Haley Hollensteiner - Digital Imaging Blog

I began this piece wanting to make something classically beautiful but then came out with a commentary on my own work. A lot of the time I get into my own head when it comes to things I make because they're a little strange and it's hard for me to recognize that something I make is good because things can get weird. This is showing how I hold myself back because of the fear of going too far. The first image is how it exported and the second one is the cropped version. I might like the first one more but I'm not sure.  

  I decided to combine elements from each idea and try to make something more lighthearted because of all the stress from everything going on. I guess the point of this project for me is to just take a moment to relax and just create.

  I've been having trouble making a mask all semester and I am finally happy with this one! I know it isn't much but it's an update.

  For this project I want to have an image of my body from my shoulders up and have my face cropped out and something coming out. I am thinking about having maybe tentacles drawn in illustrator or something else strange. I want to have a solid colored background with bubbles floating around in the background. Another idea I have is to have my forearms and hands being pulled apart by ribbons. I know that these are just ideas but I didn't have time to do anything else. I recently moved and had to build some furniture. I hope you're having a great day!

  I went through and cut each piece out in photoshop so I could add different effects to each part and have more control over the movements. I forgot to upload more progress because I got really focused on completing it because I wanted to see it all come together. I really like it!

  I tried putting the images together to form a gif and I think they'll work. This isn't my final image because I want to clean them up more and add a fire effect on at the end.