Rhythm

I chose the sense of touch for my project.  The following are the four words I selected and their respective images.  I used Photoshop to alter them, helping to represent their words more.  A description of what each originally was is beneath each. 



Rough:



 This was a picture of denim threading which I texturized and embossed.  I also made a few other alterations but the two aforementioned are the most effective and obvious.  The texture added was to emphasize the alternating rhythm in the stitch and its colors.




Soft:


Here I used a picture of cotton swabs.  I mirrored the image down the center to give it more of a progressive rhythm such as that of Edward Weston's photo on page 121.  I added the canvas texture, changed the color tone, soften the light, and warped the image at the top (also to help with the rhythm).



 Hands:



I'm not even sure where to start explaining how this one came to be.  I had an idea for an alternating rhythm pattern that mimicked the other one I used a few weeks back and started searching for hands to use.  I ended up playing around with the two following pictures and came up with this.


I toyed with them both until I felt happy with what I created above.  ultimately, I wanted to create an alternating pattern and I accomplished that.



Hot(Heat):


For my "hot" image I used an image of roaring flames and repeated the image.  I used a few effects to emphasize the heat so that an alternating pattern would emerge.


For my fifth image I created the following.....


Touch:


I found this specific slide to be a problem.  I could not figure out a way to create something in a grey scale using lines while displaying movement.  I thought outside of the box and came up with this.  I feel I hit what was asked for only not in the way originally thought.  The lines are found in the glass illusion I placed over the image.  They run vertically through the moisture.  I also mirrored them as well.  There are also lines found in the falling where the little girl has her arms stretched.  The hands and the girl represent touch as does the entire image.  I want the viewer to be engrossed in the feeling of "wetness" from looking at it.  I used the following to make this image.



I tried very hard to come up with something, random shapes, even the following was a failed attempt with a little cheating by making it an animated gif. to simulate movement.

Thank you for viewing.....

Failed attempt: