Displaying the Portrait

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Displaying the portrait

After speaking to Julian, he suggested that I mount my portrait of Arleigh onto some MDF board. My portrait needs to be in a square to fit the requirements of the 40 by 40 plinth. In PhotoShop I cropped my portrait in close and I was really happy with how it looked. I found by doing this it intensified her expression, drawing you into her eyes more. I also decided to work on the small details in her eyes by adding highlights using the brush tool. This made her eyes appear more watery and added a whole new expression to her face.

I painted the sides of my MDF board black to create more depth. Paul from the shop suggested that he could take me to another campus to get my image hot-pressed onto the MDF board to give it a more professional look. Unfortunately, the hot press machine was not available so I'm going to use Photo mount adhesive instead. 




Prepping my MDF board in 3D workshop












I am so pleased with how my portrait of Arleigh turned out. By closely cropping the photo in really intensifies the image and draws you into her eyes. This was what I wanted to achieve from Lee Jeffries work. I really like The wispy loose strands of her hair and how she clinches her mouth tightly with her hands. From editing her eyes in PhotoShop to make them appear more glossy, it now looks like she had been crying. You can read into her look in many ways now from excitement to fear.  By using Lightroom software, I was able to create many different masks so I could adjust different parts of her face. For example, I created a mask to sharpen the area for where Arleigh's glittery eyeshadow is on the inner corners of her eyes. By doing this, It has created that look of the next morning waking up in makeup. 

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