Photo Book


 
For this assignment, I created a book with a sequence and one with a series, combing both visual storytelling and digital editing techniques. I started by planning out the concept and deciding what kind of mood and message i wanted to portray for each image. The first book "within my heart" was my series, I chose to focus on what makes me who I believe I am. I enjoy the idea of dividing the picture between the old me, and what I am now. For the editing process I chose to use affinity, being that it was free and I proffered working on this at home. I worked with both found images and personal images. some of which being photos of myself in a clearer photo, and others of me and my best friend. I used photos I found to represent more of myself and some of my insecurities. 

I also experimented with texture overlays, creating this dirty and filtered look on some of the pieces, I found this worked well to desaturate some of the photos and blend better with the photo ID I used for all the templates. I chose to keep the photos on one side of the page to represent how each new page was a different side of myself, feeling that if I had printed on both sides it would simply be a collection of me rather than walking you through each part of me. 

For my second book the photos used was from a finished sketch book I worked on all throughout high school. This was my sequence, showing the story of my arts progression as I went along. I once again chose to leave one side of my pages blank, I did this to represent how I have a bad habit of leaving the page empty and never going back to fill out those pages. each photo shows how I naturally progressed throughout high school, learning shading techniques first then working towards more detailed work. The front and back cover of the book are there to show the sketch book in its fullness, the torn front cover and the stained back.  

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