Degraded Image

By Mario Mendoza

First Step

Take a photo! I took this photo in Ohio when I was at a dinosaur themed music festival. I love dinosaurs and it was my birthday weekend with a plenty of friends. Circa 2023

Second Step

For the second step, I took the original image into Photoshop change it. I made it into black & white, mirrored it and reduce the opacity to create this image.

Third Step

Step number 3! Draw on it! When I printed the image, it came out on the left bottom corner & I think it was because I did not convert the image into a PDF prior to printing. However the seahorse I drew came out great & I’m not great at drawing.

Fourth Step

Take a picture of the image then draw on it using Photoshop which was more difficult than I expected.

Fifth Step

Up next, I printed out multiple copies & handed them out to most of my friends. I asked them to add something to their copy. Some took longer than others but I received three from my friends Casey, Gina & Vika.

Sixth Step

I took the three images & merged together to create a new image on Photoshop. I also added a forest background to add color & continue the prehistoric theme.

Seventh Step

Print it out & dump some coffee on it. I heard that spilling coffee onto paper gives the impression that the paper went through a fire. This is the process.

Eight Step

Continuing with dinosaur theme, I found a book about dinosaurs & inserted my images into the book. I got distracted reading the book.

Ninth Step

Find the page where my images are located within the book & take pictures!

Final Step

The final step consists of taking the previous four images and combining them to create an entire new image in Photoshop. These are the results.