Please go ahead and have a closer look at this piece and discover some parts and forms that don't become visible straight away.
A Closer Look
When encountering this abstract artwork the eye is firstly drawn to the light source as expected. When exploring the rest of the image after this first impression some forms will start to come forward. For example have a look at the area right above the glowing creatures head, a dark skull-like shape should start to appear with the "mouth-line" supported by the blue glow of the creatures top of the head. The abstract mass of white pixels at the top form the eyes as well as a silhouette of the skull.
The white abstract spaces centrally positioned on the sides of the image also represent arm rests in which one can see the basic shape of a hand lying on top and leading the viewer through the continuing form of the arm back to the "skull" and then back to the centre of the image.
Reflection & Analysis
- Dark atmosphere through cool colours and dominating dark value
- Horizontally mirrored symmetry
- Cool light source with transparency effect
- Creates mystical mood and atmosphere
- High value and saturation contrast to intensify the glow effect
- Greyed colours surrounding the light source
- See blog post on "The Importance of Value" under "How to Create Glowing Objects with Value"
- Balanced composition
- Main subject in the central third
- Controlled space division
- The two vertical light beams are possibly breaking the rhythm of the image a bit too much
Adding the Glowing Light Effect
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