Pinterest Images

From the four images I mentioned in my first post, this was the first image that stood out to me as I was first browsing Pinterest for images such as this. Although these are in fact plastic wall panels and are not made from paper, they have a very similar appearance to folded paper, with the corners being rounded off and the texture being smooth and white.

 As for the lighting in this photograph, there appears to be a studio light coming in from the upper right-hand side of the image. The four tiles in a 2x2 grid from the top left-hand corner of the photo to the centre are repeated for each pattern afterward, as seen by the tiles in the top right-hand corner, the bottom left-hand corner, and the bottom right-hand corner, which are all the same as the tile in the top left-hand corner.

 The four tiles are unique, in that they are rotated in different directions but then are placed in a pattern. With small square cut-outs of paper, I will fold them all uniquely and have them in a pattern not too dissimilar to this. With Photoshop and other Adobe products now at my disposal, I will easily be able to adjust the base photo and create a more concise and cleaner pattern.

 Due to this image featuring plastic panels, it would obviously be a lot more difficult to recreate this with paper as making very precise folds can be difficult, as well as the fact that corner folds will overlap on paper without folding it in half diagonally, which would skew the look I am aiming to achieve. The final piece will look different to this, but I am hoping to achieve a similar pattern / similar shapes with this attempt.

Here is the second image I selected from my Pinterest board. This piece, too, is created from plastic, and has a smoother texture and brighter lighting than the previous. These shapes, however, appear easier to create out of paper as they feature folds through the middle of the tiles rather than exclusively on the outside.

 It may also be possible to construct these out of cut-out pieces of paper all stuck together to form a shape similar to this, although I do not want to bring too many materials and techniques into this project, as the main ideology is simplicity; minimalism and easy recreation is the lynchpin of this project.

 The lighting in this image appears to come almost from directly above, albeit further toward the back and to the right-hand side some more, say, in the top right-hand corner and higher above the tiles / in front of, seeing as these may be displayed on a wall in this demonstration. There is almost no clear or consistent pattern throughout, not in grids nor rows, although the bottom row does show a consistent pattern, with the upright panels' left-hand side face slanting downward toward the middle, and the sideways panels' middle fold tapering down into the right-hand middle and then back upward in both the first and second set. In layman's terms, left, down, up, left, down, up.

 For most other rows, however, there appears to be no pattern aside from the occasional 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, as seen in both the third and fourth rows. Despite the inconsistency of the patterns, I will attempt to recreate these shapes and lay them out similar to the first image. I may also branch off into slightly different territories, i.e. ripped paper or simple folded structures to create effects, i.e. springs or circles.

Here is the third image I selected from my board. This may look familiar, as it is a demonstration of a full wall with the tiles of the first image on. Seeing this pattern in a larger scale and from a different angle gives me a better idea of how to recreate this, as some shapes just out very far and others taper inward at different angles, such as the bottom right-hand corner one out of the four in the middle.

 The folds are going to overlap due to the recreation being made in paper, but I am okay with that, as a perfect recreation is not what I am going for, but an effect not too dissimilar.

 In order to recreate this piece, I will take the original pattern from the first recreation, duplicate it until the canvas is filled up and change the perspective to be viewed from the left-hand side. Doing it this way as opposed to having it the other way round will make it much easier as I will not have to manually rotate, scale or warp any of the patterns.

 Due to the tiles in this piece having the same consistent pattern as in the first image, the consistency will remain as the pattern will be the same in both this recreation and the first. The first will simply act as a small scale, a demonstration with simple photo editing, whereas this will act as a test of abilities in Photoshop, what with the warping, scaling, light balancing, etc.

Here is the fourth and final image chosen from the twenty-odd on my Pinterest board. Dissimilar to the previous posts, this piece is actually created from white paper, with an engineer having transformed the standard sheets into warped tiles.

 Of course, the comparison between a college student's ability and the ability of an engineer with both several years and a wide range of experience is unfair, but I will still attempt to create something similar to this.

 Keep in mind that most of these recreations will differ greatly from the source material and may not be easily ascribed to the inspiration, although I will be attempting to recreate them partially to the best of my abilities.

 I am unsure as to what else I may be able to write about this piece as it is very similar to all the previous ones in that it is warped, carefully constructed paper panels on a wall. The main difference between this piece and the previous pieces is that this one is made from paper, whereas the others use a material with a colour and texture akin to paper.