Here i have been experimenting with layering images. I began with a found image of a city scape, i cloned parts to create a busier images for example i cloned the tall tower a few times to add more depth etc to the image.
I then layered images i had taken of graffiti in a warehouse i found. I think the graffiti layered emphasizes the urban city feeling, I changed the opacity, curves and shadows and highlights in order for the graffiti to show through in random areas.

vault 49

"The work of Vault49 carves a unique space for itself. Vault49 maintains that it is no longer possible to refer to graphic design as being so disconnected from the art world. Graphic design is growing and evolving to encompass many different approaches, techniques and genres, including much of the territory that was the exclusive reserve of the artist, such as selfcommissioned and self-published work like The Greatest Show On Earth." -http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theaoi.com/news/newspics/vault49.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.theaoi.com/Mambo/index.php%3Foption%3Dcontent%26task%3Dview%26id%3D597%26Itemid%3D28&h=387&w=461&sz=69&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=mzQNGyLT1sFjPM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvault%2B49%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG














I really like these images and how they’re almost fantasy like. I think they would make good advertisements for make up etc. And so my idea was to create images that could possibly used in advertising,

more combining images

Again these were takin in the mental asylum, this image is quite surreal. the natural light coming through the door suggests the viewer is having an insight into the life at the mental asylum, the light also shows a contrast between the outside world and the dark dingey building.

These images are meant to suggest how much young women are under presuure my the media-magazines, celebs, tv etc to look good. The cropped image shows Georgia with her hair spray, but when the whole image is revealed, the gun represents the pressure that some may feel to be up to date with fashion, weight etc. The gun also suggests that this obsession to "keep up" can actually drive people crazy,,for example anorexia.

The background image was takin in High Royds, a closed down mental asylum and so i wanted to make this image quite surreal and creepy, i layered a image of lucy over the top and ensured she was quite translucent to suggest a ghost like feel. I also made the image black and white as i think it adds to the eerie tone of the image.

Here i combined two of my photographs to create a more abstract image.
i layered the two images and then adjusted the curves and balances so that the city lights are only visible on her face, This image repesents Anna's new university life in the city, with the reflection of alcohol bottles and city lights.