Part one
I painted the egghead with black and white acrylic paint. At first, I tried to use only black paint to draw a more linear self-portrait, but I find it difficult to draw very fine lines on the egg surface. Then I chose to add gray and create some shadow to make the head more realistic.
Part two
process
I have no experience shooting pure white backgrounds before, so I watched the demo video a few times and then tried to set up a shooting environment at home. For the background, I used a large piece of white paper which I placed on the sofa to form a more natural angle. I chose to use natural light as the main light source. Then use white cardboard as a reflector. Then transparent glue and small cardboard are used as auxiliary props. I used cardboard supports to allow the eggs to stand up and glued them in place. Then I shoot with my phone.
In the second picture, I wanted to create a bathing atmosphere, so I used a shallow iron plate at first and then added some water and dish soap to it to create some foam to make the scene more realistic. But I found that there is a big difference in texture between iron plates and bathtub materials used in general bathing. So I reused a ceramic bowl and put some foam paper under it for support. Then I wrapped a shower cap around my hair with a piece of sulfuric acid paper to make the whole scene look more real.
In the third picture, I initially wanted to put the egghead on the cat’s face but I didn’t think it was very creative. So I found a picture of paramecia under a microscope online and put this picture on top of the paramecia. It’s like a face that gets very, very small in the microscopic world is very interesting.
Paramecium protozoa, light micrograph, paramecium-protozoa-light-micrograph-6361617.htmlv
Final photos
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