Experimentation-

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David Thomas Smith-

I made some images inspired by the work of David Thomas Smith, using images I had taken earlier. Since none of mine were taken from an aerial view, they are slightly different looking but I like the final result nevertheless.

I start off by placing one of my images onto an A4 canvas in Photoshop.
I then select one of the corners of my image, and create a new layer from it.
I then duplicate this corner and flip it horizontally, making sure they are lined up and don’t leave any blank spaces. I then merge these layers together.
I then duplicate the previous layer and flip it vertically. I merge this with the previous layer and it is done.
I averaged out to about 4 pieces per original image by using each of the four corners for a composition.

These were relatively easy to make and have unique compositions since they have been manipulated so much. I used a range of images as bases, from plants at the botanical gardens to construction sites, which I feel gives a nice variety to them. They appear almost alien-like with how unnatural they appear, especially the ones featuring the plants. This unnerving appearance could tie into the theme of Anthropocene, with how humanity is so focused on progress and expansion that they forget about the environment, so much that even seeing something natural feels strange.

Yao Lu-

I was also inspired by the work of Yao Lu, and wanted to create something based on his editing style.

I opened Photoshop and made an A4 canvas. I then made the background off white and added some darker splotches to create the illusion of texture.
I then imported my image and adjusted the colours slightly. I then removed the background.
I took the clouds from one of my other images and erased them at the ends to make them softer looking, I then made them into screen layers and turned down the opacity so they appear see-through but not too bright.

My final image, I like how it came out but it took me a long time to get to the point where I liked how it looks. In the future I may look into doing photomontages using printed images as working with a mouse can be difficult.

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