Scott Hazard

I'm really excited about this next project we're going to be doing. It's inspired by Scott Hazard who's work is phenomenal and intriguing. I really enjoy his work because it's so interesting to look at and I cannot wait to get started on this project because I all ready have a clear idea of what I want to do with his techniques. 

Here's an example of what Scott does.

I find it to be almost other worldly in the fact that the holes or tears in his images could represent an opening to another dimension.

 I can't help but wonder where he got this idea form or what inspired him.

I wanted to do something really unique with this project and so, I chose to do a morbid theme starring my brother. 

His journey starts with a hole in the ground, which is only the first occurrence of his evident fate of being engulfed by a portal to an alternate universe.

Using the magnetic lasso, I cut out my brothers' leg to make it appear that he is stepping over the hole in the ground. I also created the layers in this image with the magnetic lasso, added inner shadows and strokes to make the hole appear as if it were subducting into the ground.

In  this second image, my brother is running from the portal which is gaining more force and area. 

I created this effect by darkening the inner shadows and adjusting the brightness to once again produce depth.

In this picture, my brothers' fate has caught up with him and the portal is consuming him.

This image was a challenge, I needed a lot of help from Mr.Memmott. Eventually by using inner shadows, outer glows and playing with each of the layers levels; it all came together.

This last image represents the idea of after entering the portal, my brother gets possessed and is offering for the viewer to come into this horrible place. 

This image was a lot like the first. I had to cut out my brothers' hand with the magnetic lasso and like all the other images, use the same editing procedure and finally a 3D effect was created, which was exactly what I wanted to achieve.

I created these images in Photoshop by using the lasso tools to cut out the 'portals' in my pictures. To add the perspective of depth, I used an inner shadow and increased the distance of the shadow as the layers got smaller. I also added a stroke to my images to make them appear like the 'portals' were ripping through the images.