15. Layers Uncanny

EXPERIMENTING WITH LAYERS:

v Original images ^

Overlaying this image on top:

Overlaying:

I LOVE this effect. I love how the colours vividly support eachother, ranging from warm tones to cool tones and creating a stark contrast.

I love how there is colour in the face, but not enough to distract from her features.

The patterns distort her identity.

It is abstract, but there are still hints towards nature and the flowers that were originally there. Surreal, the viewer has to look DEEP into the patterns to distinguish any flowers.

Exaggerating the colours of the abstract layer:

VERY colourful, almost "trippy" like a stereotypical image of LSD effects. The colours and patterns are very "60s" and "hippie" like.

Very happy, very colourful, but the girl still seems grumpy. Stark juxtaposition.

Removing colour. Darker, more moody, eerie. Blue tones are "sad".

Removing colour altogether allows the viewer to focus on the patterns alone.

Black and white photos are associated with old times, a lack of technology, and simplicity.

This betrays the stereotype of black and white photo portraits by adding distortion and digital effects.

I think it looks eerie and strange. Possibly uncanny. There is a lack of depth perception, which makes it difficult to tell whether the girl is behind the patterns, or whether the patterns are ON HER SKIN.

Eerie.

I adjusted the contrast and brightness, moving contrast to HIGH and brightness to low. The affect was very unsettling, which I find interesting, because the images before seemed so happy and bright. This almost looks like something that could come from a horror movie, which is a stark juxtaposition

The eyes are visible, giving identity to the dark figure. But you can't tell who it is, or the gender.

Injecting colour back into the image:

Using SCREEN layer effect on flowers: Adds a softness to the piece, but it is still uncanny and strange due to the dark features.

 Overlaying flowers: Adds colour without patterns. Very strange, uncanny. The red colours are almost gory on first glance.

Doing the same process with another image.

Very red, like fire. Vibrant colour scheme. Features are concealed.

I love this image, because of the red eye. It commands the viewer's attention, and it's obviously WRONG (eyes are not red) making the image uncanny. We can no longer tell whether the girl is alive, human, or a doll.

This image reminds me of flowing water, maybe an oil spill.

Eerie, dark, surreal. Uncanny.

Ghoulish. Gory, like patterns have been carved into her skin. Barely recognisable anymore. The frizz of her hair blends nicely into the squiggling patterns.

Reflection:

These pieces are effective alone, but I also found them very interesting as a series, slowly deteriorating. I think that they would be interesting pieces to display, as a series one under another: like so:

Slowly deteriorating from something beautiful, bright and colourful, to something dark and unsettling.

Like decay.

I find it especially UNCANNY to see the slow decay from "happy" to "horrific".

I would like to print these images off and present them as a series.