Shattered Collage
ASSIGNMENT
OBJECTIVE: Create a shattered collage that communicates a message or emotion.
Shattered means broken into many pieces. Let's imagine that your photograph is made of glass. What would the photo look like if you dropped the glass? It would shatter and break into many pieces. This is the visual inspiration for this assignment.
Part 1: The first thing you will do is a skill building collage to learn how to create a shattered looking technique in Photoshop using the polygonal lasso tool. I will demonstrate this technique in class. You will practice the technique on a black and white photograph. If you forget any part of this technique the instructions are listed below the gallery of examples.
Part 2: Create a collage that communicates a message or an emotion using the shattered technique. Use your imagination to decide how a shattered looking image could communicate an idea. You are not limited to the triangle shape that I demonstrated to you. You can change the shape to fit your message.
Post both of these shattered collages to your Weebly website.
Shattered means broken into many pieces. Let's imagine that your photograph is made of glass. What would the photo look like if you dropped the glass? It would shatter and break into many pieces. This is the visual inspiration for this assignment.
Part 1: The first thing you will do is a skill building collage to learn how to create a shattered looking technique in Photoshop using the polygonal lasso tool. I will demonstrate this technique in class. You will practice the technique on a black and white photograph. If you forget any part of this technique the instructions are listed below the gallery of examples.
Part 2: Create a collage that communicates a message or an emotion using the shattered technique. Use your imagination to decide how a shattered looking image could communicate an idea. You are not limited to the triangle shape that I demonstrated to you. You can change the shape to fit your message.
Post both of these shattered collages to your Weebly website.
Examples
Shattered Collage Technique Instructions
These instructions will show you how to use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to select and cut sections of your photo. These sections will be duplicated and moved to create a shattered effect.
STEP 1: Open a photograph in Photoshop
STEP 1: Open a photograph in Photoshop
Step 4: Use the Polygonal Tool to make a closed shape.
The first shape I made is a triangle. To make a closed shape, start by selecting the polygonal lasso. Place your cursor over your photo. Click the mouse and drag the side to the desired length. Click to set the length. Drag the mouse to the desired length for the next side of the shape. Click to set the length. To close the shape drag the mouse over to the starting point of the shape. Click to close the shape. To make a triangle the pattern you complete is click and drag the mouse, click and drag the mouse, click and drag the mouse and click to close the shape. |
Step 6: Select the new shape layer, in this case it is layer 1. The shortcut to get the move tool is to press "V". Now move the shape layer to create the distorted, shattered effect. Move the layer up, down or rotate it. Or try something completely different. That choice is up to your imagination.
In this example the triangle shape was moved to the side. Do you see how the window looks distorted? |