I am very happy to announce that my presentation is over and I was able to present five artworks that I created through out the semester....
One thing that I have realised through out this semester is none of these artworks will ever be complete. Digital art allows artists to constantly create and evolve their work. For me this class is just the tip of the iceberg. I began this semester unsure yet excited about the possibilities... now I finish this semester and I feel like my eyes have opened up into a whole other world... eyes opened how appropriate!
I had a lot of fun producing my work. The theme was based around eyes and continued to evolve into something a little dark and sinister towards the end, I wanted the viewer to be intrigued by my subject matter and to evoke feelings of uncomfortableness especially in my second and fourth pieces. The "Bleeding Anxiety" and "Spider Eyes". Both are very similar however I could not choose between either so i decided to present both. The idea of spiders crawling on you can be debilitating enough yet have them crawl out of your eye ball is taking it to another extreme.
The image below became part of my inspiration for "Bleeding Anxiety" and while playing on Photoshop with the same images "Spider eyes" was created.
To create my own image I cut and pasted the blood tear to my own eye image. As seen below.
To create the dark side effect I used the chalk and charcoal effect. Then placed the layer of blooy tear over the top.
I was not happy with this image I wanted to make it look more realistic. So I went back to the original image and kept the real eye. To make it look bloody I adjusted the colour balance. I believe the final product looked fairly life like.
This piece I decided to print on a tee shirt. It was something a bit different and an unusual image to have printed... I think it would be a little controversial for most people to see someone wearing this... I like that.
For "Spider Eyes" the concept of anxiety is still present however instead of being represented with bloody tears I decided spiders crawling out could also represent the release of anxiety!The spider image I Googled spider images and cut and pasted into my image. I then kept duplicating the image until I decided there were enough spiders.
I decided to present this piece on printed A2 photo paper and then stuck it to a foam board. I would have preferred to print on canvas but unfortunately I am not rich!
Here is the both images when I was playing around with them I thought this was very confronting
For my fifth piece I produced this by accident. I was bored one day and was playing in Photoshop. I used my eye again and layered it several times. I then duplicated the image and transformed it. The image reminds me of looking into a kaleidoscope with all its repetition. I did not love this piece until I produced it to present I wanted to carry the layering idea on so I physically made layers. I started by printing A1 size black and white, then A2, A3 and finally A4. The result became very mesmerizing and gives you a headache if you look at it for too long.
Below is my first piece "How other people define me."
My third piece is a video of eyes which after many attempts to upload I was unable and thus I gave up.
Over this semester I have learnt a great deal about Digital Art I hope to pursue these ideas into the future and incorporate them with my painting as well.
One thing that I have realised through out this semester is none of these artworks will ever be complete. Digital art allows artists to constantly create and evolve their work. For me this class is just the tip of the iceberg. I began this semester unsure yet excited about the possibilities... now I finish this semester and I feel like my eyes have opened up into a whole other world... eyes opened how appropriate!
I had a lot of fun producing my work. The theme was based around eyes and continued to evolve into something a little dark and sinister towards the end, I wanted the viewer to be intrigued by my subject matter and to evoke feelings of uncomfortableness especially in my second and fourth pieces. The "Bleeding Anxiety" and "Spider Eyes". Both are very similar however I could not choose between either so i decided to present both. The idea of spiders crawling on you can be debilitating enough yet have them crawl out of your eye ball is taking it to another extreme.
The image below became part of my inspiration for "Bleeding Anxiety" and while playing on Photoshop with the same images "Spider eyes" was created.
To create my own image I cut and pasted the blood tear to my own eye image. As seen below.
To create the dark side effect I used the chalk and charcoal effect. Then placed the layer of blooy tear over the top.
I was not happy with this image I wanted to make it look more realistic. So I went back to the original image and kept the real eye. To make it look bloody I adjusted the colour balance. I believe the final product looked fairly life like.
This piece I decided to print on a tee shirt. It was something a bit different and an unusual image to have printed... I think it would be a little controversial for most people to see someone wearing this... I like that.For "Spider Eyes" the concept of anxiety is still present however instead of being represented with bloody tears I decided spiders crawling out could also represent the release of anxiety!The spider image I Googled spider images and cut and pasted into my image. I then kept duplicating the image until I decided there were enough spiders.
I decided to present this piece on printed A2 photo paper and then stuck it to a foam board. I would have preferred to print on canvas but unfortunately I am not rich!
Here is the both images when I was playing around with them I thought this was very confronting
For my fifth piece I produced this by accident. I was bored one day and was playing in Photoshop. I used my eye again and layered it several times. I then duplicated the image and transformed it. The image reminds me of looking into a kaleidoscope with all its repetition. I did not love this piece until I produced it to present I wanted to carry the layering idea on so I physically made layers. I started by printing A1 size black and white, then A2, A3 and finally A4. The result became very mesmerizing and gives you a headache if you look at it for too long.
Below is my first piece "How other people define me."
My third piece is a video of eyes which after many attempts to upload I was unable and thus I gave up.
Over this semester I have learnt a great deal about Digital Art I hope to pursue these ideas into the future and incorporate them with my painting as well.
