Emotional Piece

One of my favorite artists is the Deftones their music can be hard and angry to peaceful and serene. One of my favorite songs by this group is called Passenger. 

 When ever i hear this song plays i feel relaxed like  i  think of the night air hitting my face and the headlights on a long stretch of road as it disapears into the horizon . complete tranquility.

The target audience would be anyone who loves music and is looking for something that helps the consumer decided if the song is something they should listen to  or purchase. 

The intention is convey the emotion i feel when i  hear this song in a series of images and text in hopes that it helps pursude someone to wana hear the song.

 I initially picked an image of a woman who had a  look on her face that i felt matched the way the song makes me feel. I then used the quick selection tool and selected the subject and made it a mask on a new layer. I then duplicated the layer and added a layer to the the subject mask and the copy of the subject mask i  chose  black and white as my forground and backround color.  i inverted the color of the layer on the original subject mask  and chose the filter liquify then used the brush to stretch the edges of the subject out to the edges of the frame.  I used the explosion brush in black on the white layer and then used the explosion brush in white on the black layer to create the effect that she was disolving into the night lost in the music i created the night sky image with the road traveling into the distance behind the subject using the AI generator feature in photoshop and then found an image of music notes  and lowered the transparancy a little more then  halfway down and placed that layer on top of the back round image but not over the subject. i then chose the oil painting and wind filters to give the effect i  felt worked well  together . Last i used the pen tool to create a path and typed the name of the artist and song title along the path i made to flow  with the image  and    used colors i felt  worked complimented the colors used through out the image i then chose outer glow and used the color that worked well with the colors used in the image.

I. strugled the most with  getting the splatter effect it seemed that finding the right brush size in relation to the size of the subject and chose the right angle to acheive the effect i desired was not as easy as it seemed when i first watched the tutorials. I  had alot of trial and error and came a long way but plan on working on it  till   i get it perfect.. practice makes perfect or well close to it ;-)

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One of my favorite artists is the Deftones. Their music ranges from hard and angry to peaceful and serene. One of my favorite songs by this group is called "Passenger." Whenever I hear this song, I feel relaxed; I think of the night air hitting my face and the headlights on a long stretch of road as it disappears into the horizon—complete tranquility.

The target audience for this piece would be anyone who loves music and is looking for something that helps them decide if the song is worth listening to or purchasing.

My intention is to convey the emotions I feel when I hear this song through a series of images and text, hoping to persuade someone to want to listen to it.

Initially, I chose an image of a woman whose expression matched the way the song makes me feel. I used the quick selection tool to select the subject and created a mask on a new layer. I then duplicated the layer and applied a mask to both the original and copied subject layers, choosing black and white as my foreground and background colors. I inverted the colors on the original subject mask and applied the Liquify filter, using the brush to stretch the edges of the subject to the edges of the frame. 

I used the explosion brush in black on the white layer and then the explosion brush in white on the black layer to create the effect of her dissolving into the night, lost in the music. I created the night sky image, with the road stretching into the distance behind the subject, using the AI generator feature in Photoshop. Then, I found an image of music notes, lowered the transparency a little more than halfway down, and placed that layer on top of the background image, but not over the subject. I applied the oil painting and wind filters to enhance the visuals.

Lastly, I used the pen tool to create a path and typed the artist's name and song title along that path to complement the flow of the image. I chose colors that matched the overall color scheme and added an outer glow that harmonized with the tones used in the image.

I struggled the most with achieving the splatter effect. Finding the right brush size in relation to the subject and selecting the appropriate angle to achieve my desired effect proved to be more challenging than I initially anticipated. I went through a lot of trial and error and made significant progress, but I plan to keep working on it until I get it just right—practice makes perfect, or at least close to it! 😉