Sunday 4 December 2011

Eye test: While observing, feel with one eye.


Hello!
A pleasant thanks to those who checked out my blog, I am pleased to know it is being viewed. 

I intend to share my inspiration; perceptions and upcoming events so interested viewers can be informed. You will be pleased to know I applied my lights for Emerging Creatives which is for the Design Indaba Expo 2012. I'm keeping my toes crossed as I need my fingers to type.

I attached images of an exercise experimentation that I did over the week while we as a family made our home more homely. Will be uploading about that later in the month.

My exercise is images of arum lilies in different shades. I find the simple form of this flower to be powerful. It is a plant I consider aesthetically appealing. There were dead leaves which I removed and from this I experimented with shadow, forms, states of decomposition and arrangement. I am observing and trying to understand when the composition and layout works, why it works and what have I learnt.

Composition of leaves

More compositions

Various graphic experimentation

Symbolising aesthetics  

Symbolising aesthetics using leaf composition outline

It is very interesting what one can achieve through Photoshop. The most crucial part about observing and feeling with the one eye is a sense of balance. This is what I tried to constantly remind myself about. Its tough trying to remember all the rules and applying these before taking the picture. This is the beginning stages of my exploration in trying to find an eye for design.

Goodbye!