MOODBOARDS / COLLAGE – HATE ZINE
HATE ZINE
As I created some collages / mood boards inspired by the concepts surrounding Spare Rib magazine, I thought it would be wise to produce some imagery relating to Haze Zine. These three digital manipulation collages all contain imagery featured in Hate, I used Adobe Photoshop for all of these, playing around with filters, effects, image layering with other filters, colour burning etc. The imagery made within Hate is very simple photography, close up images, out of context imagery, provocative, slightly surreal and dynamic which I wanted to bring though and compliment my own style of creating work in line with what Hate produces. I felt as if I had done this effectively through the collages through the use of contrast colours, such as the inverted filter in the first image, highlighting one key image which is emphasised in my second collage which features a repeat of the mouth which is the focal point of the original imagery, as well as utilising the whole page without leaving white space which is especially shown in the third image with the image being distorted and placed all of the image; there isn’t one immediate focal point, you have no choice but to initially look at the image as a whole.
I don’t love these images but I don’t hate them either, this is potentially due to the fact that I feel as if they look quite amateur, something that looks like it has been done on a phone app (which there is nothing wrong with if it’s the style that i am looking for, although it’s not). Which could be a fault with the overuse of the inverted filter, which is commonly used on glitch style photo editing apps as well as this in conjunction with the repetition of the images as if I was using a glitch app. Also the lack of typography in the first two make the collage lack substance yet the typography in the last image felt unneeded, under appreciated as well as blending in with the background which proves that I need to enhance my technical knowledge on graphic design elements such as typography, layouts, shapes and fonts as all of these collages lack some type of substance and character. This is even highlighted in the colour palette used, all of these colours are quite dull and dont compliment each other, highlight key colours and good complimentary colours like they should do due to the lack of thought regarding the colours I ended up using. I feel as if they don’t work together as a set due to the fact that nothing stands out individually in these images to set them apart from each other slightly, they could blur into one which is not what i am after.
On a second inspection, the last image, which was my least favourite, has at least given me some type of inspiration for the future. I found that looking at this image reminded me of projection mapping and therefore now I either want to get a cheap projector and experiment with something like projection mapping, DIY a method my own way using tutorials online, as I am sure this is a technique which people have trailed out manually themselves, or use this app which I had seen advertised previously which makes an image look like it has had a projection of anything you can customise over the top, which could be a useful tool in creating some abstract imagery for this task.
Creating some more digital imagery manipulations could help me improve my skills as I feel as if I have a long way to go in terms of refining my practice to my own style. However I am enjoying using Adobe Photoshop to freely create endless outcomes and be able to alter them slightly with all the different buttons and affects, as playing around with these is improving my technique.
