Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
Lesson 23 from: Creating a Fine Art SeriesBrooke Shaden
Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
Lesson 23 from: Creating a Fine Art SeriesBrooke Shaden
Lesson Info
23. Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
Lessons
Class Introduction
07:25 2Overview of Brooke’s Journey
20:13 3Your Timeline is Nonlinear
05:37 4Using Curiosity and Intention to Build Your Career
03:26 5What Factors Dictate Growth
08:24 6Organic Growth vs. Forced Growth
05:18 7Niche Branding
04:57 8Brooke’s Artistic Evolution and Timeline
24:27How Can You Get Ahead if You Feel Behind?
10:02 10Ideation and Conceptualization to Identify Meaning in Your Art
05:54 11Idea Fluency
10:33 12How to Represent an Idea
07:01 13How to Innovate an Idea
07:07 14Creating a Dialogue With Your Art
05:48 15Conceptualization For a Series vs. a Single Image
03:43 16Transforming a Single Image Into a Series
03:12 17How to Tell a Story in a Series
03:28 18How to Create Costumes From Fabric
07:20 19Brooke’s Most Useful Costumes
02:19 20Using Paint and Clay as Texture in an Image
02:56 21Create Physical Elements in an Image
10:22 22Shooting for a Fine Art Series
05:45 23Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
04:08 24Wardrobe and Texture
04:54 25Posing for the Story
05:32 26Choosing an Image
01:23 27Conceptualization: Rainy Plexiglass
11:34 28Posing for the Story
04:17 29Creating Backlight
02:37 30Photo Shoot #1 - Creating a Simple Composite
17:51 31Photo Shoot #2 - Creating a Dynamic Composite
06:31 32Photo Shoot #3 - Creating a Storytelling Composite
07:40 33Shooting the Background Images
06:14 34Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Working With Backgrounds
24:35 35Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Retouching the Subject
04:20 36Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Color Grading
02:45 37Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Floor Replacement Texture
15:24 38Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Final Adjustments
03:21 39Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Cropping and Editing Backgrounds
05:25 40Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Selective Adjustments
03:55 41Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
03:21 42Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Compositing Models
06:58 43Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Expanding Rooms
02:17 44Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Color
02:47 45Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Exposure
04:04 46Editing Composite Shoot #2- Masking Into Backgrounds
10:45 47Editing Composite Shoot #2- Creating Rooms in Photoshop
06:11 48Editing Composite Shoot #2- Compositing Hair
05:07 49Editing Composite Shoot #2- Global Adjustments
04:49 50Editing Composite Shoot #3- Blending Composite Elements
05:00 51Editing Composite Shoot #3- Advanced Compositing
08:46 52Editing Composite Shoot #3- Cleanup
03:34 53Materials for Alternative Processes
06:20 54Oil Painting on Prints
05:41 55Encaustic Wax on Prints
03:14 56Failure vs. Sell Out
05:14 57Create Art You Love and Bring an Audience To You
03:35 58Branding Yourself Into a Story
05:40 59The Artistic Narrative
05:26 60Get People to Care About Your Story
03:36 61Get People to Buy Your Story
11:36 62Getting Galleries and Publishers to Take Notice
03:41 63Pricing For Commissions
06:43 64Original Prints vs. Limited Edition Prints vs. Open Edition Prints
02:11 65Class Outro
01:00 66Live Premiere
16:14 67Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 1
04:41 68Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 2
07:12 69Live Premiere: Q&A
16:10 70Live Premiere: Photo Critique
47:33Lesson Info
Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
So I want to start this photo shoot because there's a lot going on here. We gotta create some fun textures and it could take some time. So, Anna, if you wouldn't mind, I've just got some clay here. Would you mind rubbing that on your arm like a bar of soap? Yeah, that's good. And the idea here is just to create that cracked look, if you recall when I was showing you how I make props and costumes, I rubbed paint on myself and Clay, and it created this really like wrinkly texture, which I know is never what a model wants to here to make yourself look wrinkly and drive. But that's what we're doing because it's all for the concept. It's for the concept. Then I think that that's really important. So concept first, right? And people always say to me, I can't do that because then you know what if it doesn't look pretty? I'm not trying to make something pretty. I'm trying to make something that's moving, and there's a big difference between those two things. So, um, we're gonna focus on concep...
t, and the concept here requires flowers as well. So while you're getting all clay dup. I am going Thio cut. Open some flowers. I'm not sure which ones I want yet. See our options. We've got a lot of colors here. I'll probably go with this one. I think that's best. So the flowers are only going to go inside the bowl. There we go. And I wanna make sure that they kind of look really crowded in there. So I'm going to open them up and get them in. I gotta make sure that Anna's head fits in here too. So I don't wanna crowd it too much, but something like that, I think, would be good. So I'm just gonna cut the stems there. Yes, please. And even the bodysuit. So basically everywhere except your head, not your head. Um, and I might add some other greenery, as's Well, okay, I really liked these flowers. And what drew me to this is that they look really wispy and very romantic. So I think that's gonna be beautiful. I'm kind of staying away from some of these other colors because, like I said, I'm not going for a lot of color in this Siri's, so I'm a little bit wary about using anything too bright. So I'm just going to avoid certain certain aspects of these flowers. So instead I'll focus on this. Fill the bowl with these Aziz. Well, might even be able to get away with not cutting those just kind of fit it in there. Okay, You should always test yourself before asking the model. So how do I look? Okay, I think it looks good, but I can't tell yet, so we'll see. We'll have to tweak in a little bit, and I'm going to have my spray bottle is well. Oh, no, that's not the right setting, okay? And we're just going thio spray spray spray so that everything looks wet and verdant. Yeah. Okay, Now, I think it might not be full enough or it might look thio manicured, so I wanna make sure it looks a little bit wild in here. Eso I might add a few more flowers, but we'll see how it goes, particularly the greens. So I might just pop the flower heads off a little bit. That looks much better. Much more wild, and we'll see how that goes in here. Yeah. Think that looks quite quite good. Okay, I like these yellow ones. Actually,
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a Creativelive Student
Brooke never fails to deliver. I found this course superb from start to finish. From exercising your creative 'muscle', demystifying taking self portraits, and showing that they don't have to be perfect before you begin editing, to walking you through her editing process and how to price your work. Brooke's enthusiastic personality and excitement about the work shines through it all. Definitely recommended!
Rebecca Potter
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Brooke for this amazing class. Inspired and so full of practical knowledge, this is the best class I've ever watched. You have given me the confidence to pursue what I've always been afraid to do. Watch this space!
Søren Nielsen
Thank for fantastic motivating an very inspiring. The story telling and selling module was very helpful - thanks from Denmark