Current Project: Personal Metaphor

We are currently working on our "Personal Metaphor" project. As you work please keep in mind the following guide lines.

(Canvas size: 8x10 300 ppi)

1. First you are to come up with a metaphor or simile that describes or expresses your feelings.
2. You need to have a photo of yourself.
-Be very aware of lighting, background, scenery, clothing, body position and facial expression.
3. You need to take a photo of the object you are comparing yourself to.
-If this is an impossibility, and you will be borrowing the image of your object, then you are responsible for incorporating a photo you take as a major part of your artwork.
4. Text layer: verbally state your metaphor.
-Remember text becomes part of your composition- choice of font, size, placement, and color will either add to your art or take from it.
5. Remember, in this project you are metamorphosing into the object of comparison. Along with your creative and artistic ideas, your Photoshop skills will be under scrutiny here.
-Which parts of you will you keep? Which parts will you change? How best can you express through an image what it is you feel?
6. Any borrowed images you use, need to be altered and changed to fit into your artwork, you are not just taking and using other peoples work.
-Also keep in mind image size. Images that are too small will not work.