Photo Illustration

Once again I'm up to no good in Photoshop. Robert Severi stopped by to show us the fine art of photo illustration. The most important thing about photo illustration is to be sure to use the same lighting and keeping the same perspective when shooting your components. Unfortunately I wasn't too careful when I shot my wife and my foot so the lighting perfect and I also probably should have refined the mask on my wife's hair but you get the idea.

CDIA Showcase - Photo Illustration

Tonight Robert Severi gave a talk on photo illustration. Through the use of photographs and Photoshop, one is able to create an image that can be real or surreal. A key point to photo illustration is taking lots of pictures for components and making sure each component can be individually adjusted. Robert showed us a few photo illustrations which he created with previous CDIA classes as well as his own creations. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to photo illustration is coming up with ideas. Robert draws inspiration from artists like Salvador Dali, childhood memories and his imagination to create images. Great examples of photo illustration can be seen on Robert's website www.robertseveri.com.

Robert Severi behind the computer.