Lyrical Triptych

This assignment was to create a series of images that would reflect lyrics of a chosen song. The images had to reflect the lyrics by using specific skills shown during class. Those skills included changing the opacity of images and adding filters to the images. The rules were to use the stated skills and formatting the image sizes to fit a canvas size of 5 x 7 inches.

My triptych used simple images to convey the ideas that I interpreted from the lyrics of the song I chose. The song I chose was “A Reason for Broken Wings” by A Skylit Drive. My triptych looks like a scene out of a sad movie. The Adobe Photoshop tools I used included filters to add a color overlay and changing the image opacity from the layers window. In panel 1 I chose three images, one of an eye, two soldiers in trenches, and a large graveyard, to illustrate the lyrics of the song, by changing the opacity on the graveyard scene to reveal the soldeirs. In panel 2 I selected two images, one of a sunset, and a silhouette of soldier, and related them using color overlays to the first image. In my final panel I reused one image, the silhouette of a soldier, and a picture of a sleeping woman, and using another color overlay related them to my first panel.

I first viewed images from the Internet and chose an image that best represented a sad sunset. I then added a filter to create the illusion of rain. That set a mood of sadness that fit the song. I interpreted the mood of the song by listening to the song and reading the lyrics at the same time. I continued that mood by selecting images that I felt would best fit the song, then adding a color overlay that resembled colors in my first triptych.

I have had a fun and interesting time working with Adobe Photoshop so far this year. I enjoy using it in class, because it allows me to express a mall part o myself in my class work. I believe that my work has been successful, because it uses all the tools shown in class and properly reflects the lyrics of the song. I would select stronger and more defined images if I were to redo this project.