Eye expressions

From looking at previous artists and the artist which is influencing most of my ideas (Kimura), i have decided to look at eye expressions. Without the eyes, it is hard to recognize what a person's feelings and emotions are; The eyes are the center focus of expressions, along with eyebrows. The positioning of the eyebrows determine how you see the expression.

I took some photo's of my friends' eye, to experiment with editing. The are the photo's without any editing.

 angry

 scared

 happy

 sad

 shocked

I then edited these photo's. I found an effect which made the photo's look like they were taken with the iridescent paper i used in my previous experiments.

These are the rest of the edited photo's. I edited them with consideration of the colour; The colour represents the emotion/expression.

I also found an effect which made the photo's layered which is what i wanted to resemble Kimura's work.

After sticking these photo's into my book i will either use these photo's or take some more to experiment with. I will cut/tear them up and use different sections from different photo's to create the collage look i am aiming for. I will then do some copies from them.

In the style of Takahiro Kimura

Working on the theme of Takahiro Kimura, i decided to further my experimentation i would take photos to resemble the collage style in his works.
These are the photo's i took at first with no editing. I used iridescent paper to create a layered and 'doubled' effect.
To link my work with the overall theme of expressions, i have focused on the eyes because i feel that they convey most of the expression throughout the face. Without the eyes, it would be hard to tell what the expression is.

After taking these photos, i was happy with them, but i felt that for them to be in the style of Kimura they would need editing. These are the first edits i did.

 I just opened up the photo's in Paint and cut them up and re positioned them. I did not like how they turned out.
I experimented some more. These are how they turned out.

These edits are more accurate; i am pleased with the effect and i think that it is more in the style of Takahiro. 

i will continue to edit photos linking to Takahiro Kimura and the theme of Expressions.