Daddi,+Stefano

Greetings, I am Stefano Daddi, a student at Methacton Highschool. I am a musician/photographer/cyclist/author.

__Inspirations__
 * Philadelphia
 * Gothic Architecture
 * J.R.R Tolkien
 * Music
 * The Hipster Way of Life



The background grain is the only thing i enjoy about this one. The pink didnt show through the way i would have liked. The shadow angle was kind of cool, but was saturated wrong.



I really like how the "moon" and the sky turned out. The buildings are a bit boring, but they work. The smoke turned out pretty comical, not what i expected. Overall I'm pretty ok with this one. __The Newimal List__
 * platapus-bear
 * hedgehog-bear
 * panda-cow
 * tiger-fish
 * camel-fish
 * dog-fish
 * goat-dog
 * sheep-elephant
 * sheep-turtle
 * goat-elephant



I made a Goldfish-bear (must make a better name). It was a bit hard to blend the vivid orange of the goldfish with the dark fur of the bear. The fur also presented a bit of an issue, I had to ruffle it in a different way to get it to mesh with the position of the bear. Overall, I really like this one and hope that it is rediculous enough for you.



For this one i had to take multiple pictures of myself. For whatever reason i only got two out of the five i took, owell stuff happens. I cut myself out and shaded everything to clean up the lighting. I am almost happy about this one. I would have liked a few more pictures, but what can you do. And besides, there is only enough room in this world for one of me.

This one is a sort of surrealist, space, crazy idea. The turtle sort of symoblizes the earth carrying carbon based life through time and space. The gold fish kind of guide it along, to keep it from straying form its goal. The wizard (big man upstairs/whatever higher power you believe) sits and overlooks, and gives ideas and insperation to all those below. I really like this one, came out great, the color contrast i really dig.



For this one we had to use different photoshop brushes to make a piece. I used color pretty effectively in this one, pretty much stuck with the 1950s kitchen color scheme. I think that i balanced it well, keeping the composition in check. I really like the textures of all of the rigging in the "flying machines." Overall kind of happy with this one, could be a little better.

Before

After

For this one, we learned a variety of different tools, to heal and fix pictures. We used a few lighting techniques to lighten up the exposure of a photo. We also used color changing sorcery, to change things such as eye color. We also used the healing brush to better blend things in the face. I do like this one, it could be a little better, but you know deadlines.



We are studying pop art currently. We had to pick a person that is inspirational to us. Withought a thought i picked this man, J.R.R Tolkien. He is very inspirational to me because I have a huge appitite for his books. He amazes me in the way that the human mind is capable of coming up with such a fantastic world. Its also amazing that The Hobbit was published in 1937 and the Lord of the Rings was published from 1954-55, and they are still so loved and cherished by all the generations in between. He created a world that almost 200 million people have escaped to, loved, and got lost in. The quote makes alot of sense to me because in my life, I wander much, with a clear goal in mind.

For this one we needed to redecorate a room to out liking. I really like how this one turned out, but i wish i had more time to fill out the bookshelf, and add more decrative elements to the room. I used a picture of a 70's era wall paper, then used filters to make it look more like actual wall paper. The stained glass window seems to stick out a bit, but I like it anyway. The scene outside is a picture of a cloudy day on the english countryside, which i really like. Overall, I would live there.



This was to be an advertisment for something. I did a converse advertisment for a pair of boots I have. Says climb mountains, because they are indeed my mountain climbing boots. I sorta like this one, its ok i guess. Overall, quick project what can you do. For this one we had to make a list of things that we do and like, and the people that are important to us. Then I substituted out the different colors, for different lists. So now, each of the four colors that make up myself, are replaced with a list of words. I like the background, its kinda cool. Overall this one went well.

Some of my favorite things!

NaniBirds?! Josh McKible moved to Japan, which was the main influence in his NaniBirds. He was just learning Japanese, and he constantly had to ask people “Nani?” which means “what?” in Japanese. He said it so much he decided to paint a few paintings with birds on them asking the same question. He painted one hundred of them. He decided that these paintings “can’t sit on your desk, and look all cute.” So he decided to make a 3D version of these birds. He now makes many variations of these Nani Birds, which come in a bunch of colors, and some are even owls.