Assignment #3: Word Art

Posted by selim_nagisokrov , 26.5.10 13:05

Civilization
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#1: Development:

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Five Layers makes up this interesting array. These are images from the Elizabethtown-Cecilia area, but they all tend to fall together. I was aiming for a more 1950s feel in surroundings, and hoped I aimed for that. The circles were designed to lead you in the last picture. I hoped that the first thing to catch your attention was the colorful image of the grassland, then you get the pink-tinted overlay of a loan building (the first structure?) That leads to a well developed area, possibly one of a downtown area in black and white. I wanted these to be symbolic that the color has the most life in it and the so called development causes that life to disappear as more happens. These are on a plain textile from lostandfound.


#2: Barbarism (Will be posted Thursday)
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This is an image based around an old abandoned farm which I started to white out into the sky a bit to give it a feeling of deteroration (which prolly can't be seen). I have a darker sky in it,a purplish which to me gives a more darker feeling but that again might not have moved.
I changed the picture froma series of purples to a series of reds to fade in with the fires. Like the last one I kept a series of circles.
Finally got the debris in the midground to avoid a long blank area. It's dark, in front ofi t a flame makes it look like a pile of sad didn't mean to do that.
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The point behind all of this was a fortune teller looking into an open fire and seeing an image. I gave it sort of a window view though. I'm not sure if barbarism was conveyed, since it's a really hard word to do because one person's barbarism is another man's civilization so it was hard to find just what I was looking for without looking condescending.

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Assignment #2: Fortune Cookie

Posted by selim_nagisokrov , 18.5.10 22:33








These two images are kind of similar, but there's different points to them. My fortune was "You will travel far and wide, both pleasure and business". I took a more concrete reading of these with these images. It may look like any normal coastline but there's a twist to this. That is the Ohio River just off the 2nd Street Bridge. The city? Chicago : D

I was going for a play on the horizon line, along the first dimensional line with some foreground and background. The focal point is the main building in the first shot. To avoid overcrowding I limited myself to five blended layers in each. When I redid the original picture, I played on the blues changing the sky, the water, and just giving it a heavier feel. I added a lochness monster because every lake need a lochness and i can't help but think that a fun thing to do is go to these places where supposed "beast" dwell and just gaze longly at their "existant" forms.
I call him "Roy". He's a happy lake monster. Favorite meals: little fishes, shoes, and lost children. He likes long walks on the beaches too, if you're interested in being dinner.

Personally, I like the bottom image the most it looks the most real like I was standing somewhere and took a shot, but that’s just my own opinion.

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Assignment #1: Portrait

Posted by selim_nagisokrov , 13.5.10 16:08





















Although we were only to do two for this project, I found the shape of the picture just never "right" and yet I loved it all the same. The original picture is one of playful thought from my brother. It consists of three layers -- the original boy, the wing, and the background.

The first two were kind of bare to me, too simplistic and I was trying to get a dented tin image as if the subject had been dented into a surface. The Third one was actually my final attempt, with an aged look. Both #3 and #4 I was going for a more historic look, aged look. I always like the "aged color" look.

As I said, I was trying to get a more naturalistic paint look with a texture of canvas to give it a “was it painted or was it photographed” which are some of my favorite styles because it leaves the viewer guessing. I doubt I actually obtained that on any of my attempts but it was a fun process over all. Should have added a halo but then someone would point out just what the wing came off of then question the halo.

Overall, I like the third one which has less pixilation.

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Customary Post

Posted by selim_nagisokrov , 11.5.10 14:03

Allos!
My name is Selim Nagisokrov. I'm a writer (kind of) and a part-time artist (though I lack in any real ability). I've been writing fanfiction for about ten years now and have seen the many changes in format for fanfiction.net and I was also one of the first 10,000 authors to join adultfanfiction (I was like member 5467, I believe). So yea, I've been there and seen that.

Right now I'm not doing much. I'm trying my hand in epic fanfiction with lots of AU and hope to work myself out to original writings within the next few months. I will probably post stories I wrote for classes on here and may post my comics. I'd like you to note I don't do either professionally nor do I have plans to. It's all for fun and a great way to practice my almost non-existent people skills (try writing conversations when you rarely have any :D).

I am a full time college student, third year and I am majoring in Psychology. Currently I’m attempting to join the United States Army Officer Core in social work, which is what I’ll get my Masters in. For those that don’t know then my attempted career is to be a psychiatric social worker.

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