DIGITAL SURREALISM ASSIGNMENT By: Danielle miller

What did you do? : When I was brainstorming for this project I decided to make me as a tree. I got some help taking the picture, and then after that I uploaded the picture on the computer so I could start changing it.
What was your idea? : My idea was a simple idea or so I thought I could make it simple. I tried not to put too much and I didn’t want to put to little. The tree was supposed to mean different things to different people, whether it was an environmental cause or just a funny picture.

Why did you use the elements you did? : I used different elements like layers (a lot) colours images from Google smudging cutting and filtering (which I never used before) I thought if I used all these elements it would create a better picture.
What was the Meaning behind them and how did you compile them to create your “dream”? : When I was close to finishing I realized that I was happy, at least it looked like a tree and people recognized it as one. It was almost like a tree dream, I never made myself as a tree and now I know exactly how I would look.

How did you do what you did? : When I was on Photoshop I was worried that the tree would come out horrible once I started to play around with it I got a hang of it and I made a whole bunch of layers and smudged them on my original picture.
What steps did you take? : I was looking at a whole bunch of tutorials on the computer but then some steps were hard to follow so I did what I thought that would improve this project.

What photographs were original, which were found and where were they found:All pictures were found on the computer on Google like the branches the tree trunk the hair and the background along with the person.
How did you blend them together? : If I needed to blend anything together I would select the layer and then click on the smudge tool.

What tools did you use and how did you use them? : I used smudging for the tree trunk branches and background, filtering if I needed to cut something out, layers to arrange everything in order, colour for anything that needed to be lighter or darker, and that’s about it.
What did you learn and did you use filters, contrasts lighting, blending and how? : I learned that if you choose to do a simple picture sometimes it turns out to be simple, but if not it will possibly be hard to do. Since I used filtering and blending it came in handy but I actually didn’t get to use the lighting and contrast.

I was definitely satisfied, although I would possibly go through way more backgrounds if I had a little more time. I thought adding the animals were hard and smudging was easy. Overall I am happy with the results.

(All Pictures Were Found On Google!)