Final Project - Movie Posters Book Part 2

Right page of the comedy and animated poster section.

Left page of the action and adventure drama genre of the book.
This is the right page of the action adventure genre posters.
This is like the back page of the book. This is a little about me and where I go to school and what I like to do. It is not much but it is enough for the people reading to go "okay, I have heard enough of this guy". Thanks for reading for those of you that have. Thanks for the class Dennis. I really learned a lot.

Final Project - Movie Posters Book 1st part

Title Page of the book about movie posters. It will go into posters of the horror genre, comedy and animated genres, action adventure genres and then finish with a little thing about me.
Left page of the horror section.
Right page of the horror section.
Left part of the comedy section. The other half is on the second part of the book.

Visual Research - Trippy

This is a photo by Erik Johansson and he trips up our world by placing one person above the other while in bed. The ceiling is the floor and the two people are looking up at down at one another basically in other worlds. I don't quite know how he did this but I am guessing that he took these two photos at a different angle and then photoshopped them together. Or in a more impressive he had two twins and with some technical aspects converted the room into a paradox. Once again I really do not know how he did it but I love this picture. It is creative and Johansson has other like it to make you think about what you are looking at. Creativity and innovation are definitely on his list for making new and awesome photos. We have seen stuff like this that messes with the mind and is a paradox with drawings and paintings and recently there have been more photos like this by other photographers, artists and even filmmakers. Great artwork.

Past and Present - Visual Research

I found these on the CNN website looking for any good visual research and I found this page that had many photos of someone holding up a past picture over a present day monument and then capturing that in a photo. These are just a few examples of what they showed. As you can see it is really amazing how they got this pictures. There are many people how take the actual photo so there is not just one photographer taking all of these pictures.

If you go to this website:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/09/past.present.irpt/index.html you can read up on how each story happened with each person. This one was taken by Amy Willard who found this photo of her recently deceased mother on the steps of Catholic University of America which she went graduated from in 1972 and then Amy graduated from in 2009.

This photo was taken by Edward Barnieh and the photo is of his mother who is pregnant with him in a park in London that he loved to play in as a little boy. The photo was taken in 1978.

GeoWorld - Text and Script

Did this in class after a magazine's index which was from "GeoWorld". I think I did a pretty good job representing what was actually done in the real magazine.

Silhouettes and shadows - Visual Research

These are photos taken by Kumi Yamashita. She got these photos by putting a strong bright light in a designated position either above the object(s) or to the side and thus casts a massive shadow that creates a brilliant looking image and silhouette. I find these photos particularly enjoyable to look at because it just seems unbelievable with the detail in the facial expressions especially the letters and the lady. These are fun photos, creative and would be rewarding to do and have when accomplished. Kumi has her own website where she puts up all of her past and recent work. I believe that it is just her name with the dot com. I highly recommend to check out her artistic work that she has done. Very inspirational.

Star Wars Posters - Visual Research

The Family Guy Episode "Blue Harvest" aired in 2006.

This of course is the original poster to the Star Wars. Below is the Family Guy mock poster for their Star Wars Episode. The saying goes "mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery". The original poster uses the the background and foreground really well to show all of the characters and who has the most power. Darth Vader all the way in the background above everyone else which is conveying strength, power, and his dark helmet being black and shadow like represents evil and the dark side. I don't think I have to explain the movie because, well, everyone has seen it and knows of it but the poster itself tells the story. It has many points of where to look and where the eyes drift to. Manly Luke, Leia, and Han because they are at the center of the poster but then the shots from the gun lead us to the other secondary characters like Obi Wan, C3PO, R2D2, and Chewbaca.

Once again the similarities with the two posters are superb. I think Family Guy did a good job recreating the feeling that many of us feel when we see the Star Wars Posters.

Trailer Posters

I honestly really love this poster even if does look more like a book cover than a movie poster. I think that what would have made it a little bit better is if it had the production staff and editors, actors and everyone that is apart of it at the bottom. Other than that I really like it. I am actually doing a little movie of the same title and would probably use this as a poster. Possibly even make another Spilt Milk poster in the future.

Pirates vs. Aliens (UFOs), who could not want a more bad ass movie. Its freaking Jack Sparrow and the Alien from Alien, or Mars Attacks!. I do like my pun at the bottom of the poster too. If it is not clear enough it says "Invade and Sea". Pretty clever on my part. Anyways I hope someone makes a movie like this I would definitely see it no matter how bad it is.

Frogbot - Second Scratch

This is my second photoshop scratch creation. I used solid green colors unlike the Red Wolf that uses multiple colors. I just colored in the squares in different shades of green and then put white eyes and black pupils and a blue tie. I think I enjoy the Red Wolf better but this is not a bad creation on my part.

Leaf Art Alone - Visual Research

Leaves in my opinion are really beautiful by themselves but Huang Taisheng takes the yellow, green, red, brown beauties and puts a interesting and new twist on nature. With extreme detail this master takes historical figures like Marilyn Monroe and the iconic Statue of Liberty and puts them delicately on leaves that he has found just lying on the ground waiting to be noticed. He does draw other things on leaves like political leaders, Chinese calligraphy, and portraits of people that he finds are cool to draw. People can actually purchase his creations and put them anywhere as art because if this is not art I really do not know what is. This artist has got to have the steady hand and patience to do something as memorable as putting art on a leaf. He is not only connecting with his own specialties but also the specialties that is nature. Very, very cool.

A Child's Vision - Visual Research

This creative artwork comes from Artist Dave Devries. What he does with his work is take a child's drawings they have done for class at a young age and puts a creative and 3D look to their own masterpiece to make it a tad bit more better. He adds color, texture and shading for the three dimensional look of the artwork. The idea came to him when a student from a class that Devries was teaching asked him "what would a child's drawing look like if it were painted realistically?" He literally took that question and idea and ran with it as far as he possibly could. The creation of these drawings is absolutely amazing and sort of what we can do with Photoshop as well. Take a photo and alter it to look the same yet different in so many other ways. Devries also worked for the two big comic book companies Marvel and DC. So he has quite a lot of talent and I recommend that everyone look this guy up and see the other drawings and paintings he has done.

Chalk Art - Visual Research

A boat in a puddle of water. Is it real?

Totally agony coming out from what may be considered hell. Epicness to the fullest.

Now you may think that this is a gigantic Coca Cola bottle but in fact it is but it is made out of chalk. The artist is Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner. They go around with chalk to open areas and draw in a crowd while actually drawing imagery that looks exceptionally real. I think that this kind of photography and art is so brilliant. The way someone looks at this drawing can be depict in a few different angles but it will always look like the epic thing that it should be. Above are a few more examples of their work. Much of their work has been done in England, France, Germany, Australia and the United States.

The Red Wolf - First Scratch

This is one of my better scratch drawings. I took a photo of a wolf of the Interweb and first traced around the wolf with the painting tool. Then I just took the big black spots on the wolf and darkened those areas. After I tried to find the right color for the fur and painted those spots. I decided to make the background red at first but then the entire wolf was red and it looked neat so I kept it that way and turned the background blue. I am actually pretty proud of it.

Letters of the Alphabet

This is a "C" or a "U"depending on how you look at it.

This is in the parking lot of the Albertsons and Rite Aid. I like this picture because it is a light post but it is so dark. The only real light source is coming from the clouds and the sky. I like this "X" photo.

This is in the Student Union and taken of one of

the chairs.

I see a "Dubbua" in as the letter. I guess if you tilt your head it can be an "E" but the "W" is harder to find so it is a "W" in my book and my blog.

"M" for Matthew. One of my favorites.

Scratch

My Scratch Photo from photoshop.

Strange, Stills and Self

This is a picture of myself in my room. I was trying to experiment with an image in my glasses to make me look smaller than I would be in the frame. As you can see my laptop is at the corner of my bed and it is shown twice. One looks bigger then the other.

These next two photos are of the strange. I met these two at the Yuan Yuan near Taco Bell. I did not want to interrupt their dinner together but they looked happy and approachable to ask for their picture taken. The guy's name is Danny and the girl is Ariel. They are from California stopping through Ashland on their way to Eugene.


The object in the mirror is one of my roommates. We were heading to assist my other roommate, not present in the picture, out with a task for his girlfriend. I decided to take a picture of my friend in the back of the car because I did get a good angle plus he just looks so confused and that makes this photo so much better. If he was smiling or posing in anyway it would take away from the realize of the photo.

Personal Image

This was a picture I took during the Summer of 2009. I was at a Killers concert with a couple buddies of mine. I was taking a few pictures of the set and band. Some of them came out better than others but this one looked the best so I choose this one to show to everyone. The concert was amazing and we were closer than I had expected. I think any pictures taken at a concert or a music festival or even a place with flashing lights and in your face music would look cool because you never really know how they are going to turn out. For example this picture as well taken at the same concert...

As you can see it is blurry and some what unable to comprehend what is happening. The lights that look like hooks are sweet and trippy and everything seems to be burning. Even if this is not the best picture I have taken I still like it for the awesome effect of the moving lines and people.

Visual Research

This photo was taken by Adam Rogers. It is a photo of a riot in Haiti. These small riots that may are usually caused by the anger and frustration of not having any food could lead to bigger and more erupting riots and fights. The picture itself is beautiful but in a ugly way.

In the photo we see many of the haitians on the side running away from a recent tire fire and possible explosion. The fumes from the tires are going up into the air. The sky is dark and the flames are bright. This is definitely a moving picture that is scary and to look at.

Attempt at a Self Portrait

This was my first attempt at creating something with photoshop. I do need some more work with the program but I am not worried. I am sure I will get the hang and idea of the program before too long. Everything takes some time to perfect.