Misha Matchette Online Portfolio
Bright
This picture is based off of a picture that I took of my mom and a picture from Red Rock Canyon. My personal favorite thing about this piece is my mom's smile, the bright colors, and the negative space.
Energy
This piece was a conceptual photography piece that I did for the theme “energy.” My goal for this piece was to focus on the bright colors and to do something more abstract than I normally do.
Inspiration
This piece was created for Doodle4Google 2018. The theme was “What inspires you?” After thinking about it, I take a lot of my inspiration from videogames. While I am not anywhere near a stereotypical teenage gamer (i.e.: I’m a girl), I still draw inspiration mostly from the art and story lines as opposed to the actual gameplay. In this piece I based each letter of “Google” on a different part or type of videogames. From left to right, the inspirations are adventure, another world, underwater and fauna, flora and jungle, racing and intensity, and coin collecting.
Sunrise Castle
The castle in this piece was originally done to be an asset in my Doodle4Google piece, but after finishing it, I decided to finish it as its own piece. Creating the castle was challenging because I tried as hard as I could to make everything pixel perfect while still working on a very small scale.
Watching, Waiting
This piece is based off of a picture I took of my cat, Poppy, as she was watching my other cat, Louie, and waiting for him to move from “her” patch of sunlight. I chose to do the cut outs in this way to provide visual interest and to highlight the intensity in Poppy’s eyes.
Sullen
This piece is entitled “Sullen” because my brother was being a sullen teenager when I tool this photo. One thing I really like about this piece is the black and white against subtle colors.
Hidden Beauty
My goal for this piece was to make something in Photoshop that I digitally painted. Before this, I had never even done something similar to this style, but I love the end result. I learned a lot while creating this piece and I have already started a couple other pieces with this more painted look. Overall, this is probably one of my favorite pieces that I have done, simply for the sheer beauty of the end result.
Hidden Beauty Sketch
This sketch was what I used as the base for my “Hidden Beauty” piece. I included it here to show a bit of my process before actually creating a “final” version of my pieces. Whenever I create pieces I like to have a plan of how I want to go about making it before I even start. While I understand that things most likely will not exactly as I planned, it allows me to focus on where I want to go and how to work around any problems that arise.
Trypophobia
Trypophobia is the phobia of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. For this piece I tried to create something that would invoke the sense of unease that trypophobia induces with those that I have it. When I first showed this to some of my classmates for feedback, they informed me that it made them uneasy and couldn’t look at it for too long, which I took to mean I was successful in my goal.
Illumination
This is my first piece in a set of three all based on transparency. I have always loved glass work and the way that piece can reflect and refract light. I chose this photo because I think the angles and cuts in the glass lends itself really well to this concept.
Candles
This is my second photo in my transparency set. For this photo I tried to mimic the look of an illuminated candle but without the flame. My goal in using these colors was to have complimentary colors with one in your face and one that is more subtle.
Waves
This is my final photo in my transparency set. For this piece, my goal was to accent the random waves and bumps in the glass, which I achieve through using two light sources as opposed to just one.
FHP
This piece was based off of the Grand Canyon and the mountain lion, which are commonly found there. Personally, I love the effects of a double exposure piece but for this piece, it just wasn’t enough. I soon decided to combine it with another favorite style of mine: a more geometric style. After I made the necessary changes, the piece, in my opinion, was just right.
Canyon
This piece was based off of the Grand Canyon and the mountain lion, which are commonly found there. Personally, I love the effects of a double exposure piece but for this piece, it just wasn’t enough. I soon decided to combine it with another favorite style of mine: a more geometric style. After I made the necessary changes, the piece, in my opinion, was just right.
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