a thought on this series of spiders

[egypturnash]

masterpiece |ˈmastərˌpēs| |ˌmøstərˈpis| |ˌmɑːstəpiːs|
noun
a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship : a great literary masterpiece | the car was a masterpiece of space-age technology.
• an artist's or craftsman's best piece of work : the painting is arguably Picasso's masterpiece.
• historical a piece of work by a craftsman accepted as qualification for membership of a guild as an acknowledged master.

-Oxford American Dictionary, as distributed in OSX's Dictionary tool.

The bolding is mine. Were there any such things still, I think this series might be qualifying for being that kind of masterpiece. Especially when you look at the other pieces I'm doing around it.

Assuming I finish it, at least. I'm aiming for at least six images, each at least as good as the other. I have set certain rules for format and look, and I am sure I will break them by the end. I'm not really doing anything outside of Illustrator 101 for this: Pull out shapes with pen tool. Draw some with the pencil tool. Use a few art and scatter brushes, do some clipping paths. It's just that I know how to do it without any pause to think about the program, now. The problems I have with it are with doing more than AI can easily handle, not with running out of focus or giving up against a technical problem.

I need to replace the version of the first one with the recolored version; I think it's far superior in terms of the overall statement, even if it's less contrasty and grabbing. I need to finish the little Artist's Statement I drafted for the series, too.

Comments

[amoux.livejournal.com]

I think the recoloration is actually more grabbing even though it has less contrast. That, or I just like it better. :>

[jenkatb4u.livejournal.com]

While reading this, my mind wandered and thought briefly of an image series done in a way most strange.

What if each image were a completed piece, but a puzzle piece, too. It would, if arranged with the other eight pieces, seem to form a new image.

Maybe start basic with icons and shapes.. and then try to build a whole arrangement of scenes..

Almost totally off topic, but I thought it was a thought worth sharing.