Bright Paper Pieces

More scanned paper fun? Ok then!

This one was definitely inspired by Katie's family photo collage. I like the black and white photo mixed with the simple, cartoony background. Kinda like Angela Anaconda! Some Saturday morning memories right there.

Like my previous experiments with this fun technique you have to compose the image on the scanner backwards, so you put the background on last, and then hope everything underneath has stayed in place.

For this one I wanted to brighten up the sky. I fanned out five pieces of coloured paper and put them on top of the black and white image. In Photoshop I flattened the colours of the background to give a contrast to all that texture in the rocks.

For this one I used a colour photo instead of black and white and fanned out coloured paper like in the previous piece. Then in Photoshop I reflected the background and added a ripple effect so it looks like I'm walking on water.

Paper Confetti and Jumping Photos

More fun with photos, paper and a scanner.

I love how this one turned out. It makes me happy!

The first thing I did was find a photo of me jumping, which wasn't that hard because it turns out I have quite a few. The one I used was taken in Disneyland which would explain the jumping around.

I composed this image by placing the cut out photo of me jumping in the middle of the scanner, then I sprinkled on the tiny bits of coloured paper and put the letters in place, making sure to put them right side down.

Then I carefully put the piece of yellow paper on top and shut the lid.

I also tried it with white and black pieces of paper on top, but I think I like the yellow best.

I think the image would make a fun 'congratulations' card!

Then for fun I played around with what happens if you leave the lid of the scanner open.

I'm like Tinkerbell!