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.