Digital Art

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Waterfall

There were several thoughts going through my mind when I created this. I remember that it was raining and this is what my piece turned out to be.

A verduous window to a hidden adventure through the mystical and dangerous falls

I crave for the unknown, for a secret behind the normalcy, for a place where I can be the hero. I desire conflict in the crashing falls as I cross them and enter a hidden world of mystique.

The Beauty of Nature

I see the beauty in the coexistence of land, water and air, untouched by human hands, untarnished by human action. The small tendrils turn upwards to the sky, reaching for it while the older trees look down at them, protecting them from possible harm that the gathering grey clouds might inflict.

Utopia

Eu-topos : To me, this is the perfect view. I imagine myself in a little wooden house and as I look up from my poetry book, I see the contradictions of tranquility and conquest, of tender foliage and mighty barks.

Oo-topos : (A place that can never be) However, shall I see this only in art?

Note: I wanted to download the waterfall brush when I created this but I could not. So I just somewhat recreated the brush I liked. The whole image has been created using ONLY the rounded brush, dodge tool and burn tool (and a little bit of Smudge here and there).

Made from scratch on Photoshop. No photo manipulation. No tablet used.

Matte painting : A walk through the 'woods'

Inspired by Robert Frost's, "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"

Well, I did say 'inspired' so there's no snow.

The Other Side

It represents a move towards "the light", a solitary walk or journey through a seemingly deserted settlement in the woods. There is warmth and there is a sense of joy but there is also solitude and a feeling of abstract thought.

The Journey

It reminds me of the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as one journeys alone, walking away from something or walking towards it or both and he has "miles to go before (he) sleep(s)" [Robert Frost].

A diseased world.

Seeing the world from a different perspective or destroying it while existing in it?

The world of the 'Differents' (Yes, I know that this is not a word)

Those who are different see the world in a different light. Metaphorically, hopefully.

These are the ones who can change it, for the worse or for the better.

These are the psychopaths, the sociopaths, the twisted.

But these are also the artists, the innovators, the discoverers, the creators.

They change the colour of the world and the way it works.

But before that, they are sometimes shunned, ridiculed.

Because they are different.

'Diseased' they would say in the old days.

Because their thoughts are queer.

Their ideas are ludicrous.

But they are who they are.

And they are destined for greatness.

Behind the facade

They look like us.

They blend in seamlessly.

They are unnoticeable.

Like micro-organisms.

But they are powerful in their own way.

And they change the world.

Little by little.

Plant by plant.

Until they cover it with their influence.

And then we are diseased.

The sun does not shine.

And the plants are transparent with Death.

Life is discoloured.

And patches start to show.

The world darkens.

The vibrant colours represent the vibrancy of life while simultaneously portraying discoloration and contamination.
It shows an exciting and new outlook as well as a dying and transparent, disease-ridden realm.

It shows Harmony - the meeting of horizons - as well as Chaos - the sun falls to the earth, too close for comfort.

We choose who we are. We can create. Or destroy.

Made from scratch on Photoshop.

No tablet used.