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Larxii In reply to LevisPhotography [2011-02-21 23:45:04 +0000 UTC]

The individual in each portrait.

What I'm trying say there that the purpose of the portrait and the other 11 portraits was to show who this person was entirely - in the sense of a physical, typical portrait sense and in the sense of personality and view points and other things of that sort... sort of the "who they are as a person" aspect. Not just the typical standard pretty portrait aspect.

Cause with each individual portrait, I asked whoever I was drawing to write me a brief paragraph on what's their view on life. With that paragraph, I try to incorporate whatever they wrote into their portrait...so like I said before, it ties in a personality feel into the portrait.

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LevisPhotography In reply to Larxii [2011-02-22 10:07:47 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant concept to be sure, but I was wondering who specifically? I was really entranced by the quote, and was wondering if I could get an elaboration on that perception of life from them. (I'm working on a similar theme for my future photographic work). Sublime work, by the way <3

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Larxii In reply to LevisPhotography [2011-02-22 10:29:15 +0000 UTC]

Like who the people in the portraits are? They are just colleagues and peers. I'm sorry if I'm not understanding what you're trying to say right.

And I did provide their "life" statements in the description... I provided a series statement on the idea of the 12 portraits and a life statement of what each person wrote in each piece.

And thank you.

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LevisPhotography In reply to Larxii [2011-02-23 08:05:41 +0000 UTC]

O_O Sorry, I didn't mean to be confusing. Yes, who the person in that particular portrait is. Just wondering if it was possible to get a longer statement from them somehow? (As I said before, to elaborate on their life statement, to get more detail into that perception. I am trying to create something really monumental on that 'life is like an explosion' theme and am facing some massive, massive creative barriers. It would help so much if I could pick someone else's brain for a little inspiration!)

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Larxii In reply to LevisPhotography [2011-02-23 10:35:54 +0000 UTC]

They are just random peers and a couple people who I'm very close from my high school..but those 12 portraits were done last year as my final high school year project. So, whatever is there as their statement is exactly they gave me on paper. I mean I could try and contact them for elaboration but I hardly doubt they are going to remember what they wrote a year ago. XD

However, if statements had literal sense, then their portrait had that incorporated like this one with the explosions or the life's story one. If a statement was more metaphorical or poetical like pray for that change or reach for that hope, then the portrait was made where it had more abstract or non-literal elements tied into it.

I also looked up for what objects meant symbolically if I needed to like for Pray for that Change, her statement was about change and so I tied in butterflies into her portrait since that was they mean symbolically. Another example is with Life's Story, how stories are eternal and so in the background, inside the window, I placed a forest since they pretty much last forever through the seasons and several disasters for many years and generations.

Color choice was important as well as it helped add more into the meaning of each piece... Like with this one, I chose a primary color scheme because of what each color meant - red: anger, rage, violence; yellow: happy, joy; blue: sadness, grief... and the colors are "exploding" but are blending in with one another to some spots to create a beautiful flash of color... or with Pray for That Change, I chose Yellow/Purple (complementary color scheme) along with touches of black and other colors cause yellow is viewed as good or light (or the good experiences in this case) while the purple can be viewed darkness or the bad experiences in this statement... while the colors are turning into the other color.

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Larxii In reply to thisisashipwreck [2010-09-04 09:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh why thank you so much! :3

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thisisashipwreck In reply to Larxii [2010-09-04 20:02:27 +0000 UTC]

You're quite welcome.

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Larxii In reply to VirtuousVillainy [2010-06-19 03:26:37 +0000 UTC]

LOL, glad I make you feel that way. xD

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Larxii In reply to seinfeld14 [2010-05-22 05:38:26 +0000 UTC]

Awwww.. Thank you. <3

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Larxii In reply to KidRandom [2010-05-22 05:44:07 +0000 UTC]

Aww~ Thank you.

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