INTERFERENCE OF REALITY
The concept of the glitch art is to represent how I am spending so much time online that I am forgetting about reality and could be missing out on real life experiences as a result of this. The idea is to show that online and actuality is blurring into one and I am losing the boundaries that were once so clear. These three images below were a huge inspiration for the post-production elements as I felt that they fit my personal thoughts of what a glitch looks like.
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Following the previous experimentation of creating glitch-like images, I was able to produce successful outcomes to include within my final project. As explained before, finding photographers has been a recurring issue, however a friend of mine who has acquired photography skills through practicing the art as a hobby agreed to help me within the production of this concept if I agreed to set up the studio space accordingly. This worked well, as I had the studio knowledge from previous experience within university and the images that I was looking to produce within the studio time were very simple as I was planning to experiment and distort them further within photoshop.
I have learnt to adapt very well to last minute solution making as it has happened so often within the production time. At first I thought that it was my fault and it was happening because of poor planning techniques, but since reviewing this I have come to the conclusion that there is simply nothing I can do as these matters are simply out of my hands. Learning to rely on myself and my decision making when put on the spot has been successful each time, so I believe that it has worked as a positive for my project as it has allowed me to blossom as a creative director, giving me the opportunity to work under pressure effectively and in a professional manner.
The use of colour as the backdrop and within the styling worked well when altering the colour balance and the hues of the second and third images to create a fluorescent and gaudy effect. By adding layers of the image and then using noise and pixelated filters, the glitch effect was created. I then used the liquify tool to smudge the edges to finalise the images. I prefer the overall look of the last two images as they have a more prominent finish to them which fits the concept appropriately as the images need to be as bold as possible so that the concept of glitch art is representable and can be interpreted easily by the viewer. Although the first image is aesthetically pleasing, it doesn't capture enough attention as I wish the images too. Personally glitches and online interference make me feel uncomfortable when looking at them on a screen. They are a nuisance and they are awkward, so when judging the successfulness of the outcomes, if I didn't feel those feelings when viewing the images - which I didn't with outcome number 1 - I deemed them unsuccessful.
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