Painted Case Study: Looking for drama in nature.

Ever look at a flower and think "this bitch is too much?"

I don't. It is a weird thing to say if people are around. Just sayin'. When I am looking for mages, a lot fo the mental processing is part automatic and visual attraction that I can't really explain well and the other half is looking at the direction a plant is facing.

Zoom in and find out with your eyes!

The front

The begonias are a perfect example. Many have sharp edges, so I shove them in the background and surroundings of a piece. Below they served as a way to add more volume, cover more ground on the shirt.

The person's broad shoulder played a role in how the artwork sits on the chest and spreads out wide into the shoulders. I looked for apples that stick out the tree. I dragged the design downwards and out to cover ore of his chest, looking at color variation and how vibrant the plants are.

The back

In the back, the apples running down the spine, I looked for apples that were closer together so when drawn, it can flow down the back smoothly.

The flowers on the side is a clearer example. While searching for the flowers, I was looking at flowers tat were tilted in a certain direction. This is was I refer to as the drama of the plants; what is the plant doing in its existence. This can provide eye direction when combined with other elements.

When worn, they spread out, over the lats. This was intentional.

Whole shirt as one unit.

The way I sketched the shirt, I wanted the art to sit on his shoulders, as if he was carrying he while design. Again, used the leaves to cover more area, with random Genoa's thrown around for a dramatic effect.

If you see the model below, you can see how the vision unfolds. Unfortunately, a video would off been great but did not capture that at the time.

I really went overboard here.

A mistake worth covering here, literally!

See those leaves at the bottom fo the shirt? Yeah, that was a mistake. I had to cover up paint I dropped. Once again, used the begonias to cover it up. Talk about laying off your mistakes as a win.

The vision sits on the model!

This was a pain in the ass to finish. This was also one of my elaborate experiments, in seeing how far I can work an idea. Many of my beginning pieces are extreme elaborate in this way. It was all learning how to use the Jacquard's textile paints and testing my ideas.