THE REAL TRICK to changing a person's identity in a photograph is to pay attention to what you're getting rid of. If you are putting a new face over an existing face, look for details in the existing face that you want the new face to have. Examples include: 1 Orientation of the original face. Which way is the existing face pointing? Left, right, up, down? 2 Shadows and highlights. Where are the shadows and highlights on the original face? You want the new face to be the same. 3 Type of Image. Seems obvious, but is the original image color or grayscale? blurry or sharply in focus? The new one needs to look like that. This kind of work is a great example of stuff that can be really simple AND hard to do at the same time. Because all you're really doing is cutting a face from one image and pasting it on another image. Easy to do... very challenging to do well. So here's your assignment... Using Pixlr or similar app/program, take photos of six (6) well known people (celebrities, whatever) and replace the faces in those images with your own face. The two simplest ways to take the pictures of yourself (unless you can find good ones online somewhere) is either using your computer's built in camera (type "camera" in your desktop's search bar) OR use your phone to take the pictures and then email them to yourself. And as much as possible, make it look real. First year students, please don't worry. I will grade you guys gently on this one. I just want you to go through the process of doing this. If you end up with images that look real, awesome. But this is hard to do well. And aside from that, have fun with this. It's due this Friday by the end of school. Comments are closed.
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AuthorDaniel P. Loughran is an artist and art educator who lives in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Archives
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