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I felt the theme of this makes it appropriate enough.
(X-posted from AS)
So a big thank you to everyone who commented and offered some information.
I ended up just going with the notes and little thumbnails I had. Originally I was going to do many many more frames and have a much more literal piece, but thanks to my instructor (and limited time do to procrastination) I decided to go with something more loose and figurative.
As I told it to the class, Poe's witting is very potent in its wonderful ability to be both linguistically and visually lucid and yet ambiguous at the same time. His literary imagery can be so unequivocal an yet so cryptic. so many interpretations and visions can be derived from his works. I absolutely love this and so I tried to incorporate this into the piece. It's very fluid, very loose and very unsettled. Most people use four sided "rectangles" for frames and I decided I refused to use such restraints because Poe's work does not restrain itself as such. It is very open, very free, erratic and yet it's organized and intelligently designed. So I used a series of "invisible rectangles to organize the page. I have a multitude of frames and frames within frames. Perhaps you can see them.
Another thing I did to help organize this was to write down a few words that I felt most strongly described the poem. The words I picked were: dark, moldering and uncanny. I also tried to convey these visual cues throughout the piece. I expounded upon those notes So a big thank you to everyone who commented and offered some information.
I ended up just going with the notes and little thumbnails I had. Originally I was going to do many many more frames and have a much more literal piece, but thanks to my instructor (and limited time do to procrastination) I decided to go with something more loose and figurative.
As I told it to the class, Poe's witting is very potent in its wonderful ability to be both linguistically and visually lucid and yet ambiguous at the same time. His literary imagery can be so unequivocal an yet so cryptic. so many interpretations and visions can be derived from his works. I absolutely love this and so I tried to incorporate this into the piece. It's very fluid, very loose and very unsettled. Most people use four sided "rectangles" for frames and I decided I refused to use such restraints because Poe's work does not restrain itself as such. It is very open, very free, erratic and yet it's organized and intelligently designed. So I used a series of "invisible" rectangles to organize the page. I have a multitude of frames and frames within frames. Perhaps you can see them.
Another thing I did to help organize this was to write down a few words that I felt most strongly described the poem. The words I picked were: dark, moldering and uncanny. I also tried to convey these visual cues throughout the piece. I expounded upon those notes and wrote myself up a sort of synopsis for what I wanted the piece to portray, but I won't tell you what it is. Let's see what you think the piece is saying.
Also, considering half the name of this class is "Color Theory" I tried to us color in an effective manner. I have to say I had a lot of trouble with this part. When I read the poem, mentally, visually, I saw no color. It was all grays, whites and blacks to me. Adding color seemed to almost taint my preferred interpretation of the poem. Luckily for me, I had to use color if I wanted to pass the assignment. I do believe it was a wonderful lesson. I feel I have enough color to show an effective knowledge and use of color and to make the piece and actual "color theory" painting yet stay very true to my own original interpretation of the visuals in the poem.
If there was one element in this piece that I think was weak and would do again, it would be to remove most of the text (which was done last minute, shame on me) and to perhaps better place what text I did have. I believe I may try to fix this. We'll see. A close second in line of what I think is weak about is my dear friend: basic design. I need to take that class next. I have very little, and not all too horribly in-depth technical knowledge about basic design. I believe there are design choices with this that could have been stronger.
So then, what do all you say?
Here are some detail shots.
http://ebonstripes.furtopia.org/Non.....toryBoardA.jpg
http://ebonstripes.furtopia.org/Non.....toryBoardB.jpg
http://ebonstripes.furtopia.org/Non.....toryBoardC.jpg
(X-posted from AS)
So a big thank you to everyone who commented and offered some information.
I ended up just going with the notes and little thumbnails I had. Originally I was going to do many many more frames and have a much more literal piece, but thanks to my instructor (and limited time do to procrastination) I decided to go with something more loose and figurative.
As I told it to the class, Poe's witting is very potent in its wonderful ability to be both linguistically and visually lucid and yet ambiguous at the same time. His literary imagery can be so unequivocal an yet so cryptic. so many interpretations and visions can be derived from his works. I absolutely love this and so I tried to incorporate this into the piece. It's very fluid, very loose and very unsettled. Most people use four sided "rectangles" for frames and I decided I refused to use such restraints because Poe's work does not restrain itself as such. It is very open, very free, erratic and yet it's organized and intelligently designed. So I used a series of "invisible rectangles to organize the page. I have a multitude of frames and frames within frames. Perhaps you can see them.
Another thing I did to help organize this was to write down a few words that I felt most strongly described the poem. The words I picked were: dark, moldering and uncanny. I also tried to convey these visual cues throughout the piece. I expounded upon those notes So a big thank you to everyone who commented and offered some information.
I ended up just going with the notes and little thumbnails I had. Originally I was going to do many many more frames and have a much more literal piece, but thanks to my instructor (and limited time do to procrastination) I decided to go with something more loose and figurative.
As I told it to the class, Poe's witting is very potent in its wonderful ability to be both linguistically and visually lucid and yet ambiguous at the same time. His literary imagery can be so unequivocal an yet so cryptic. so many interpretations and visions can be derived from his works. I absolutely love this and so I tried to incorporate this into the piece. It's very fluid, very loose and very unsettled. Most people use four sided "rectangles" for frames and I decided I refused to use such restraints because Poe's work does not restrain itself as such. It is very open, very free, erratic and yet it's organized and intelligently designed. So I used a series of "invisible" rectangles to organize the page. I have a multitude of frames and frames within frames. Perhaps you can see them.
Another thing I did to help organize this was to write down a few words that I felt most strongly described the poem. The words I picked were: dark, moldering and uncanny. I also tried to convey these visual cues throughout the piece. I expounded upon those notes and wrote myself up a sort of synopsis for what I wanted the piece to portray, but I won't tell you what it is. Let's see what you think the piece is saying.
Also, considering half the name of this class is "Color Theory" I tried to us color in an effective manner. I have to say I had a lot of trouble with this part. When I read the poem, mentally, visually, I saw no color. It was all grays, whites and blacks to me. Adding color seemed to almost taint my preferred interpretation of the poem. Luckily for me, I had to use color if I wanted to pass the assignment. I do believe it was a wonderful lesson. I feel I have enough color to show an effective knowledge and use of color and to make the piece and actual "color theory" painting yet stay very true to my own original interpretation of the visuals in the poem.
If there was one element in this piece that I think was weak and would do again, it would be to remove most of the text (which was done last minute, shame on me) and to perhaps better place what text I did have. I believe I may try to fix this. We'll see. A close second in line of what I think is weak about is my dear friend: basic design. I need to take that class next. I have very little, and not all too horribly in-depth technical knowledge about basic design. I believe there are design choices with this that could have been stronger.
So then, what do all you say?
Here are some detail shots.
http://ebonstripes.furtopia.org/Non.....toryBoardA.jpg
http://ebonstripes.furtopia.org/Non.....toryBoardB.jpg
http://ebonstripes.furtopia.org/Non.....toryBoardC.jpg
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Miscellaneous
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 527 x 995px
File Size 278.1 kB
I like the design and composition of this. The only part I feel actually jars me away from the mood is the almost portrait-like scene of the guy sitting and reading a book. It's like you're stuck in a dark, scary well and you suddenly get a postcard from hawaii with palm trees and "Wish You Were Here!". I think that a more ghostly image of curtains, perhaps with a vague shape of a woman seen in them (lenore) might have worked to better set the scene in that space. Otherwise, good stuff. I like the indistinct and wispiness of it, it reminds me strongly of the Sandman for some reason that I can't exactly place. I do think you used color effectively to help set the mood, I had to go back and consider the color rather than it jumping out at me as "HAY LOOK I R COLORD" which can happen a lot, especially with red, since it's so eye-catching.
Thanks. I think perhaps darkening that scene would have helped because I wanted a room that -should- have felt warm and inviting, but instead felt alone, isolated, lonely and cold, like the poor widower's heart. =)
I might make changes or I might just try it all over again, we'll see.
I might make changes or I might just try it all over again, we'll see.
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