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recklessxiam — Cirque

Published: 2009-04-10 03:57:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 800; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 19
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Description Version 1 work created for TigerTranslate's Balance theme.

Vector and freehand illustration work over a photograph given by KultDesign. I decided to create a new one from the first one I made which was purely vector. I decided to manually sketch instead and digitize everything. I based what I did on the concept of balance between the emotional and the structural: on how emotions can be erratic and waywardly chaotic and unexplainable at times, versus the structure of how things are in terms of pre-rationalized form and order.

It was challenging as I'm used to having a lot of space to work in... lol! Plus i don't often illustrate over a photograph with an electric charged subject.

I meant for it to be a very maximalist piece, because I got very obsessive again with details and such and rendered it from each and every section, which is a hard feat because I still had to consider the composition of elements. For me, there is always beauty in detail, overwhelming at first, but beautiful regardless in its smallest views.
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Comments: 4

bruisepop [2010-08-11 20:32:43 +0000 UTC]

i love this! so chaotic and busy, wonderful shapes and colors ***

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Topsy-Krettz [2010-08-08 23:46:02 +0000 UTC]

I adore this. Very different from what I normally see around here on deviantArt. I love the contrasts and your unique use of shapes, color and composition.

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recklessxiam In reply to Topsy-Krettz [2010-08-18 14:26:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the kind words! I actually went all out on this, and since working with such a big screen, I guess I went all OC on the details! lol

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Topsy-Krettz In reply to recklessxiam [2010-08-18 17:30:36 +0000 UTC]

You're so very welcome!

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