Autumn’s Antics - Digital Sketchbook

When does the image stop being a collection of pictures and become something else? The images I chose go from being random mostly unrelated objects to a hopefully somewhat convincing photo of food with a surrealist sort of vibe. In the print I have placed the image that I was trying to mimic to call back to what this is meant to be, to emphasize the fact that these objects have taken up a new form/life.  Does your work feel seductive, excessive, or uncomfortable? I think it could maybe be seen as uncomfortable but I think that I would say that it's more questionable than uncomfortable. Why a hot dog? What context is this in? Why is there very little background? To address the last question I think it makes this scene feel like a moment of solitude while also calling back to the idea of advertising.  Where is the image “too much,” and is that effective? Instead of creating an overwhelming image full of various objects I wanted to concentrate them in certain areas of the piece l...

Here is my final image!  

For this portion I tried to make a few items off of Costco’s menu to see which one I like best Chicken strips and fries! Hot dog! Pizza!  

The first image is a digital drawing that I made and the rest are taken from google!

What source images do I want to appropriate? I chose to use images that were taken from the internet. The types of objects used were from a list of random things that were suggested by my little friend group. The last of the images that I’ll use is one of the digital drawing I’ve made recently! How do I want to manipulate surface/finish? I want this piece to reflect the feeling and a bit of the look of 90s video game graphics so I’d like to have this printed on a matte piece of paper so that the textures on the print will contrast a bit more. I will maintain the “crunchy” sort of feel found in somewhat badly rendered graphics by keeping the pixelation visible and making certain parts feel like it would come out with a kind of texture when touched. Do I want it to be critical, celebratory, or ambiguous? I want this to be a kind of surrealist, search and find book type thing while keeping it slightly ambiguous. Why is this here? How will this look from far away? When do these random imag...