Friday 19 October 2012

Interrogating the image - the butterfly wing

I used a photo of a butterfly that I took a short time ago to continue my explorations into re-seeing and transforming simple images.

I cropped the initial image so that only a section of the wing was visible. I thought this created a strong colour, pattern and texture contrast with the surrounding ground:




Here are some images of my development work:







I tried to soften the texture and harshness of the lines to bring back something of the delicacy of the butterfly:







The image began to remind me of fire so I experimented with warmer colours to create this final piece:





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