Lesson Info
16. Transforming a Single Image Into a Series
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
03:09 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
Transforming a Single Image Into a Series
How, then do you go from a single image to a Siri's? Here's an example with fear. So let's say that the idea is fear and we have to write down ways that we can represent fear visually. So I came up with shadows, darkness, heights, loneliness, things that we fear. Um, I think that shadows would be the most fun Thio visually represent. So that's what I'm choosing. How can you best portray that fear? You have the theme of fear. You have shadows. What could you dio? And I want you to think about this. I'm not going to give an example, because fixation So I don't wanna fixate on my example. I want you to just think for yourself. How would you take this theme of fear and a visual representation in the shadows? And what would you do with it? I would love to hear what you would do with it. What would your image be? And then how can you expand that into a Siri's? How can you create that through line of what it's going to look like from one image to another image to another image to make a Siri'...
s? Consider if you're going to expand the idea or the visual and or both, because that's very valid from one image to the next, you might think. OK, well, you know, the theme is gonna be different for each one, but visually, they're going to look very cohesive. Totally valid way of creating or the opposite. The visuals are going to be pretty different, but the theme is gonna be, ah, meditation on the same idea the whole time, totally valid. But when you do both and you're able to expand the theme and the visuals altogether across time across that Siri's, you're going to succeed, perhaps more so at engaging an audience and getting them to really understand more deeply how the images are connected, which is what we really want. If you put all of the Siri's images together without explanation, would it be clear that they were made to go together? That's really the question that you wanna ask, because if it's not clear, then you know somebody who owns a gallery and they're looking at your images to put in a show. They're gonna think, well, patrons are gonna walk in and be confused. They're not gonna understand this is all the same, artists, perhaps, or understand how they go together. And people need that kind of sense of expectation. Okay, these images were made for me to look at them together. Now what is the story that I'm going to see? So think about that as you move forward. If you explained the theme of your Siri's, do you think that you could find the thematic connections or that a stranger could find the thematic connections? If you said this is the theme, do you see it? Do you see how all of these images represent that? And that's always a good Touchstone Tohave. I always aim for 10 10 images in a Siri's, but it could be more or less, I would say more than three and any amount you want. But Curation is really important when it comes to a Siri's, because a lot of people include multiple images from a single photo shoot in the Siri's, when really it's not necessary as the as the viewer somebody in taking that Siri's, we just need to see the single best representation. Learning how to curate is key
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Ratings and Reviews
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