works in progress - opinions welcome!

Today (16/3/11) in class I had the opportunity to begin some work on some of my folio pieces from photos i have taken during the week just past!

This entry will showcase major works in progress or final folio ideas.
stay tuned for heaps more to come!
I would love to hear your opinions!

***NOTE***

THESE ARE WORKS IN PROGRESS SO THEY MIGHT BE/WILL BE CHANGED/EDITED!

This is my Cinderella one. it is a first try and trial of colours and photoshop techniques.
I'm not sure if this is the best of images because it isn't instantly recognizable as Cinderella. However, I do love the use of colour and shading that I have put in digitally. It creates a false-ness to it leaving it to a book or fantasy realm.
***UPDATE  23/3/11***
 after reflecting back on this image I believe this would work well is instead of the figure holding a shoe in the right hand, maybe holding a empty beer bottle or mobile phone or something like that. this would connect the context back to modern society as we know it now.
But then does it or would it read as a Cinderella image if the shoe was removed from the image?






This image was created from the collage week of semester.This is my first attempt of a Rapunzel idea.
I really like how this one turned out. It turned out quite cartoonish which is what I'm hoping to achieve either in look or in context. Furthermore, the composition of this image works quite well I believe. There are the 3 main or larger points of focus - model (a.k.a me), tower, and the clouds - but the colours work really well which is indeed a focal point in itself!











This is my first trial of video art. It's a abstract or representative look at Little Red Riding Hood after the wolf incident.
I love the effects that i used and how that creates feeling and emotion through-out the piece. also i was originally thinking about removing the original sound from the clips and adding some music or sound effects to the end result, however i think the organic sounds and background noise heighten the mood, feeling and emotion even more.
To view the video on youtube and comment directly on the video, click here!






So this one is my digital painting piece of artwork.
it's a subtle reflection on Sleeping Beauty. She sits outside all day wanting sleep, isolated from the world and alone. Stuck in her every day living, she wants to escape. but she constantly remind herself that she doesn't need a prince to come and wake her up...she just needs that sleep, rest and confidence in herself. she struggles with herself to find that though....
i did create the sepia tone and flowers using photoshop and painter combined. i didn't want to create an "overboard" painting on the computer, i just wanted to create something more subtle!
i like the framing of this image which is a little different to my others.
I'm not so sure on the text or the style of the text that i've used here....i think i went a little over board with the text.....
the framing of the text i'm not so sure on either. maybe if i overlaid the text on the image itself instead of creating a sort of frame.....
i think the colour swap has worked well though. I mean how the main part of the image is saturated and washed away but the flowers are almost bright and colourful.
*** Flowers are meant to look fake here ***

This is my stop motion digital artwork. it's a modern take on Snow White and her loneliness.... I really like how it ended up.
I was  nervous about doing this art form because i had no idea about what to do.  I apologise if you can't read the writing in the video, hopefully most of the writing can be read.
This is my first attempt of stop motion animation so please don't  judge it on that aspect. I'm not so sure that he ending is any good but i think it highlights the mood overall
Comments welcome!