It has been most fascinating reviewing all the APPstract images this week. I appreciate the time people took to say something about the making of their images. As with photographs I still find the “why” behind an image every bit as interesting as the image itself. I won’t pretend to be experienced in abstract images but I’m trying to learn more about it. I could bla bla a lot more, as I’m sure you know, so I’ll skip all that and get to the selection of images.
In First Place -
JillyG. I’m impressed to know she started out with an image in mind and then worked toward that goal. So far it seems my own have started out with stumbling around until I began to see something happening and then took it from there. I very much like the sense of depth in the image and that there are distinct areas of interest while the rest is more like supporting ambiance. Beautiful use of colour.
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Second Place goes to
deepop for his image “Archimedes”. To me this had a distinct watercolour feel, the way the edges and colours bleed. I enjoy the richness of the colours as well and somehow there’s some Gloomlogue feel about it that deepop does so well. Something about the angle of the body and head, and even the direction of the eye, give me the impression of someone playing the violin. There’s a splash of brown at the shoulder that assists that impression.
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Third Place goes to
terse for his image “Nature laughs at your walls”. Great title, a nice sense of depth here, too. The way some leaves are coming in front of the bars adds to the sense of depth as well as fitting the title. The rock character appears to be starting to pass through the bars. Yes, I think the sketch style works well here.
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Wonderful work by all. I’m getting a lot out of participating in APPstract.