Surrealist Scene

ASSIGNMENT

Using photoshop create a surrealist/fantasy scene using your own dreams and imagination. You must have a photo of yourself in the scene, you must be the emphasis of the scene. You must use 15 or more elements/images to build your scene.

SURREALISM

A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

IMAGINATION

1: the act or power of forming a

mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality

2: creative ability

3: a creation of the mind; especially : an idealized or poetic creation

SURREAL

marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream; also : unbelievable, fantastic

FANTASY

1: the free play of creative

imagination

2: a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely

conceived: a fanciful design or invention, a chimerical or fantastic notion

3 : imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters called also fantasy fiction

4: the power or process of creating especially unrealistic or improbable mental images in response to psychological need <an object of

fantasy>; also : a mental image or a series of mental images

Surrealist Painters

Salvador Dali

Max Ernst

Marc Chagall

Joan Miro

Rene Magritte

Surrealist Digital Artists

Mario Nevado

Pinterest

Ted Chin

Herri Susanto

Erik Johansson

Specifications:

• 11” x 17” resolution 150 dpi color mode RGB (Portrait or Landscape)

• minimum of 10 images to create the final image

• LOOK FOR HIGH RES IMAGES.

  • https://www.freeimages.com

  • https://unsplash.com/

  • https://www.pexels.com/

  • https://pixabay.com/

  • https://burst.shopify.com/

  • https://kaboompics.com/

  • https://stocksnap.io/

• *DO NOT USE IMAGES WITH WATERMARKS

You will be graded on the following:

• Correct Naming Convention: LastName_FirstName_ProjectName.jpeg

• YOU are the focus of the scene

• Using appropriate  images to create your scene

• Aesthetics

• Imagination

• Creativity

• Use of class time

Part 1 (9/16)

• Homework 

  • Take a digital photo of yourself in the pose that you want to be in for the scene e.g, if you will be holding a sword pose like you are holding a sword

    • Take several photos do not just rely on one

    • DO NOT take photos inside your house or a building

    • Make sure the photos have good ligthing and place yourself where you want the light souce in your scene to come from 

    • If you do not have a way to take a digital photo you must tell me/ask for my help prior to the dude date

  • Submission Link 

    • Take a photo of your work and upload it to the link above

    • Make sure you do not see the shadow of your phone in the image and the images is not blurry

    • If you do not have a phone with a camera let me know

Part 2 (9/18)

• Sketch

  • Sketch your idea, this does not have to be a fully rendered sketch but it needs to be detailed enough for me to tell what the items are

  • Use an appropriate amount of images to composite the scene togeher

  • Submission Link 

    • Take a photo of your work and upload it to the link above

    • Make sure you do not see the shadow of your phone in the image and the images is not blurry

    • If you do not have a phone with a camera let me know

Part 3 (9/26)

• Work in Progress (WIP)

  • You should be roughly half way finished with your project. Upload your progress as a jpg using the Correct Naming Convention: LastName_FirstName_ProjectName.jpeg

  • Submission Link 

Part 4 (10/18)

• Upload your final image as a jpg using the Correct Naming Convention: Block - LastName_FirstName_ProjectName.jpeg e.g 1A-TaylorKinteSurreal.jpg

• Submission Link 

Examples

Graphic Design Standards

Creating

VAHSGD.CR.1 Visualize and generate ideas for creating works of art.

VAHSGD.CR.2 Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan and create works of art.

VAHSGD.CR.3 Engage in an array of processes, media, techniques, and technology through experimentation, practice and persistence.

VAHSGD.CR.4 Incorporate formal and informal components to create works of art.

VAHSGD.CR.5 Reflect on, revise, and refine works of art considering relevant traditional and contemporary practices as well as artistic ideation.

VAHSGD.CR.6 Keep an ongoing visual and verbal record to explore and develop works of art.

Presenting

VAHSGD.PR.1 Plan, prepare, and present works of art for exhibition in school, virtual environment, and/or portfolio presentation

Responding

VAHSGD.RE.1 Reflect on the context of personal works of art in relation to community, culture, and the world.

VAHSGD.RE.2 Critique personal works of art and the artwork of others, individually and collaboratively, using a variety of approaches.

VAHSGD.RE.3 Engage in the process of art criticism to make meaning and increase visual literacy.

Connecting

VAHSGD.CN.1 Develop personal artistic voice through connecting uses of art within a variety of cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts.

VAHSGD.CN.2 Develop life skills through the study and production of art (e.g. collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, communication).

VAHSGD.CN.3 Utilize a variety of resources to understand how artistic learning extends beyond the walls of the classroom.