Cradle actually started its life as a Pong. See my recent post to know what dIFS Pongs are. So yes, it was never meant for my gallery but, after some time, I decided I liked it so much that it just had to go in there.
In the end, it was all about the symbolism... The foetal shapes, all nested inside each other, giving a sense of the birth of something new, and the nurturing of this newness. Had I set out to create this on purpose, I don't think I could have achieved anything as good.
Cradle
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Gallery: Fine Art
Max. Print Size: 12" x 12"
“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for.”
-- Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory
The Creation Process:
As I said, this was a dIFS Pong in a series of Pongs between @welshpixie and I. So its true origin is her image, "Grindyard":
I then did as I always do when starting a new pong... I reset her parameters/camera angle. I then changed the "Gears" formula for "KleinbageIFS" and got image number 1 (see below). Images 2 and 3 are just small tweaks to parameters and shifting the camera viewpoint around, until I found a collection of promising shapes (image 3):
Zooming in to those shapes, I decided it was worthy, and framed it... (image 4). The last step, of course, was colouring. I went through many different textures, many of them my own creations, but finally settled on this one (free texture by "Lost and Taken") because of the beautiful polished wood feel it gave when combine with my lighting settings:
And that was that =) ... I'm looking forward to creating more things in this way now that @welshpixie and I have started a new dIFS Pong series.
I'm also trying to get more into doing commissioned work, starting with personalised mandalas. If you'd like something like this, please don't be shy... Get in contact! =)
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A few recent posts of mine:
"Pentanonoclus" - dIFS Pong with @welshpixie - #001 | "Lux Ornatia" - Your Own Personal Mandala | "Meeting Her - Poems, 008"
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