This project is a digital art exchange between middle school students at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS] [Houston, Texas] and Eisenhower Middle School [Wyckoff, New Jersey] to enhance vocational skills in photography and photo software utilization. The students will learn from and grow with each other through posting of their digital art and writing to each other via this blog. The compounded approach of each student exchanging photographs for digital manipulation to make digital art from each other's original image ... similar to the "exquisite
corpse" approach taken within the Fine Arts and an example shown at www.tomharold.com ... will create situations of social and artistic exchange under the teaching and guidance of the teachers.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Zarait, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Zarait at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Savannah at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: The Long Bench to see the original photo.
Raul, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
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Digital art by Raul at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Chris at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Pledge From Below to see the original photo.
Melitza, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Melitza at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Matt at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Fish Going Crazy to see the original photo.
Kimberly, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Kimberly at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Andrew at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Shadow to see the original photo.
Joen, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Joen at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Jennifer at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: The Peace Grass to see the original photo.
Julio, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Julio at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Matt at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Teardrops From A Stoop to see the original photo.
Jennifer G., 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Jennifer G. at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Taylor at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Only Shadows Tell The Truth to see the original photo.
Jennifer F., 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Jennifer F. at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Lexie at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Pinecones to see the original photo.
Fidel, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Fidel at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: No Escape to see the original photo.
Daniel, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Daniel at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Alex at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: The Great Flag to see the original photo.
Christian, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Christian at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Maggie at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Window Reflection to see the original photo.
Cathy, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Cathy at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: No Escape to see the original photo.
Adrian, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Adrian at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Cylinder Spotlight to see the original photo.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Zarait, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Zarait at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Jennifer at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: The Peace Grass to see the original photo.
Christian, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Christian at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Taylor at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Kangaroo Kid to see the original photo.
Joen, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Joen at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Taylor at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Only Shadows Tell The Truth to see the original photo.
Fidel, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Fidel at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Andrew at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Shadow to see the original photo.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Jennifer G., 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Jennifer G. at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Danny at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Flying Shoe to see the original photo.
Melitza, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Melitza at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Lexie at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Pinecones to see the original photo.
Kimberly, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Kimberly at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Savannah at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: The Long Bench to see the original photo.
Jennifer F., 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Jennifer F. at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Matt at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Teardrops From A Stoop to see the original photo.
Raul, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Raul at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: No Escape to see the original photo.
Daniel, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Daniel at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Brendan at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Cylinder Spotlight to see the original photo.
Cathy, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Cathy at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Matt at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Fish Going Crazy to see the original photo.
Ana, 8th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Ana at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Chris at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Pledge From Below to see the original photo.
Adrian, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Adrian at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Alex at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: The Great Flag to see the original photo.
Jocelyne, 7th Grade, RYSS [Digital Art]
Digital art by Jocelyne at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success. The original photo by Maggie at Eisenhower Middle School was manipulated in GIMP 2 photo software.
Go to: Window Reflection to see the original photo.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Alex, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
When I was looking for a cool picture, I saw the flag in Mr. L's room. I noticed there was a slight fold on the flag. So I took the picture of the part of the flag that was folded. So in conclusion, I created a great picture, probably my best ever.
Maggie, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
When I took this picture, I put the camera at the bottom of a slanted window, facing upwards. Then, when I took the picture, my head was reflecting off the window. I like this picture because it was fun to take, and I think it is really cool.
Taylor, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
I thought this picture was good. To tell the truth, I don't know what makes this picture so special but apparently it's pretty good. What I can't explain is why the shadows speak to me so much. They almost seem... symbolical for some reason. This is what makes it a great picture.
Brendan, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
When I took this picture, I had to close the gates to that hallway as much as I could. Then I walked up to take the picture instead of zooming in so that it wouldn't get blurry. It was interesting to see this picture because you only see these gates closed at night (i know this because at school concerts they block off the area) and it sort of made it look like they were closing.
Brendan, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
I took this picture in our school's band room. If you didn't know it already, this is a picture of the bottom of an xylophone. I sat down underneath the xylophone when I took the picture. The cover was over the xylophone, making it easier for me to pick which area of the xylophone I would take a picture of. This picture was interesting to me because many people don't know what the bottom of an xylophone looks like, so they didn't know what the picture was. It makes people think.
Savannah, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
This picture is from a different point of view. It shows what life is like from a strange point of view. I got down on the ground and looked at the bench from many different points of view and I found the one that I thought looked the best and I got this!
Chris, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
When I took this picture I got at an angle that not many people see of a flag, the underside. I got down on the ground and took around 10 or so pictures and choose my best.
Jennifer, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
This is my straight photo. It was through a window and I was wearing a peace sign on my shirt so it showed up on the grass through the window.It was the reflection of my shirt on the grass. It वास a complete straight photography from a different point of view.
Danny, 7th Grade, Eisenhower MS
In my picture "The Flying Shoe" I know what you are thinking. It's just a shoe. Well of course its just a shoe. But the way the image is captured is what makes it so cool. I did exactly what you think I did. I took my shoe off and threw it up to the trees and quickly took a picture. I wanted to make it seem like it is high so I got the shoe right in the sky with a tree on its side. This way it looked like it was as high as the tree.
Lauren, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student
When I made this picture, I copied and pasted the back picture, which was a picture that Van Gogh painted of his bedroom. Then I took a picture of Sam in that certain pose. Next I erased the walls in the picture of Sam. Then I copied and pasted Sam into Van Gogh's painting. Finally I got my finished picture.
Sam, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student
This image started with a simple picture of one of my friends in front of a white wall. I used a pattern tool in the background and put a filter on top of everything.
I think that this picture is very cool because it is what a normal picture looks like with all of the colors messed up.
I think that this picture is very cool because it is what a normal picture looks like with all of the colors messed up.
Tim, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student
I chose this picture to manipulate because I liked how each blade of grass looked in a pile like that. I had planned to put a bug in the picture and make it look like it was in the grass. Before I did that I used a filter to make the picture look better. I was surprised that just one filter could make such a big difference. I thought that adding a bug could wreck the picture so stopped with one filter.
Brendan, 7th Grade, Manipulated Image by Eisenhower Student
When I took this picture of some of my friends were talking in the hallway, I had to take the picture quickly before they moved. After taking the picture, I imported it and colored each person's clothes and body on different layers. Then for the background, I clicked one spot to color and then let go. Next, I held the shift key down and clicked another spot to make a straight line. This allowed me to successfully re-draw the background. Lastly, I added filters and layer styles. I copied the background's layer and made the copy partially transparent. By making the copy a partially transparent, I was able to see and mix the original background with the layer style.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Zarait, 8th Grade, RYSS
This photo is available for downloading to make digital art. Click on picture to show larger version, then right click on this version and "save picture as".Student photographer's analysis of the photo:
This picture shows a leaf that is dying. It makes me feel sad because the old leaf is about to fall to the ground. Probably the fence is the reason that the leaf is dying faster. I would like to do something about the leaf's situation, but I just can't do anything about it. The colors of the leaf are green and brown. The shape is strange because it looks like a piece of paper that has been burned. And it has holes. The leaf also has lines that are going in different directions.
Zarait, 8th Grade, Junior Academy, Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS], Houston, Texas
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Tom Chambers is Technology Applications teacher at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [Junior School], Houston, Texas, U.S.A. He was Visiting Lecturer in Digital/New Media Art for the Fine Arts Department at Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China, 2005-2007. He was Executive Committee Member and Juror (2003 - 2005) for the International Digital Art Awards (IDAA), and was instrumental in expanding the content of the IDAA to include New Media Art, and served as on-line New Media Director (2004 - 2005). Chambers has been a documentary photographer and visual artist for over thirty years, and he is currently working with the pixel as Minimal Art (Pixelscapes) which begins to approach a true, abstract, visual language in Digital Art.