Thomas Small
Seasonal scene
This seasonal scene was inspired by a photograph of deer and hinds at dusk. I used the silhouette of the stag and built up several simple elements: I think the main decision-making comes when trying to decide what to leave in and leave out: For instance, I decided to put in the tracks of the stag because it was in keeping with the internal logic of the image. On the other hand, I opted to leave out the 'mist' caused by the breath of the stag because it would have been too much detail. The branches in the foreground were traced from images sourced from the web, and whilst I initially took some photos of trees with the intention of tracing them for the background, I decided in the end that life is too short, and sourced some bitmap images from the web that could be made slightly transparent. Similarly, the form of the snowflake was again sourced from the web. Hopefully there is enough original input to justify calling this my own work! If I were feeling more ambitious I would have perhaps used a chiaroscuro effect upon the stag. One aspect I do like is the way the branches in the foreground 'echo' the shape and form of the stag's antlers.
Seasonal scene
This seasonal scene was inspired by a photograph of deer and hinds at dusk. I used the silhouette of the stag and built up several simple elements: I think the main decision-making comes when trying to decide what to leave in and leave out: For instance, I decided to put in the tracks of the stag because it was in keeping with the internal logic of the image. On the other hand, I opted to leave out the 'mist' caused by the breath of the stag because it would have been too much detail. The branches in the foreground were traced from images sourced from the web, and whilst I initially took some photos of trees with the intention of tracing them for the background, I decided in the end that life is too short, and sourced some bitmap images from the web that could be made slightly transparent. Similarly, the form of the snowflake was again sourced from the web. Hopefully there is enough original input to justify calling this my own work! If I were feeling more ambitious I would have perhaps used a chiaroscuro effect upon the stag. One aspect I do like is the way the branches in the foreground 'echo' the shape and form of the stag's antlers.