possible ideas

For this project, I was def. having a harder time on what to do. I was so caught up with the ideas of manipulation that I was loosing sight of what this project was really about. I def. want to continue with manipulating type however I have found a few images i found interesting and would like to incorporate it somehow. Unlike some of the other students in this class, I'm not really going off of an idea such as nature and man or children's minds, I more or less want to create an image/poster for my own enjoyment. 

images

"manipulation"

to manipulate something is to distort, alter, or enhance an image. whether it be a single image or a collage of images. the artist will usually manipulate the image or images to create a piece that expresses something new. we as designers try to manipulate the viewer into seeing something grand or exceptional, whether it be an advertisement for a product or for pure enjoyment. in advertising especially, we try to manipulate the buyer into wanting the product were selling. this can be something as simple as a magazine cover telling the latest story or a commercial with some crazy effects. for example, just recently as i was checking out in the supermarket i realized one of the magazines front cover had an image of Jessica Simpson, covering her latest "fat dilemma." they had two images of her side by side, one current "fat" image and one of her from a few years back. clearly both of these images have been played around with in photoshop, to make it more dramatic. this brings the viewer in because if there wasn't much of a difference, most people wouldn't be interested. this is one scenario of manipulated images i have seen recently.

for the first project, i have yet to chose my direction. i am torn between picking a product and coming up with juxtaposed image to best describe and/or promote the product or just creating a collage of images in a well thought out composition that expresses a new idea