Bob Wills
July 2025 - The Scream
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About the Image(s)
I have been working on this for a couple of years and finally decided I couldn't actually recreate the masterpiece, so here is my Photoshop version. I took a selfie of myself, distorted it and placed it on a sky background image I have in LRCC. I then added a bridge image and that completed my composite. I then made selections and added some color gradients, distortions and hope I created the mood of Edvard Munch in his works. My version is much hotter and disturbing. It is my influence by my love of Van Gogh. All suggestions are appreciated.
8 comments posted
Bob, I love the bright colors and interesting plot you have achieved. The archness adds to the feeling of The Scream. I have a couple of suggestions. I know. that you have been working on this for some time, so I apologize. . I would suggest that we show a mouth similar to the one in Munch's artwork and get rid of the brownish area over her head. I am attaching a very poor rendition, having used the clone tool o remove the browning arch. but in any case I love what you are achieving that is so unlike what we are seeing in the originals. Posted: 07/06/2025 00:42:19
Thank you, Joan. You can get a feeling how hard this has been for me. I've renamed and subsequently lost both files and layers. I will need to start afresh, probably, but I'm hoping for a lot of suggestions like you have done. Very helpful comment. Posted: 07/06/2025 01:48:11
Your image invokes enormous energy! I love the colors, especially the red as it signals alarms, high emotions. I agree with Joan's edits, but don't really have any other suggestions. This kind of abstraction is something I have not studied in the past. I am anxious to see more. Posted: 07/06/2025 18:03:31
Thank you, Karen. I think I can learn about composition, tone and color by studying what grabs my attention in paintings. Putting that study into a project becomes more difficult. Some of my use of PS filters has reduced the effect of my man screaming in the image. I need to get that back. Munch's work, including The Scream, had a formative influence on the Expressionist movement. He described the work as only being able to be painted by a madman. He spoke literally of seeing a blood red sky. Posted: 07/06/2025 20:16:08
Thanks for the history. I'll have to look up The Scream. Posted: 07/06/2025 20:32:12
You're welcome. I follow Blake Rudis (f64 Academy) who is a PS expert, unsuccessful painter, and not much better photographer but his recommendations are astute. Posted: 07/06/2025 20:39:56
I am amazed at your persitance over so long to produce this image! The colours work very well but I am not sure that I see the scream, even in Joans effort. I see a kite shaped object rather than a semblance of a human. Perhaps this is still a work in progress. Posted: 07/10/2025 11:10:59
Thanks, Ian. The Original above is my "The Scream" image on a background. I'll include the original artwork saved from an online source, so you can see why I posed as I did.
It will continue to be a work in progress.
As I said before, there are at least four different paintings with this title from Munch. Posted: 07/14/2025 22:01:43
It will continue to be a work in progress.
As I said before, there are at least four different paintings with this title from Munch. Posted: 07/14/2025 22:01:43