Zach Sesar

Chance Project

Nature and Industry

            This assignment is to create a digital works piece from the chance of organic/geometric shapes will mix on a surface. The creator will take ten pictures of what they depict as Nature or Industrial.

Materials

1. paper, pen, and coin
2. digital camera
3. access to the adobe program photoshop
4. Microsoft Word

Taking ten photos

1. stand in location desired for photo and document where it is
2. flip coin

heads: hold the camera at 90% (angle axis arm/leg)

tails: hold camera at 135% (angle axis arm/leg)

3. take picture and title

When titling the work artist needs to think in random and do not erase any marking put; listen to what is in your surrounding at this certain point and time.

Remember what images go with location and title

Repeat process for all 10

Translating photos through Photoshop

1. create a folder called “chance” on a desktop
2. then create two folders inside that folder called, “start” and finish”
3. download 10 images into the start folder
4. Automate batch Process all images to 10’’ by 10’’ at 300 ppi

Remove constrain proportions lock

For assistance use  this URL address

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~telarts/Art410/tutorials/PHOTOSHOP%20/AUTOMATING%20TASKS/PHOTOSHOP-Batch.htm

           

5. start with the first image taken and copy this complete image
6. create a new project (titled defined by creator and save into “chance” folder
7. then paste image upon “new document”
8. open next image that was taken into photoshop and copy/paste upon “new document”

layer that was pasted drop the fill and opacity to 90%

REPEAT step 8. for next eight images moving the opacity/fill 10% on each layer.

Once finished flatten image and save into “chance” folder

PRINT

On Microsoft world

1. document each picture from, angle, place, title, Opacity/Fill percentage
2. save in “Chance” folder

PRINT

Place works together on a wall

Inspired by Rosler, The Bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems, 1975

Thank you for playing

This is my creation from this formula

Blue Skies For You and SFSU

By Zach Sesar

1. 135%, SFSU FA Building looking out window by room 538, “Stormy Block”, 100%
2. 135%, SFSU FA Building by exit sign looking at window 5^th, “Outer Peace” 90%
3. 90%, SFSU FA Building  by couch looking out window 5^th floor, “Snowfl…Storm is”, 80%
4. 90%, SFSU FA Building By Stairs looking out window 5^th floor, “BlockyPlace”, 70%
5. 90%, SFSU FA Building by elevator looking out window 5^th floor, “Letters of Space”, 60%
6. 90%, SFSU by drain near Ceasar Chavez Center, “Oh my gah blah”, 50%
7. 135%, SFSU FA entrance by vent, “Blue Sweater tip-tap”, 40%
8. 135%, SFSU by garbage, tables, and handicap access, “Why is he taking”, 30%
9. 90%, SFSU Waterfall, “Raindrop”, 20%
10. 135%, SFSU outside of ceramics lab, “Battle”, 10%