Giuseppe Arcimboldo

G. Arcimboldo was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, or books.

The Waiter Vertimnus: Emperor

ARTICLE

RUBRIC REVIEW

For this project:

We will be manipulating objects in PhotoShop to create a percieved image, much like G. Arcimboldo.

Step 1:

In pairs, take a picture of your partner from the shoulders to the top of the head, be careful not to cut the top of their head off!

Step 2:

Take your portrait and upload it onto the computer and into PhotoShop on a transparent canvas, 5x7in.

(You can do this with phone cords, or email).

Step 3:

Choose a type of something you will "build yourself" out of; catch: it can only be one type of thing.

Do not choose this 'thing' randomly, choose it because it has meaning to you.

(Sports equipment, cats, ribbon, art supplies, vehicles, etc.)

Step 4:

Using the lasso, move, crop, and any other tools you think will be helpful, start to fit various sizes of your chosen 'thing' onto your face. You must be recognizable, so take your time to match all pieces and parts perfectly! Do not forget your background.

Step 5:

Using the dodge, burn, eyedropper, and any other tools you think will be helpful, add dimension to your 'portrait'. Add highlights where the light naturally hits your face in the original image, and add shadow where there is a natural lack of light in the original image.

Step 6:

Call me over to check your work, once I give it the 'okay', save your portrait as a .jpeg in your student number on the computer.

Label it***: LAST NAME_TITLE OF WORK; ex. YELENICK_VEGGIEPORTRAIT

Step 7:

Upload your self-portrait onto your website onto a page called, Self Portrait: [title of work]***

Step 8:

Write an artist's statement (5-7 sentences) about what your portrait says about you. What is the title? What did you build yourself out of? Why did you choose that? Was your image a success? Would you do anything differently if you did it again? Why or why not?

Step 9:

Print your newly saved work from PhotoShop to the HP Color Laser Jet printer.

Cut out your work carefully. If you do it badly, I'll make you do it again.

Mount your image onto black paper, with your artist's statement printed and mounted beneath it.

Write your name on the back in pencil.

Step 10:

Fill out the Portrait rubric (should be in your journal!), and turn it in to me with your artwork.

THESE ARE DUE:

*** Be sure to title your work. ALWAYS.