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The steps to create a self-portrait using identical marks of contrasting value in adobe photoshop and illustrator. The process involves taking a large format digital photograph, adjusting lighting, posterizing the image, making final adjustments, and creating a grid of marks to structure the subject matter. The smaller the mark, the more detail the translation will display.
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Project: Dot Portrait
Description: Create a self-portrait composed of identical marks of contrasting value
Procedure: Take a large format digital photograph of yourself. Adjust the lighting to create a well distributed range of value in the photo. Bring digital photo into Photoshop and change the the mode to grayscale and make any exposure adjustments. Posterize the photo to 5 levels of gray. Make final adjustments to its value and crop the image for the final composition. Bring Photoshop file into Adobe Illustrator and scale and position on a page 12” x 18”. Lock this layer in the Layers Palette. Create another layer. Determine what kind of mark you would like to incorpo- rate into your portrait translation: dot, square, letter, or custom brush/symbol. The mark you use for this assign- ment could actually be a very small photo of the origianal image. Make a grid of marks by duplicating the mark as illus- trated on the left. The smaller the mark the more detail your translation will display. Change the value for each mark to structure the subject matter. Strive for an effective likeness. Print the final work in the production center.