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Battered
The main theme of the piece is domestic violence, hence the name Battered. Throughout the piece, I tried to convey feelings of hurt and of being trapped. Overall, this is not one of my favorite pieces but it is a vastly different style than many of my other pieces, which is an aspect I appreciate.
Joy
Pictured is violin artist, Lindsey Stirling. As an artist, she radiates joy, especially in her concerts, the feeling of which I attempted to capture in this piece. To do this, I used bright colors contrasting to the grey scale stage background to simulate how all eyes are on Lindsey and how nothing else can catch your attention when she performs.
Trapped
Advances in Virtual Reality have grown exponentially and will continue to do so until one day, we will likely be trapped in a virtual world. Shown is a girl, suspended in this virtual world. Her pixelated form suggests that maybe she is becoming part of this world she has lost herself in. But for now, she still has control of her surroundings, as evident by the quasi remotes on her hands. This is probably one of my favorite pieces that I have done thus far. As a self-proclaimed technology nerd, it was quite fun to explore the darker side of technology.
Aether
I could easily see Aetherfox as the typical script of a futuristic society, similar to how Times New Roman or Aerial are typical scripts of today. Throughout the piece are words often used in science fiction or that are typically associated with a futuristic world. The words take the shape of a futuristic cyborg and has harsh black and white lettering to accent the clean, but potentially cruel, beauty that this future is.
Dream
Dream is a piece that represents the freedom that we have in dreams to create worlds as we wish. Pictured is a beautiful mountainous scene to represent the pure beauty that our dreams are. This piece was not in fact inspired by either Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones but instead by a dream I often have in which I am simply sitting and painting the landscape before me.
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