{"id":133,"date":"2018-09-21T22:26:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T02:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagination-art.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2018-09-21T23:34:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T03:34:42","slug":"homage-to-little-shop-of-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imagination-art.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/homage-to-little-shop-of-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Homage to Little Shop of Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Manna Photography \/\u00a0<\/em>September 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

IMAGINATION-ART BLOG POST #3<\/em><\/p>\n

As temperatures cool and memories of summer start to fade, my thoughts shifted to fall activities that I enjoy in my state of New Jersey. \u00a0Harvest festivals, pumpkin picking, hot apple cider, Halloween and my favorite horror movies.<\/p>\n

Sometimes inspiration comes from the most unlikely places. My wife was gifted a large leaf house plant for her birthday, and for some reason I immediately thought of the carnivorous human eating plant from Little Shop of Horror, Audrey II.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in using your camera for more than snapshots and selfies, composites can be a lot of fun, and are only limited by your imagination.<\/p>\n

I began this project by photographing items readily available in my household. \u00a0I try to resist using stock photographs, so\u00a0I created this homage to Little Shop of Horror fan art utilizing eight images I photographed separately.<\/p>\n

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I started with photographing a cantaloupe melon that was on hand, and than covering the mellon with photographs of houseplant leaves utilizing Photoshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The next step was to use Photoshop to cut out the plant leaves from the background,\u00a0add thorns to the leaves and position as arms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I used different plant leaves to give the appearance of hair on Audrey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Needing a\u00a0ferocious mouth, I resorted to enhancing my own\u00a0dentistry, tugging, pushing and reshaping utilizing Photoshop’s puppet warp feature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In the movie, Audrey II was planted in a coffee can.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I felt that the image needed grounding so I added a plant stand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The final results with plant stand.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/h3>\n

John Manna is a New York \/ New Jersey Metro Area based digital artist photographer who looks for inspiration in turning everyday images into whimsical works of art to be enjoy for generations to come.<\/p>\n

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