Self Portrait – Assignment 2
Losing Myself
a) What were you trying to express and how did you achieve this?
I was trying to express the feeling I get when I “forget” who I am. The feeling of losing myself is almost the same as feeling disappointed so I played with that emotion. For me disappointment is a blue feeling and being lost seems grey-like. So I used the gradiet tool to apply those colour to my background, which is a picture of a rainy day. Rainy days are also associated with the whole sad feeling. I tried to achieve this by using sketchy lines and blurred transparent like visions.
b) What filters did you use and where?
I used the angle fileter on the hand to the left The right hand was filtered by pencil crayon. I used the glass filter on the bottom right picture.
c) What layer blending mode did you use and where?
I used the luminosity lay blend mode on the background to let the blue grey gradient apply itself to the picture.
d) What special brush did you use and where?
Around the picture of a younger me I used special brush 39.
