Digital Art: Survey and Practice

Entry Four: Abstract

I found this abstract digital art piece by artist, Larry Carlson and it seems to be untitled. There's a lot of different elements in this image, mostly abstracted, but some that are still realistic (i.e. you can make out the human face in the ground and the silouhettes of the birds in the clouds). The background with the sky and the far background elements that make up a sort of landscape look almost mechanical instead of natural and the sky seems to overlap with the foreground in a very unnatural way which plays with depth and creates a bit of an illusion. The colors are really all over the place. There's a lot of things that have a blueish tint cast over them but there's also greens, pinks, purples and even some oranges. The colors really act well with the textures of the objects in the piece. As expected, the clouds are lighter and more highlighted which give them a fluffier appearance and the landscape is more of a shadowy mass which gives it more of a weighted feel. I think this piece evokes the emotions of tranquility and peacefulness. Through the calming colors and the way the elements blend into each other, it really evokes a feeling of calmness.

posted by Taylor @ 4:31 PM