Finished! Had a bit of a struggle deciding on a background, but I'm satisfied. I wanted the focus to be the relationship between the baby and the book he's reading.
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One more thing. I know we've been talking about the difference between what we see on screen vs. real life, but there's also a difference in devices. I took photos of this on my phone and again on a higher end digital camera. Interestingly enough, one has an orange color cast and less color saturation. There are also differences in the value and vibrancy ranges. Another reason to see art in person vs. on screens.
Well, this is delightful! At first I thought that light brown wash across the background was a baseboard and I wondered why it didn’t continue on the other side. But now I see it’s very effective compositional device: it brings your eye right to his face and makes it stop there! So clever! Photo wise, I’m assuming the digital camera gave you better results?
ReplyDeleteLooking at it the next day, I had the same thought! It bothered me a bit that the line didn't continue, so I looked at it a couple more times and added it. It's darker and not as contrast-y on the left, but I think it reads a little better.
DeleteYou bravely sized the baby’s head as it is in real life. I really like this…you can do a series as child gets older.
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DeleteThey do have big heads, don't they? LOL
This is taken from the ending of 2001, A Space Odyssey.
DeleteI think the following accurately explains WTF is going on here: After Bowman travels through the Monolith, the hotel room sequence is meant to show him being transformed into a disembodied consciousness, able to observe anywhere in the universe at will. He becomes the Star Child, representing humanity's relative infancy compared to the alien intelligences who made the Monoliths that kindled the flame of intelligence in Moon Watcher's band whose descendants evolved into humans.
ReplyDeletePay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
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