The Mutants are Coming!
There are some great mutants and stories in the N Drive. Your assignment is to look at the mutants (and read the stories, if you have time). Pick your favorite. Post a comment on today's post about your choice that explains why you chose this mutant. Be thoughtful and constructive. Saying it is cute or scary is not a great way to explain your choice. Think about things like the rule of 3rds or S curves for balance. Contrast or texture. Blending or color. Include your name in your post if it is not obvious that it is you. If you cannot post through a gmail account, it is ok to post under anonymous with identification. Last note...use proper online etiquette (netiquette). Inappropriate comments will result in a zero for this assignment. This should be completely by the end of class on Friday.
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I like Nick's because it looks like an avatar. I like how the skin is split in half with two different colors and the clothes don't really look all that photoshoped on. Overall very nice job!
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I really liked Ryan's mutant. I thought the background and the mutant worked really well together. It didn't look like it was randomly put together and I love how the fire creates a bunch of curves. Also the foreshortening with the mutant's hand coming out towards the viewer is a really nice touch. -MacKenzie Helmuth
ReplyDeleteOut of all the mutants that were submitted, the one by Savannah Guenther stood out the most to me. What she did with this picture was pretty well thought out from my standpoint. The rule of thirds is dead on with all four lines; A tree falling down the left-vertical line and her mutant falling down the right-vertical line. The background she used for this image also followed the rule of thirds, with sky's boundary with the forest lining up on the top-horizontal line, and with the bottom-horizontal line meeting a makeshift rock wall. When I first looked at this picture, the rock wall formed an s-curve that led my eyes from the tree over through to the mutant. The s-curves in the tree itself (the branches) guided my eye to the rest of the background behind the mutant. The only thing that would have been more effective is if she left the mutant in grey-scale (because he is a statue), but left the rest of the background in color to add more emphasis on the mutant and the story that went along with it. Overall this image has some great things going for it and is a good first piece. (Side note: around the clothing are little spots that could have been deleted, like underneath the arms)
ReplyDelete~~ Ryan Tosch
Sierra Willard;
ReplyDeleteAll of the mutants look great, but my favorite one is the one done by Ryan Tosch. The way Ryan blended the background with the mutant fits well, the background goes with the mutant. I love how the mutants hair is flames. The way the colors fit is amazing. The way Ryan placed his mutant off to the side of the horse made me look directly there, where everything was. Also the way he made the hand larger brought the hand out was cool. It definitely looked like a real picture, not just a Photoshop picture that took 15 minuets. The way the mutant still looks human is cool, it looks like a new person. It was put together nicely and I love the way it was done!
I liked Kayla Grimes' mutant very much because she did a good job of distorting the facial details. I thought the eyes looked especially cool with the veiny root-like lines coming away from them. I also thought the background looked awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat comment! Who gets credit for it?
Delete-Alex Neeb
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ReplyDeleteFor the story I was between two; "I Couldn't Save Her" by Annie Cobb and "Scary Carrie" by Meg Lucas. Although Annie's was extremely descriptive, spellbinding and well set up, I am leaning more towards Meg's. The story "Scary Carrie" was very mythical, melodramatic (In a really good way!) and it just pulled me in more, like I wanted to know more about this person. She did an amazing job writing it.
Mutant:
For the mutants I am also between two; Meg Lucas's and Nick Dresher's. I again feel the Meg's is very mythical, frightening and yet beautiful at the same time (But of course considering its Carrie Underwood!) ha-ha. But Nick's was definitely the most transformed, imaginative,cryptic, very fictitious and the mutant had glaucous skin. (:
-Kayla Grimes(:
I like Allison Mancl's mutant. It looks like it was done by a pro and you can tell she really took the time to make it look realistically awesome. She did a fantastic job making the zombie dead-looking with the gory eyes and jaws while at the same time good looking. :D She also used the rule of thirds to place the zombie off center, which draws the eyes to it. Booyah. -Savannah
ReplyDeletei like scary carry most. it makes you want to look at the photo instead of just browsing through a bunch of submitted works, it has great composition and great detail.
ReplyDelete~heather wigstrom
I liked Meg Lucas's because everything fits well together. It has a mystical feel and it also is kinda scary. The face looks scary but adding the wings gives it a little bit different feel. I really like the wings and she did a very good job of putting them on because you cant tell they are not really there. -Jessica Hansen
ReplyDeleteI like Ryans picture, i really like the flaming hair. it actually looks like it could be her real hair. the background fits the mutants character really well also. everything is blended good too.Job well done! -Gage
ReplyDeleteI like Ryan Tosch's Mutant the most. It looks so real and like it wasn't even photo shopped. I like the way the face looks and the way the eyes look so real.
ReplyDeleteYee Yee, Nick D
I really liked Savannah's mutant. it fits the rule of thirds perfectly and i liked that it was in black and white. the effect of the tree branches and distict leaves was interesting and grabbed my eye right away.
ReplyDelete-Meg Lucas
Mutant:
ReplyDeleteThe mutant that I liked the most was McKenna Noska's. The background was visually striking and all the work that was done with the shadows was very interesting. I like how the sun shines down from the top of the picture and as you go down it becomes more gray and dark. I also think the work she did on the face of the mutant was very cool. The rule of thirds was also applied very well with the mutant itself and the shadows in the lower left hand corner. I think the contrast and light aspect in the piece is very well done.
Mutant Story:
The mutant story that I found most attention-grabbing was Alex Neeb's. I found it to be a great story that was short and to the point, yet very interesting and psychologically stimulating.
-Annie Cobb
I really liked meg lucas mutant. Because Carrie Underwood is so pretty but in this mutant she looks like the complete oppisite of pretty, more like hidious! Looks like she did alot of fading and distorting of the face. Good job! The story was also very creative also:)
ReplyDeleteBtw this is Angelica:)
DeleteI liked how Ryan blended his things together I would have to say that he didn't just put random things in it all goes together. Everyone did a very good job but i have to go with Ryan's.
ReplyDelete- Alli-
Out of all the Mutants Alex's would have to be my favorite, In his image things blend together really well and all the added parts look natural. What really caused me to pick his was the story it really made the image come to life. While I was reading the story it felt like I was following the character through the story, he made everything seem so vivid and real. I like how in the picture the red pops and really grabs your attention and having the mutant on the right side of the picture really draws your eye to look at the whole picture and not just at the mutant if it was placed right in the middle of the picture. There wasn't a whole lot of S curve, to me the picture didn't really need it, it was interesting enough. Over all to me Alex did a stupendous job on his mutant.
ReplyDelete-Kayla Hopp
The mutant that I liked was Heather's because I really like the background and how she changed her teeth and the color of her eyes, for her yes I think she used adjustemets "levels" for change the color of her eyes and skin.In that mutant she is an vampire and she did a great job.
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I really liked Ryan's Mutant. I liked the way he just made all the fire blend together and how the actual structure of the person stood out so you could see where the person was standing. He did a really nice job with the fire and his placements. Nice job!
ReplyDelete~Christina~