The first thing I want you to remember when creating art from your photos is this:
There Are No Rules
I've never liked rules. There are so many rules we have to follow in society...every event, every place, every moment it seems, has its own specific set of rules. Even photography and art has "rules". When it comes to PHOTOGRAPHY and ART, I've spent my life breaking the rules, as that's one area in life I feel I can be free and unencumbered. I break the rules with the textures I create for The Daily Texture, which makes them different and unique compared to anything else in the market today. And then I break the rules with the art I create using my photos along those textures and backgrounds. Breaking the rules has enabled me to create a wide range of art which I license and sell around the world!
In this video, I give you some things to think about, outside of the rules of photography and the rules of art. I've also included some video notes below, along with links to the textures used in this video. --Jai Johnson
In this video, I give you some things to think about, outside of the rules of photography and the rules of art. I've also included some video notes below, along with links to the textures used in this video. --Jai Johnson
Notes:
In taking your photo from the camera to art, there are NO RULES.
Ask yourself:
What are you attracted to in the photo?
What draws your eye the most?
What do you like and dislike?
Ask yourself what you want to convey with your artistic presentation.
Do you want to convey realism, impressionistic or expressive traits, or both, in your art?
Do you want to convey a feeling or a mood?
Do you want to convey a message?
After you've determined the answers to those questions, decide what you want your focal point to be. And decide how to get your viewer there, to that focal point.
There are two easy ways to get your viewer to the focal point in your art:
Color
Light
A third way to get your viewer to the focal point is by using forced focus. With forced focus, you blur areas you want to downplay, and you fine tune and bring sharpness and detail to the area you want them to focus on.
Give yourself permission to play, permission to step outside the boundaries of what you "see" in the original photo. Remember, YOU are the creator here -- there are NO RULES when creating art from your photos.
Ask yourself:
What are you attracted to in the photo?
What draws your eye the most?
What do you like and dislike?
Ask yourself what you want to convey with your artistic presentation.
Do you want to convey realism, impressionistic or expressive traits, or both, in your art?
Do you want to convey a feeling or a mood?
Do you want to convey a message?
After you've determined the answers to those questions, decide what you want your focal point to be. And decide how to get your viewer there, to that focal point.
There are two easy ways to get your viewer to the focal point in your art:
Color
Light
A third way to get your viewer to the focal point is by using forced focus. With forced focus, you blur areas you want to downplay, and you fine tune and bring sharpness and detail to the area you want them to focus on.
Give yourself permission to play, permission to step outside the boundaries of what you "see" in the original photo. Remember, YOU are the creator here -- there are NO RULES when creating art from your photos.
Textures/Backgrounds Used In This Video:
The Final Owl Art Created In This Video:
Determination
