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Further Photoshop Edits....

In addition to the last photoshop experiments, I decided to combine the text pieces and the gender pieces together into one image. I chose to use the insult text first as I felt this would be an interesting contrast of negative text and a positive image. The effect was different on each piece depending on the pattern that I used for each one. For example, for the more blue toned pieces, the text was a lot more bolder and yellow in some areas, and more transparent in others. Whereas with the more pink toned piece the text was largely transparent in the background, and slightly bolder on the image. 

Each one is successful in it's own way I think. They each work in their own way, and the effect is powerful. I also like not having all the text visible as it draws the audience in to read the text they cannot see straight away, and the text that is visible is just as strong and powerful and helps establish how these words are still powerful and hurtful to women, and are still being used against us today, even if we don't hear or see it everyday. Another strong link with these is how they are digital prints, with digital text, which links to social media and how people use these words mostly on social media sites such as YouTube, Twitter etc. 

Furthermore, I think these pieces have a strong commercial value to them as well. This is something that I'm starting to look at within my work, especially with the next exhibition that I'm co-curating. I can see these on bags, posters, t-shirts etc, and could really blur the line between what is art, and what is commercial. One could also say that commercialism helps to spread messages and helps to raise awareness of issues as it takes the message out into the public. 



With these ideas in mind, I decided to produce some more pieces that I wanted to purposefully exhibit in a commercial exhibition, for example the Fairhurst Gallery exhibition, and see if they would be purchased if chosen and see the effect they have on people. For these pieces I used the same technique as these previous pieces, but used my own photographs as the background image. I then placed the text over the top using the same overlay techniques, but this time I added another piece of text that I specifically written in response to my own ideas. I used a font similar to handwriting as I wanted it to have a more personal touch, rather than look fully digital, and I included just the image with the background overlay as well. I did do another handwritten font piece but with the text in colour, which at first looked really interesting, but after looking at it for a while and comparing it to the other pieces, I decided that it wouldn't work with the other pieces as the text was transparent on most of these pieces. I felt that it would stand out far too much, and the other pieces would be overlooked.




Overall I'm happy with how these experiments came out, and how successful they look as individual pieces. I think I might look into the idea of commercialism and maybe do more of these in the future as posters or small leaflets. I think that these pieces also work well with the idea of the digital age and the use of social media. I have uploaded these onto my Instagram page for my artwork, and have been well received, which shows what those on social media and the millennial age are looking for when it comes to digital art. I hope that these do get chosen to be exhibited in the Fairhurst Gallery, as it would be interesting to see how people react to these pieces. 

Things to do next:
*more pieces/experiments?
*look into the idea of commercialism and feminism?
*exhibition pieces?














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