Week 2 FMP - Monday 26th April

After a week of not really getting anywhere with my project i've finally been experimenting with a few things and this is what ive come up with today.

My initial inspiration came from the idea of the Rorschach Aka. Ink Blot test, as 'hidden' shapes/things that have more than meets the eye. I was going to translate this idea onto the 'hidden' lives of the homeless, that they are essentially part of any city, but when you look closer: whats really there? who are these people? etc etc.... you get the idea.
Anyway, here are my attempts at using the Rorschach shapes: not to show homelessness neccescarily, more experimentation in creating some shapes:

 I also used a pen to make the outlines of the shapes stronger:

I then scanned these images into Photoshop and messed around with a few blends, filters, and adjusted colour, contrast and brightness.

I was starting to get some really interesting images that wouldn't look bad as band art (that last one is maybe too much of an acid trip)... i went with this feel and started to simplify the image. First by removing colour:

and then adjusting the contrast:

 And finally coming up with a distressed-looking Rorschach print that is clear and simple (and possibly quite spooky?):

NOW, I think that there are some usefull things here, and tomorrow i would like to develop these images, possibly by tracing the simple shapes and loading them onto an OHP and drawing large versions of them on the walls and see what insiration comes from that... Camera is finally charging, so hopefully ill be more consistent in uploading photos of my progress.

l8r,

Charlie.