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Something that was mentioned in class was teams of people who don’t know eachother think more creatively; however, teams that know eachother work more efficiently. I couldn’t agree more with this statement. It is the reason why when I enter a competition with a strict deadline I will choose people I know. However, if i want to make somethong that is unique and purely creative, i need new minds, both for my sake and theirs. With people you know, you already have synced with how they think and vice versa, whereas with someone new, you don’t know where your ideas will end up. So, i formed a group with people I didn’t really know, had a slightly similar idea, and lastly had a mixed range of skills and hobbies. Thus Sheet 7 was formed.
I was tasked with interrogating an inanimate physical object through creative means. I was also told this should have some sentimental value to me. I decided to interrogate a rose quartz crystal that my great grandad gave to me before he died.
My first iteration was seeing the effects of changing the hue and saturation of the crystal as seen in an earlier post.
I then played around adding the different images to a photoshop canvas to see what I cold make; this was the result:
Then I smoothed everything out by blurring the edges of the rocks and added some more detail to the rock:
I changed this design about 5 times before getting to this:
I then added an outline and fixed the edges with an eraser tool:
Lastly, I turned the contrast to 100% and the brightness down a bit, then changed the exposure level. This was to make the colors more vivid and look less faded to stand out more.
The color scheme I was going for was Vivid Pastel colors. I feel this shows both the true meaning of the rock to me, while also standing out more. I wanted to try to show emotions by the use of reds and purples. The asteroid about to strike represents how powerful a rock can be and the beauty of it.
At first, when starting this project I thought “Interrogating an object!?” I thought it was stupid. But now I see how creative you can get. I also learnt a bit more about how to use photoshop and how different colors can work together while also having a deeper meaning.
I started playing around with my picture of my Rose Quartz by changing the saturation and hue of the photo. Here were my results:
Original Photo:
Green:
Purple:
Red:
White:
Yellow:
Note: all I have changed in all the photos is the Hue and saturation. I think the red one is slightly over saturated but it was the only way to make it work. Also, it is a bit rough around the edges because I was going for that sort of look. Now I just need to figure out what to do from here.
Today I went to 3D lab’s Metal workshop and tried working with different metals. My end goal was to try to hammer the metal into a ring. I tried 3 types of metal, Copper, Steel, and Brass. My Idea was: I could break a piece of the crystal off and attach it to a ring. So, I wanted to see how hard that would be. I found brass was too brittle and I could not shape it at all with out it crumbling; copper was very easy to work with, but I was told it can rust and turn your finger green; steel was relatively easy to work with, but, also has the potential to rust.
It was said that the object you choose should have some sort of sentimental value. I thought for a very long time about what I could do, I try not to have things with great sentimental value. Then I thought of it, my Rose Quartz Crystal. My great grandad gave it to me before he died of lung cancer. He used to work as a miner. This crystal has always been very special to me and I have almost lost it a few times.
Today we were given the assessment of interrogating an inanimate object, with the example being a piece of obsidian. The volcanic glass was scanned with a computer scanner, then the image file was manually scrambled, then turned into a sound file. This was then used to make a tune/song. Originally I was left thinking how the heck do you go from “I have a rock” to “let’s turn it into a piece of music”… Then I realised it’s about experimenting, that's how creative thinking works, at the beginning he probably had no idea how it was going to turn out.