studio update >>> paint into digital expeiments

things i have been trying:

keep in mind that one of the goals for this semester's body of work is to find a way to merge my digital stuff with my traditional art.

the experiment:

• i created a huge file in photoshop

• dropped in some of the digital pics of my paintings of weeds & non organic abstract as individual layers

• added 2 timeface* scan images & one composite off of those captures. although on individual layers i arrange them in a manner that would allow me to view paintings in adjustment layer modes at the same time (to save time & maintain consistency).

• placed paintings in a range of modes over images & since often they worked well on different images i would copy the layer & place where desired for each image. i would turn off the eyeball (visibility of layer as i worked my way from the bottom layers up).

• upon completion of this "first round" i have a monster file with about 18 image layers. this will be my raw data/root file for this experiment where i plan to create a handful of images. think the file size is around 200mb & will likely get in the 1.5 gig range as i get down the road further.

• next step: pick one of the combos i like, work it, flatten & save out under a new file name. do this as many times as i find there is something of interest. will post to the links in the right column as i have for other stuff related to this.
  

* timescans = face captured on standard desktop scanner while in motion (varied) & at varied distances from scanner surface.
the results is a series of instantaneous portraits >>>>without brain filtration of info (more of a true reality). have tons of these from 8++yrs ago. do not suggest as it probably causes eye damage . i had convert to bw because they are grotesque in color & related better to need, yet may dig out the raw captures to see how they work for this project.

i chose to use these capture because they felt more "digital" than something taken with a camera. digital cameras mimic traditional cameras that mimic the human eye. this motion scan thing of mine was an effort to use the conceptual uniqueness of a computer & it's scanning input device.