Thursday, February 4, 2021

Byrd cutout

 


4 comments:

  1. Byrd, this piece reminds me of your final project from last semester. There's certainly a sense of heavy foreboding, and I think the way you did the building makes it look like a haunted castle. For me, the element of strangeness is that little circular shape along the lower right edge. I love that. The shape suggests an illuminated spotlight with a camera, as if this guy is being watched by someone inside the castle. Nice visual echo, too, between the composition's two circles. If I were to suggest anything to omit it would be the lightning-like lines in the upper right. It seems this piece would benefit from more empty black space. In fact, I think it would be even stronger if the format was a vertical rectangle -- this would give you plenty of space to make that ominous road even longer. The square format tends to make things feel more contained and therefore less dramatic.

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  2. THIS IS REALLY NICE! I think you got the right mood with the colors you picked. My only critique is that I think you could have left out the wrinkle in the person's clothes and the extra rock textures on the mountains.
    -Kaayla

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  3. This is amazing! I love the sense of mystery and strangeness of it. I especially enjoy how the moon isn't too smooth around the edge, I think it goes very well with the other elements in your piece.

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  4. Byrd, everything about this piece goes well together! The mood is well set by the yellow against black and that is something that was not done by anyone else; great job! The way you cut your paper also tells the mood and story- personally, my cuts were softer. Yours, though, are very sharp and jagged. It gives an eerie and dangerous mood. Great job.

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