You Are What You Eat Project

Investigate
The first thing I did after being assigned this project and reading the directions was begin to take note of every meal I ate, and the kinds of foods that those meals consisted of. I was absent the class period following the one when I had my project, so I had quite a selection of foods to choose from by the time I actually began. Another thing I did was look at examples of other food-face-collages. I payed attention to the ways in which the creators of each collage selected certain foods, and transformed others.

Plan
When I entered the planning phase of my project, I selected which foods I would use for the project, and which ones would be discarded. In my head, I arranged certain foods over my face to see which ones worked the best. I also looked at a few pages giving advice and information regarding the use of the transform tool. I also considered taking a pose to mix up the photo I would cover up with food, but thought against it. In the end, I finalized my ''pose" and list of foods to use.

Create
I finally began creating the project. I began by taking the picture. Instead of cropping out the background, I simply decided to fill the background with cheerios, a food from my list. I made my head out of an orange that I had shaped with the Warp tool. Bit by bit, I covered over my features from the actual picture with food items. I had trouble warping the body and neck, since they were larger and more complex pictures than any other. Interestingly, during the project I noticed that there was a bit less I could do to each shape than I could in Illustrator.

Evaluate
Looking back, I am for the most part satisfied with the outcome of my food collage. In my opinion, it is quite easy to discern my face from among all of the different food items. The items used also tell the story of my diet throughout the last weeks. The site that I looked at regarding the use of the transform tool ended up being useful, although I mainly just used the warp tool. In fact, all of the tutorials put up by the teacher taught me the basics of Photoshop, and built up my knowledge to eventually allow this project to work. The steps of the design cycle were helpful in completing this project in a smart way.

Final Product

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