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Coming up with an idea for an idea for this assignment was pretty difficult honestly and was the longest part. I spent two to three days brainstorming an Idea for this project and it just clicked randomly in my head that a flashlight could act as a flash for a camera. Even after coming up with my idea I still needed to create it which was a difficult part. I had to watch multiple videos to help me create my idea that I had in my head. I honestly really enjoyed this project I was able to be creative as well as improve my digital art skills. Sources: Flashlight: https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/flashlight-white-light-shining-background-ai-generated.html Camera: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dslr-camera-lens-zoom-side-view-gm538162002-95645921?searchscope=image%2Cfilm

Sources: Archiwum Roweromaniaka wielkopolskiego No H02-28, Classical Numismatic Group I chose the two images of a coin and a manhole cover after noticing how similar the two are. I was walking around campus when I noticed how a manhole cover ironically resembles a coin. This is funny to me because the two are polar opposites. One is associated with trash and sewage while the other is associated with wealth and money. I think this image conveys that there a small differences between the poor and the rich, emphasizing that money does not define a person. When creating this project, I faced a challenge lining the two photos up and finding a reliable editing tool.

I decided to combine a picture of a real dog with a picture of a stuffed animal dog. I chose this idea because throughout my childhood I’ve been a collector of stuffed animals. I used to view them as real live animals which is why I chose to combine a stuffed and real animal into one to represent my childhood self’s perspective. The only aspect I wish I could change is to have the real dog image’s background to be all white so it would look more cohesive with the bottom picture. My final imagine is a sort of fun view on youthful imagination and the concept of living vs nonliving. Photo credits: Top image: here Bottom image: here

For my combophoto, I took an image of the famous Beatles’ album cover “Abbey Road” and mashed into it a photo of the Simpsons all walking in single file order. Out of all the sketches so far, I definitely spent the most time thinking about this one. Just when I thought I was out of ideas, “Here Comes the Sun” started playing on my phone, and I thought to myself: “I wonder if anyone could replace the Beatles walking down this street?” Luckily enough for me, the Simpsons ended up being the perfect family of four. The most difficult part of my combophoto was by far the idea generation. Luckily enough for me, I am competent enough with Paint 3D to somewhat mash two photos or scenes together. The actual editing part was not challenging. I think that ultimately my final image conveys a mashup of two iconic artist groups from the past century. Beyond just a combophoto, it’s a clash of generations and a clash of medias. Abbey Road Photo Link: Abbey Road- The Beatles | Openverse Bart: Google Search Simpsons: Google Search

For this sketch I wanted to combine two opposite images to create a sense of visual shock. The first image is a peaceful scene of birds flying across the horizon with sun setting down on the horizon, and the second image is an enormous wave crashing violently on a furious ocean. By combining these two photos, I aimed to highlight the comparison of peace and chaos, demonstrating the coexistence of beauty and destruction in nature. This combination also give us an uncertainty of what will happen next once these birds enter the ocean. https://time.com/4351931/waves-sea-photos/ https://stockcake.com/i/sunrise-bird-flight_292123_59299

I decided to combine two photos, one of a shower head and the other of rice being poured into a bowl. I had the inspiration for this by looking through the provided link of what photos had previously been combined and wanted to do something relating to water. I thought about waterfalls and rivers but was not sure what to combine then with but then I thought of a simple shower head. After staring at this image for a while I realized that the small streams of water looks similar to grains of rice. I then searched the internet for pictures of white rice on a black background and combined the photos using Canva. I simply cropped each picture and laid them on top of each other. I did try to add effects with the smoke to make the photos transition a bit smoother but I was not able to do this without Canva Plus. Finally I think my finals picture conveys the importance of food and water are both important in sustaining life and have varying importances that can coincide.

First I looked at the Combophotos on the Tumblr website. I tried to find some photos on google and hoped for an inspiration but it did not work for me. So I turned inside my mind to envision my design first. After some thought, I decided I would do something with a weapon. I came across a photo of mortar firing and I immediately connected it to fireworks. However, the photo of mortar I initially found was took in daylight, which means it has a different color scheme with the firework picture. Thus I found one at night. I also adjusted the angle of the firework picture a little bit so the trajectory fits. I think my Combophoto conveys the idea of victory, since weapon connotes war and fireworks usually means celebration. Photo Credits
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1289904897817614/posts/2912814215526666/ – Justin Case
https://nara.getarchive.net/media/us-marines-fire-an-81mm-mortar-during-training-in-c7cb23 – Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

When I first saw this assignment, I got to thinking about what two natural occurrences combine into something fluid and smooth. Waterfalls immediately came to my mind because the water falling is smooth and continuous, almost like it’s flowing from the sky. Then I realized that I can connect the waterfall to something in the sky, and that is where I came up with the clouds. The soft, airy texture of the clouds mixed with the endless flowing of the waterfall combined to make one flowing photo where cloud turns into waterfall. My main idea was to capture movement and showing how that occurs coincidentally in nature. Photo Credits: Google Chrome