The concept behind my blend was to convey a feeling of being lost on the large campus while also showing that the campus is evergrowing and changing. I took a couple of different campus buildings, architecture, and construction sites to convey a feeling of expansiveness. Additonally, I made the image dreary in color to represent how a student could feel when trying to figure out how to navigate campus.
The work beneath mine was the post-apocalyptic tower by Avery Wallace. The composition of this work is vertically inclined and depicts an older building overrun by overgrown vegetation. For the most part the structure is made of brick except for the white top which has a leaning point. The image is also dark in nature and has low contrast/saturation. Notice how you’re not even looking at the base of the building up, the composition is positioned to show the viewer the upper part of the structure.
ReplyDeleteThe feeling that this work evokes is one that is dreary, it gives me a feeling of abandonment and loneliness. The sky is dark, there’s no sun, and the clouds almost create a foggy, emotionless feeling. The overgrown vegetation means that the building is unkept and that further enhances that feeling. With that in mind, I could only imagine standing at the foot of this large structure and having that looming sense of uneasiness as it towers over you. It could also reflect a feeling of uncontrollability and a post apocalyptic feeling. Maybe something terrible happened and humans weren't able to upkeep the structure. The piece also gives me an ethereal feeling of beauty. The image could be conveying how nature can come back and preserve itself without the interference of humans and that in itself is beautiful to me. I’m leaning to a mix of both of these views as I feel the post apocalyptic feeling that Avery was trying to portray while also feeling a sense of beauty from the nature and color scheme of the work.
I’m sure the process for creating this work took a lot of masking and blending to make the composition blend in so well. The perspective warp or the warp tool may have been used to evoke that the building is towering over you. Additionally, the verticality of the canvas and the position of the building further enhance that towering notion and use of scaling. I like how the crooked tower is the subject but Avery also went out of their way to add additional structures in the back to fill in the space and bring the composition together.
This piece conveys a melancholic story for humanity in the future. It can be a symbol of togetherness and at the same time convey the struggles of humanity, making it an interesting and modern piece that people can relate to. We see dilapidated houses in our day to day lives when we’re driving or walking down the street. Typically these buildings are associated with abandonment, debt, improper money management, or just a result of the times changing. What they don’t see is the opportunity for hope and etherealness which I get from this piece. Humanity could be suffering but at the same time humanity could be using the apocalypse as an opportunity to come together. The building almost reminds me of a church in the way that it is laid out, further enhancing the “togetherness” vibe. This image also shows how if we, as a population, keep going down the road of conflict: global warming, war, corporate greed, etcetera, we will reach an apocalypse of sorts. This work is clearly a dramatization of the consequences to our actions.
Post-Apocalyptic Tower conveys the results of a world where we don’t make good decisions. It evokes etherealness and abandonment making it a unique work amongst the crowd and takes what we already see in our mundane lives and makes it a norm of sorts. Through the use of well crafted transforming and masking techniques this piece looks believable and seamless with my favorite part being the overgrowth throughout the structure. It’s rustic and dark in nature nailing the theme that it was going for while also leaving room for deeper interpretations by its intended audience. Avery nailed this piece through and through.
1. This architectural blend fuses different buildings on campus to create a new structure. It begins as a normal one story and slowly rises upwards with new structural beams added to the sides. The building is still in the process of being built as seen with the tall construction crane towering above the main building.
ReplyDelete2. This piece comments on the growth of our campus and how it seems to be constantly changing. The outside is massive, but taking a look inside reveals more never ending space. Though the desaturated color was meant to originally represent the dreariness of students who become lost on this changing campus, I could also see this color choice as representing progress. The past is depicted with monochrome or sepia toned colors, so I feel these desaturated colors could also represent the past with bigger and better things to come.
3. Tiana did a great job compositing this piece! The buildings all mesh together wonderfully with none looking too bright or out of place. The masking was done well, especially with the spaces between the structural beams and the crane. I do wish the building was positioned a bit further up the canvas to make use of the empty space there.
4. This piece shares ideas of growth not only for our college campus, but also our city and our world in general. Our communities grow more as the years progress leading to newer structures and new areas. These changes can be positive, but change can also bring uncertainty and worry as well. The dismal colors of this piece reflect that.
5. Tiana’s architectural blend tells of the change and progress happening within our community. The building is giant and only seems to get more and more added to it. It feels new and fresh, yet carries uncertainty about the future with it.