Physical Identity

Thinking about the way businesses and artists represent themselves graphically (such as having a certain style that they use in all their work) I had to change my own physical appearance in two different ways. The first was using Photoshop. I used the Clone tool to give myself a third eye on my forehead, then made my hoodie entirely monotone by selecting it and brushing it with a single colour picked directly from it. I then used a darker shade to draw a few lines where the creases were.













The second was made by making a pattern on a transparent projector sheet with ink and pens, then projecting it directly on to my face.














Both of these identity change methods have drawbacks. They are both 2D changes, so if I were to pose in a different direction, the changes would have to be made again from scratch in order for the identity to maintain its appearance. Also, the projector method doesn't allow for any physical changes to be made to my body, only for patterns and colour to be added.