In the lab I used Photoshop to transform my cupcake and make the top of it much larger than the bottom. This disfigured it so that it can only be seen like normal from one perspective. Distorting and stretching the object allowed for it to look more realistic when seen from the correct position. It was important to grid the image so that I could draw it and scale it correctly into my sketchbook. It was also important to use colored pencils to color it in and make it look more realistic, add value to make the anamorphosis drawing look more three dimensional, and shade so that it looked as if the object was coming off the page.
I changed my photo in the lab by putting it into Photoshop and changing the threshold so that the picture was in black and white. I used newspapers as the background for my stencil. They don't relate to my stencil, but I used them because I knew they wouldn't take away from my stencil. I used purple and green watercolor and spray paint because those colors look good together. Positive/Negative space was used to create the stencil. The positive space was cut out so that when I spray painted the objects I cut out showed up black on my collage. The negative space remained the color of the collage. This allowed for contrast between the lights of the green and purple and the darks of the black, allowing for a better composition. While using the Xacto Knife you are supposed to cut away from yourself, but not towards anybody else. You are also supposed to keep it in it's container when you are not using it. To use the knife you cut along the edges of the piece of paper that you want cut out. I found it very hard to cut because it was really hard to get the knife to cut all the way through the paper. I had a very hard time spray painting because it was really hard to get the spray paint out of the bottle. I also forgot to hold down the stencil so when I spray painted a lot of the areas that were supposed to stay white ended up getting spray painted. Color choice is important because you don't want the stencil to get lost in the background.
