Digiscape version #1: I was thinking at first that I just wanted a few of these tree legs interacting with each other. I envisioned a lot of negative, white space to evoke a sense of nothingness surrounding the figures. 
Digiscape version #2: I decided after not being satisfied with all the empty space that I should create a forest of the figures. I just didn't know how dense of a forest I wanted. This was too few, but I still kind of liked the sense of nothingness the white space gave. Nowhere to go, but be. 
Digiscape version #3: I wanted to try giving the enviornment a defined space. I found an image of a sunset, which almost gives a mood of dusk, end. But I think it's too straight forward. Too ... obvious. I wanted the forest to define itself- a strange space made up of the space in between the branches and limbs. i wanted the mood of the image to exist between the interactions of the stump people.
Digiscape version #4: With this version, I decided to overcrowd the image, make it complicated and hectic. It began to look like the trees were involved in some strange ritual ... I tried to enhance the sense of movement to also evoke this feeling of chaos. Senseless chaos because there is no enviornment. Only themselves. 
Digiscape version #5: This is the final, touched up and tinted version. Its a pretty dense forest: a place only defined by the figures and their interactions within the rectangle. What they do, and how they react are what makes the atmosphere. The confusion, the dance, the ritual... there really is no reason for this to be happening. But it is, and they must go on.
This is awesome. I love that you hand-drew your images and then imposed them into a landscape. I agree with you about the sunset photo...its a bit obvious (or even opposing what you are intending, if it is viewed as a sunrise!).
ReplyDeleteThe final image looks very illustrative--of what? I have no idea...some creppy tree-to-human morph eroctic, sadistic, madness. duh.
I definetly think dropping the colored background was a good idea, and upping the number definetly helps the space but why not have even more? I feel like this is something you could really just go nuts on.
ReplyDeleteWithout any form of background at all they float in space and there arent quite enough of them to really create spacial recession. The illustrative elements are awesome but i really want a version #6, just a little something to give it that finished feel.
Still very cool!