Along with the magazine cover, the assignment had us create a composite image based off of the tag clouds we created from Flickr images. It also had us take a self portrait and manipulate it with techniques found in Photoshop.
In my composite, I wanted to show the idea of equality and how we are all connected when it comes to the internet/technology. With my cloud composite, I started off with the word INTERCONNECTION. From there, my search went from COMMUNITY to TOGETHERNESS to MARRIAGE, and finally EQUALITY. Seeing these search results, I automatically thought of equality and how that is one of the most important ideas we should have. We are, and should be considered equal in this world. Technology and the internet have granted us that. The internet allows us to help make ourselves and our voices know in this fight. The internet is also something that is for the masses. We all can make ourselves available to it in some way.
In the composite, I added a bunch of the photos that I found on Flickr and put it on a background that speaks of equality. Once I had that together, I placed a computer screen over it and blurred it out so it was only partially seen. By doing this, I've showed how equality is important, but also that through the computer, we have a sense of equality.
I have a great love for horror movies and stories, so with my self portrait, I chose to go in that direction. I took an image of myself and literally turned myself into a zombie. While this is an idea that probably has been done many times with self portraits, but it is unique for me because zombie movies are probably my favorite type of horror stories. To create this effect, I used various tools to morph my face and create the sense of being "undead."
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