for these images I was inspired by Duane Michal’s project “Dr. Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty”. However unlike Duane Michal’s I will be editing to distortion onto the mirror.
I am able to achieve this by selecting the part of the image I would like the distort for these it is the mirror.
Then one I have done that I duplicated that layer and pressed the smart object option.
Then I went into the layers category to go into the distort section which is where at first i was using the wave distortion filter .
Later I started to experiment with the pixelate section where I tried both crystalize which mainly made the mirror look pixelated and the second one was the section called mezzotint.
I think both of these images came out really good although it isn’t the same exact same as the inspiration artist I think the links and inspiration is quite clear which I like. As I still have that clearly distorted image but instead of just stretching the models face I’ve made the picture look all wobbly and unclear which is how he may feel emotionally.
I think overall I’m very happy with this photoshoot because i also feel like the original artist should have had similar ones just with wen as its quite common for people to believe women are the ones who struggle with self image however men also face those issues too so by having the model be male I think i captured how men don’t always have a constant self image too.