and is going to measure 13 x 11. I have it set as a hardcover book with a dust jacket. The size of each picture will be 12 x 9.5 and only the Front and Back covers will be set as full bleed.
I can see your direction with this but if you are going to add text it should blend better like your buy more. With the tree one you should use a lonely tree intead of a whole lot with them asking for help. This is an interesting direction. -sky
ReplyDeleteI'm still confused on what you are trying to convey with this series. Are you wanting to show signs that give off emotion or are you adding text to photos that make you think about what you are really seeing? You are going off in two way different directions. I need more clarification before I can give a thoughtful, thorough critique.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that definitely stands out to me is the text is not blended very well. You might try editing it in photoshop. Try using Filter-Blur-Gaussian blur. Just play around with it! :)
ReplyDeleteI guess u might try editing the text with photo now. but I just suggest u. what about the reality. I mean you can chage the "would market" letter with the "capitalism", which one you want to add it on picture.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what everyone has been saying so far. I think your photo manipulation with "Success Next Right" works well because it blends in and it looks like a part of the image, while these look like images with text slapped on them. I really like Soung's idea of substituting "World Market" with the word "Capitalism." I think if you keep on pushing and working, these will turn out really beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Juleah. Maybe replacing more of the signs with made up "emotions" will work better. But then you would probably have to eliminate the save me tree photo.
ReplyDeleteThese still look more like posters than photographs. The text needs to blend in more with the pictures to really convey what your artist statement is saying.
ReplyDelete-Sarah
Maybe some caption with each photograph will help us to understand exactly what emotion you are trying to convey.
ReplyDeleteGina
ehhhh, im not a big bevel and emboss fan. it has to be done tastefully. i think right now the bevel emboss/drop shadow tools are being used a little much? maybe? you arent supposed to please my taste tho. it's just a suggestion. but really, you have to nail down what you want to achieve first, right now its a little cluttered. each photo is a completely different thing. the only thing that holds it as "one" idea is the text describing what is going on. i would say look for different ways to incorporate text into the images. here are a couple of cool art blogs to check out for inspiration. http://blog.iso50.com/
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I agree that the words should be less obvious. Your UWF sign is my favorite. Try to think of this as a commercial design project; you are creating a magazine ad or billboard. The image has to immediately grab the viewer because it will only be seen for a few seconds.
ReplyDeleteElaine
You are getting SAGE advice!
ReplyDeleteI agree with it all. Your "buy more" on the building works great. try more of that--hiding the information in the landscape will peak the interest of the viewer.
Right now you are telling the viewer what to think instead of showing the viewer something odd---like in the sign on campus.
Val
I'm still a little confused with your overall idea but I like how you are playing with the text. You are really exploring some different avenues... keep exploring. I agree with the others' views of "hiding" the text more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with val, show me something new with your text and the photos.
ReplyDeleteIan
I definitely agree with Val in hiding the information, like the BUY MORE sign. You are almost there! I would just keep playing around with it! Maybe experiment with different fonts too. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteMelissa :)
the text should me part of the environment for sure.
ReplyDeletealex
I think the way you are using your text is developing very nicely. The only suggestion I would make is trying to make your text appear more natural, as if it is part of the actual photo like in the uwf success sign one. In this one you could make the word capitalism and the dollar sign look like they are part of the clouds and the buy more sign like it is an actual sign on the buidling. Great job so far, they are really getting interesting!
ReplyDeleteDanielle