Eye of I

     The Eye of I project consists of a picture of my eye and pictures that represent me. For this image in particular I picked my room for inspiration. I tried to use similar photos of things that I use regularly, like my blanket and lamp. I feel a kin to my room because it is where I feel most at home. While it is in my home, my home is not really a comfortable place for me because it's not really my home; it's my parents' home. For instance, my living may have pictures of me in it, but nothing in the living room is mine.  There is actually a very limited space that I can take up in the living room and any substance of mine that is out there in the open is only tolerated for so long. The following photos represent my small enclosure and and how I feel about myself.

Eye of I image consisting of my lamp, a fat man, my lamp, and my eye.

     I was intrigued at the idea of transforming my (already textural) skin into the sort fizzy throw that I have on my bed. I did not have to do much to the image because it had a strong contrast to begin with, but I played with the curves, just a bit, to help the soft tufts of the blanket show a bit more. I then used layer masking to blend it into my skin, allowing the wrinkles under my eye to turn a pink hue to blend with the throw. In the white of my eye I played with the edge thickness and intensity of the poster edges filter for my guinea pig's picture. The filter on Recees' (my guinea pig) picture helped the contrast to make her more visibly because I left a rather meaty white mask over it to help it morph into my eye better. Next I have masked into my eye is my lamp. I think it fit my iris rather well because it joined my eye's transition from brown to green to a black-ish ring. Finally I incorporated The Fatman over me eye. He starts midway in space over the caruncle (inner corner of the eye), darkens just past my apex to bring him more forward, and finally fades off into a spiral. When I created this sequence I was hoping to create a motion that was much similar to how Tarzan, from Disney's earlier motion picture Tarzan, surfed on the limbs of the winding trees and jumped off. I related to this motion because sometimes I del life like is going well and I am in control, but other times I lose my footing and get flung off. The Fatman is the fat man because he represents my comfort in life. Just like fat, my own appearance can be comforting like a mother's bosom or a thick pillowy shield while others times I can feel like an ugly piggy.