This photo was the first of a sequential series that I had mentioned in some of my previous posts. This photo was meant to establish the character sequentially. This happens to be one of my favorites because of it's composition. For the longest time ( even now to a certain degree) I always felt like a simple composition is automatically a boring composition. There had been countless times when I had abandoned a composition because of the lack of complexity. For this project I had sketched out the whole series to help save time. This particular one had gone through a number of revisions before resulting in it's current form. I decided on focusing on the most identifiable aspect of the figure (an obvious observation in retrospect). I wanted the figure to retain a sense of mystery so I ended up cropping out the eyes. I feel like I accomplished my initial intent with this. The simple composition is what makes this photo work in my opinion. This photo helped establish the mood of the project.
after this photo I decided to conceal some portion of the figures face throughout the rest of the series and which was further complemented by the high contrast graininess. In the end I was extremely happy with the final series. I'll post more of the series in later posts.
In an unrelated note, as of yesterday I will be getting a studio next month. I'll be getting it with some friends from school and I'm equal parts excited and intimidated. Honestly, I'm still unsure if I should get a studio at this point of my so called career ( if i can even call it that). Not to mention the artists I'll be sharing it with are extremely talented. Finding time to get to school to paint ( my house doesn't have a proper area to paint) during the late hours have proved to be a problem and having this studio is a pretty good solution. I suppose I'll just have to step up my work to prove to them and most of all myself that I deserve to be there.
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