Vector Project

The concept behind this piece was to take two quotes that appear to have little or no meaning, and, by putting them in the context of a third quote, change that meaning entirely. The first two quotes I chose were from a video game called Portal, in which the player must defy death repeatedly, driven on by an unseen being's promise of delicious cake. The third is from Nietzche.

As the third quote's purpose is to negate the emotions of the first, I wanted the mood of the piece to be contrasted between the quotes; however, I did not want the contrast to be obvious, and attempted to make mood slightly unsettling throughout. To do this I used bright, contrasting colors for most of the piece and then darker colors for the third quote.

The "delicious" quote I made big and placed at the top of the piece to act as a sort of all governing commandment of some deity. The word "cake" running repeatedly below it is supposed to be an overbearing addition to it. The boxes are filled with the "lie" quote to represent notions contrary to this God tha surface every now and then but are quickly submersed again as the God repeats its command. However, the truth is inescapable, and so the "dead" quote makes itself apparent at the bottom.

The message it means to convey is that the happiness we center our life around, the cake at the end of the tunnel, or "God", is false, even if we try to escape that fact.

Hrm.

So...its a little better I think.

So far.

So here's my vector project so far. I like my idea, but it did not look nearly as fruity in my head as it does now. I'm not liking it. Anyone have any suggestions?

LOL.

Vectors.

This is the first one I did. While sitting at the computer deciding what to do I couldn't think about anything other than my incredible exhaustion from not sleeping the night before, so I figured I'd just use that as my subject matter. The repetition of the word "sleepy" is supposed to represent the overwhelming quality of the sensation, while the light blue was chosen because I feel that is a very sleepy color. That color fades as the words get progressively wavier both to indicate a fading of reality and also to draw the eye downward. The "zzz." is bold and black to illustrate the sudden onset of sleep.

This is the second! After fiddling with the tools forEVER and realizing that they all seem to make whatever I do look really gaudy, I thought I should just embrace the idea and make something as horrible gaudy as possible. However, the quickly degenerated into me experimenting with composition and color. But that's okay. Composition is something that I feel I am very, very close to understanding, but still don't. I'd love to really good get it.

Boooooooored.

OH MY GOD.

I'm so bored.

I'm at work and its so slowowowowowow.

I've been here for three hours but the clock tells me its only been 5 minutes!

rarwrarwrarwrw.

Photo Montage

This piece is not so much a representation or explanation of time, but rather a illustration of my own experience of time. I find that, depending on my location, the way I perceive time can change. Specifically, when I am by myself, I tend to drift on into an isolated intellectual space, where time effectively does not exist as it is overshadowed by my day dreaming. However, when I am around people that I am familiar with, I am brought back into the real world and am again aware of moments beyond the present, conscious of my past and present.

To illustrate this, I took pictures of an outside dining area at nighttime. Then, the next day, I found a friend to pose for pictures in the area during the daytime. I then arranged pictures into one, in which it was bright everywhere the my friend was standing, and dark everywhere else. I used a series of adjustment layers to add color, and to add contrast between the light and dark areas.