Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 9

29th May 2023 / Week 9
Digital Photography and Imaging
Iman binti Kamarudin / 0364014

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LECTURE

Digital Surrealism

Realism vs. Surrealism

Realism:

Takes subject matters out of the ordinary and common world which we call 'reality'. It almost always takes a non-exotic and non-extraordinary subject matter and theme. 

Surrealism:

A twist on realism. It twists the subconscious mind, with subject matters concentrating on dream-images and often aims to distort the ordinary and what we call reality. Surrealism defies logic and usually has strange images and weird juxtapositions.

Dadaism

An anti-war art movement with artworks that is satirical and nonsensical in nature.

Salvador Dali was a Spanish printmaker and Surrealist painter known for exploring subconscious imagery

What is Digital Surrealism?

Surrealism is a cultural movement focused on a type of arts that expresses the artist's ideas itself. In this digital era surrealism, it is one of the top digital art styles.

How to Start Creating Surrealism Art?

- Dream-liked scenes & symbolic images

- Unexpected, illogical juxtapositions

- Bizzare assemblages of ordinary objects

- Primitive or child-like designs

Capturing Your Dream

1. Sketch It Out
Take a piece of paper and pen/pencil or a tablet and start to sketch. Draw your vision out roughly. Don't finesse any details yet, but just lay out key points of your vision.

2. Find Reference Images
Gathering reference images will help you greatly in realizing your new idea. Gather images that directly relate to what you have in mind.

Mindset During Creation

1. "Does this look real?"
Surrealism is at its best when it's convincing enough that it could be real, however we obviously know that the subject matter you are creating is nonexistent, thus is not real.

2. Make it happen to the best of your ability.
When you try to approach something challenging, you will learn the skills you may need for next time to make it work. The worst thing you can do is be afraid and back off from your idea, because you would never learn that way.

 

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