Text + Image

"Feel how deep the roots dig,

And they sink into my skin.

I see myself in the cracks of your foundation,

And these walls will crumble by our hands."

The Text + Image assignment was the first of the semester to incorporate both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. I first began by creating a composite. I made edits to the background photo with the levels adjustment to increase the darkness of the cracks in the stark-white wall. I then used the overlay blending mode to create the look of flowers on the wall. I erased the flowers aroun the wall so the wall could in turn be the focal point of the photograph. Next, with Illustrator I created a path and then typed lyrics along that path.

A noticeable strength of this project is how well the lyrics I chose fit into the character of the photo. The vivid cracks in the wall combined with the path of text following them relates directly to the lyrics from one of my favorite songs, Parallels by Misery Signals. Personally, I do not find any major weaknesses in this photograph, as it is my favorite piece. A difficulty I came across while editing this photo was getting the path tool on Illustrator to follow the cracks in the wall closely. However, looking at the final product, I feel I did a decent job creating a path that flows with the cracks.