My concept revolves around the idea that the asteroid never hit earth and that the dinosaurs are still around to this day. Certain areas of the world are known for their fossil remains such as Utah, which is the location of this scene, showing what their future home could have been like in that area. I wanted to play with the idea of what the interaction between humans and dinosaurs might look like in modern days; knowing human nature and history, it's likely that someone would have figured out a way to put them in captivity. It would be my assumption that the dinosaurs would be very disinterested in humans, especially ones watching them through a fence; while the humans on the other hand would be very fascinated and want to disturb them. I thought it would be funny to place tourists wearing stereotypical clothing and ignoring warning signs to get a good view of the dinosaur at the exhibit. To create this scene, I used my own photo from a garden in Utah, photos I took of my parents, Adobe Illustrator to make the signs, generative AI for the fence and the rocks behind it, and stock photos for the dinosaur images.
The work entitled Fake It: Brachiosaurus Exhibit by graphic design artist Brianne Schriever challenges the idea of visual media by creating a fake scene that questions the integrity of what’s real and what’s not. There’s a small little landscape where you can see the blue sky and clouds with almost desert-like red rocks. Coming from the back forward, the background consists of a specific dinosaur (I’m assuming a Brachiosaurus) standing on the rock looking at a side profile to the left. The middle ground consists of just more red rock in the middle while the foreground consists of a wooden fence across the page with two figures and two signs. For the figures, there’s a man with a cowboy hat, red backpack with shorts, and a vacation shirt climbing on top of the fence to where he’s basically holding on to the top rail and looking over the fence. The other figure is a woman on the ground but standing on top of a large rock with a camera in her hand that’s placed between the railing of two wood boards. She’s wearing a tan hat with the line patterned shirt with black shorts. The two signs consist of one stating “PLEASE KEEP OFF THE FENCE” and the other seems to be information of a Dinosaur called “Brachiosaurus” along with its name. In the image, both of the signs are hanging on top of the wooden boards (one is hanging from the board the other is placed on top).
ReplyDeleteBased on the elements described previously, I would say that this is a simulation of a certain exhibition of an outside zoo. The reason for that is because of how there’s usually a protective barrier between the person and the animal for protection, the amount of energy the man put to climb on top of the fence to see the animal along with the woman taking a picture of the dinosaur, and the fact that there’s information on the animal we see on one of the signs. With that being said, the work is suggesting something that could have happened if dinosaurs were existing today (since the clothes the people were wearing is a more modern fashion style of what we wear today). Some could argue that it’s a possibility that this is a non-famous zoo because of how many people are trying to see the animal along with the fact that the they used wood to protect the people from the animal (which is basically not doing much since the animal could easily scoop them up– but that’s beside the point). Plus, due to movies and past historical events, the dinosaur picked is known to be a herbivore and due to its long neck and body shape, it’s a recognizable dinosaur that’s not going to cause harm to humans. But I believe the artist wanted to showcase a possible conspiracy of showing fake proof of us seeing a rare animal that died years ago. Some could also argue that this to say that there’s a secret place where dinosaurs still exist and only certain people can see it (it’s kind of pushing it but it’s possible).
Looking at it overall with placement of everything, it can be pretty believable. There’s a clear field of depth to get an understanding of a background, middle ground, and foreground. The scale of the dinosaur and the figures are very accurate to the point of view (meaning the figures and dinosaur are properly scaled to what it would actually be). I think the biggest issue with this would have to be lighting and shadows from primarily the figure. There’s a little bit of confusion when it comes to which direction the sunlight is coming from. Based on the dinosaur, it seems the light is coming from the right and it seems like the sun should be on top because of how bright the dinosaur’s back is. The shadow of the dinosaur is pretty good but it should be pushed a bit more in front of the dinosaur due to the light’s direction. There seems to be some shadows missing from the figures because some parts of the body are darker from the rest that don't align with the sunlight direction. I also think that when it comes to the figures, they're coming off a little misplaced. Playing with the levels in photoshop could possibly help with that issue since they seem like they came from a shadow. The issue can also be seen in the signs because they look don’t quite look like they were initially placed there. Other than that, I think the composition is well put together but some tweaks on the lighting would have made this more successful.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to theorizing the reason for the work, I think that the artist is trying to show a contemporary version of how humans would react to something that we think is impossible. What makes it a more accurate depiction is because of the lack of people that are trying to view the dinosaur meaning seeing a dinosaur isn’t something that extravagant action (as if it’s just another animal in the zoo). I’m not too sure if this is really bringing awareness to the idea of deep fakes besides showing how it’s something to convenience a later generation of what “really happened”. Other than that, there’s not really a clear reasoning for false visual information. I think the artist wanted to try to persuade the idea of what we currently may know is fake but the later generation would probably assume that it actually happened.
After much look at the in depth understanding of this work titled Fake It: Brachiosaurus Exhibit by graphic design artist Brianne Schriever, it does a great job of deception when it comes to a generational sense. The components in the work are well put together that makes a clear path to where the eye is supposed to be looking from the top of the dinosaur's head to the bottom of the woman’s body. The placement of the figures was a good interpretation of how today’s society would react when it came to the zoo and seeing an animal. I think the biggest challenge for the viewer was working with the lighting of certain aspects of work and that’s ok because that comes with practice and working more with Photoshop. The deeper concept of dinosaurs being able to survive up to now can possibly challenge the idea of generational convening and maybe suggest the idea of climate change. Meaning for dinosaurs to be living to know, global warming must not be as severe considering they are still living. Other than that, this was really well done and I thought that this was a good depiction of a Deep Fake. Good Job :)