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Submitted: March 8, 2012
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tear.yourself.apartby =JeanFan

Photography / Conceptual

The struggles of reality
And the struggle to become real
They're tearing you apart dear
You're tearing yourself apart

Tutorials and Resources
- Bounce lighting: [link]
- Ancient Warmth action: [link]

Materials and Methods
Nikon D80 + Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F/1.8D + IR remote. SB-600 for bounce lighting against a nearby white wall. A dark towel was hung in the background. Greyscaled using the blue channel in post + Ancient Warmth action and some desaturation for the sepia effect. Sharpening to bring out the textures.

I've seen this technique done once before. You take a photo. Print it out. Then scratch the photo with a pair of scissors. Then rescan the photo. I believe the photo was from dA but my memory may be faulty. It was also a sepia or greyscaled shot except of a man tearing apart his chest. If anyone happens to know the photo I'm talking about, I'd love to link back and give proper credit for the inspiration.

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Originally submitted on FB, but it's a cool technique that I thought I'd share here too. I'm very happy with the way this turned out. I know it's one of those grotesque, not-so-pretty type of photos but it's a great technique that ultimately evokes a thought-provoking concept and at the end of the day, to inspire thought is much better than having something be "pretty".

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~NinjaTeddiesGalore Jul 1, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Is that a song or something? Because I swear I recognise it!

~BENEFIELDAVON Jun 11, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

CLEVER!

~midnigght May 6, 2012

well done : )

~zhanyuhao Mar 12, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

What a nice idea..

*GiardQatar Mar 11, 2012

Great, brilliant idea

~BlackJack0919 Mar 11, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

and luckily I just have my scanner delivered today

So...

~inhale-then-exhale Mar 10, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

very nice work

and thanks for sharing the technique

~NaturallyUndefined Mar 9, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

That's a really cool technique.

~darkmag07 Mar 9, 2012 Student Filmographer

Looks super gritty. I was trying to decide the technique for making those whites lines while looking at the thumbnail. It's cool to see you actually cut out bits of the photo (as opposed to editing it in photoshop which was my first thought).

~Bergsjo Mar 9, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

Cool.

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