Taking inspiration from Dan Mountfourd's photography pieces, I decided to experiment in this style of layering different images on Photoshop.
I am very pleased with the outcome, it creates a 'dream-like' sense in the piece due to the blurred effect of each image. I plan to use this technique throughout the rest of this project.
I chose to use portraits layered with either a landscape/ place, as I find that it relates well to the project, and almost reflects how a place can define a person, and how we're constantly being surrounded by different places, whether its somewhere you feel comfortable or not.
In this image, I made a combination of an image of The Natural History Museum in London, and an image of Matt in front of a tank of jellyfish. I really like the outcome, it represents a great day in London that we had this year.
To any other person, it may seem like a strange image, but I personally love the way the jellyfish are floating in the sky, it creates a very unexpected surreal image.
I am definitely planning to use this technique again, I love the final outcome of these pieces, and I feel that it reflects my initial idea of dreams/nightmares very well, as they have a surreal feeling about them, due to the merge of the images.
To Develop this experiment, I plan to try mixing in some illustrations or even some typography, just to create a unique mixed media piece.
