I think the idea you have is great and extremely creative. The faces you have created within the trees look pretty flawless to me! I am just curious as to how you are going to arrange them.
I like the idea and the faces look good. I'm wondering if the family tree format is the best way to arrange them. I think they would look fine if they were just clustered together the best face trees on a landscape.
These are looking great... I'm also curious how you're going to present them, because they really do look like they could be different generations/characters of a family tree.. but you don't want to squish them all, because you'll lose detail. Also, I'm so glad you're naming them. haha One more thought.. which sort of goes along with the "how are you presenting them" question.. but I was curious about how the background is going to work when you put them all together. It's so playful, I'm wondering if you did something whimsical or playful even if it's not realistic? Just a thought..
The faces in your trees look natural and are composited well. I like the subtlety which allows the viewer to be surprised to find a face. Maybe you could further this aspect by experimenting with a multiple-tree photo and giving the viewer a bigger challenge.
Nice idea. Seems a tad tricky. I think you want us to see "tree" and then discover the face. I like that you are using parts of the tree to make the face, and not a real face, although that might be an option as well. this link from glory last semester might give you some ideas as well. http://silwedelgd.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-03-28T09:23:00-07:00&max-results=7
Compositionally, it seems off balance, with the background blown out on one side, the way it is presently cropped, it doesn't do much for the negative space. look at the negative spaces you are creating, how do they balance themselves and relate to each other. what if (always a good way to approach a crit) this was a smaller part of a larger (more interesting) tree that you created from bits and pieces? do not be afraid of increasing your canvas size to buy back some real estate. you can always make the final image smaller.
i think the real trick is to make the face visible, but also to make th eviewer work at it a tad. we want to see tree (more interesting in a composition) and then discover the face(s?).
This is a pretty funny idea and its strength lies on the faces you give them. This seems like a good opportunity to draw out the faces you envision for each of these trees, and incorporate the drawings into the image.
I like the idea, it seems sort of Ent-ish where they have faces just barely distinguishable and you don't know what you're looking at until you look closer. I'm not sure how you were planning on approaching the family tree aspect but I might recommend you have one or two in front and the rest receding into the frame behind them. It would also be comical/ironic if you put them in old-fashioned oval frames made of wood/twigs and displayed them on a wall with ratty wallpaper.
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I think the idea you have is great and extremely creative. The faces you have created within the trees look pretty flawless to me! I am just curious as to how you are going to arrange them.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea and the faces look good. I'm wondering if the family tree format is the best way to arrange them. I think they would look fine if they were just clustered together the best face trees on a landscape.
ReplyDeleteCute and funny idea. You're doing a very good job at making the faces seem natural.
ReplyDeleteThese are looking great... I'm also curious how you're going to present them, because they really do look like they could be different generations/characters of a family tree.. but you don't want to squish them all, because you'll lose detail. Also, I'm so glad you're naming them. haha One more thought.. which sort of goes along with the "how are you presenting them" question.. but I was curious about how the background is going to work when you put them all together. It's so playful, I'm wondering if you did something whimsical or playful even if it's not realistic? Just a thought..
ReplyDeleteThe faces in your trees look natural and are composited well. I like the subtlety which allows the viewer to be surprised to find a face. Maybe you could further this aspect by experimenting with a multiple-tree photo and giving the viewer a bigger challenge.
ReplyDeleteHi Sam
ReplyDeleteNice idea. Seems a tad tricky. I think you want us to see "tree" and then discover the face. I like that you are using parts of the tree to make the face, and not a real face, although that might be an option as well. this link from glory last semester might give you some ideas as well.
http://silwedelgd.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-03-28T09:23:00-07:00&max-results=7
Compositionally, it seems off balance, with the background blown out on one side, the way it is presently cropped, it doesn't do much for the negative space. look at the negative spaces you are creating, how do they balance themselves and relate to each other. what if (always a good way to approach a crit) this was a smaller part of a larger (more interesting) tree that you created from bits and pieces? do not be afraid of increasing your canvas size to buy back some real estate. you can always make the final image smaller.
i think the real trick is to make the face visible, but also to make th eviewer work at it a tad. we want to see tree (more interesting in a composition) and then discover the face(s?).
Good start, great idea.
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This is a pretty funny idea and its strength lies on the faces you give them. This seems like a good opportunity to draw out the faces you envision for each of these trees, and incorporate the drawings into the image.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea, it seems sort of Ent-ish where they have faces just barely distinguishable and you don't know what you're looking at until you look closer. I'm not sure how you were planning on approaching the family tree aspect but I might recommend you have one or two in front and the rest receding into the frame behind them. It would also be comical/ironic if you put them in old-fashioned oval frames made of wood/twigs and displayed them on a wall with ratty wallpaper.
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