For this photoshop idea, I decided to cut out my original picture into different shapes and lay them out on a black background. I used the polygonal lasso tool to cut out shapes of this photo.

I then placed them in different positions to create a circle shape. I really like how the image turned out because it infers that some people are too scared to reveal wo they really are because of different culture wars. They may feel like they don’t fit in anywhere because they are different to the stereotypical “normal” person.

I decided to recreate my photoshop edit because I figured there was too much going on all at once so I created a more simple but affective image.

For this image, I decided to put the photograph of the girl behind the layer on top. I made the layer on top pink with the paint bucket tool because I thought that it would be creative to make it the stereotypical colour for girls. I then used the polygonal lasso tool to start cutting out different shapes on the pink layer on top. Once I had made a shape, I selected layer via cut to allow me to remove the shape to see the different features of the girl in the picture behind. I repeated this step to create this image. Personally, I really like how this final image came out because its tells a story of people being too scared to come out with who they really are and they hide behind a façade they put up so people cant see in.

If I were to do it again I would create a similar image however I would add a drop shadow to create an illusion of the different parts of the face trying to come out of the shapes.

For these photographs, I was inspired by a stylistic artist called Adele. Adele is a UK-based photographer from surrey, her work examines how society, influence and power interact with identity. Her work explores the ever-shifting and fluid boundaries between who we feel we are in any one moment and the parts of ourselves that we feel we need to change or hide from others in order to feel a sense of safety and belonging.

This is a picture of her work

2nd Identity Edit

For this photoshop edit, I decided to use a picture of me putting lip gloss on in the mirror. I used the quick selection tool to select only my lips and the lip gloss. After I had carefully selected the parts I wanted, I made the background black and white and levelled the background to make the lips pop out even more. I then decided to use the blending and smudging tool on the outline of my lips so that the line wasn’t too harsh.

My reasoning behind this image, is to show that most girls feel as though they cannot leave the house with makeup on. The black background shows how some girls feel dull and ugly without makeup. The pop of colour of the lip gloss shows that girls really come out their shell when they have makeup on. Makeup is a really good thing because it extenuates a girls natural beauty, however on the other hand a girl should not feel as though she has to wear it to make her look pretty because everyone is pretty in their own way.

For this idea I was inspired by Cindy Sherman

This is one of many photographs of Cindy Sherman’s photographs. I was particularly intrigued by this photograph because as you can see she is wearing a lot of makeup, though the reasonings for our photographs are different, I wanted to have my own take on the idea of makeup. She uses this makeup to identify herself as a movie character which also means that she is wearing the makeup to hide her original identity which is why I have chosen to do my photoshop edit.