IvyNorton_DigitalSketchbook

DIGITAL PAINTING PROJECT: For this project I had a difficult time trying to come up with an idea that I felt would mean something to me. I decided to create a work that represents this idea of a “perfect life”, otherwise seen as consumerism. The core idea of this project was creating a representation of a “perfect influencer lifestyle”. I was wanting to include ideas of Instagram perfection, luxury brands and beauty products.   The step-by-step plan that I created for myself is the following: STEP 1: Collecting Images ·        Main subject: o    Instagram “model” o    “Perfect skin” ·        Influencer Lifestyle: o    Coffee aesthetic o    Clean girl ·        Extra Objects: o    Skin care o    Makeup o    Perfumes o    Phones o    Jewelry o    Fake nails STEP 2: Building a base composition ...

For this project, I went to the library on a few occasions to find example photobooks to use as inspiration for my own photobooks. These books included:  ·        Gregory Crewdson 1985-2005 ·        It’s beautiful here, isn’t it… LUIGI ·        American Photography 35 ·        American Photography 31 ·        American Photography 28 Some of the different things I liked about the photos in each of these books include: ·        The layout ·        Form and image ·        Different ways of representing yourself through portraits ·        Thinking about why some of these photos were taken and the story behind each photo ·        How light and shadow work together and how they affect the phot...