Image Manipulation Project: Artist Statement and Critical Evaluation

 Artist Statement

The title of my project is “Feeding Origami Animals”. My project has a person feeding the animals with a flower. The thing is that the animals look nothing like the regular animals that we see every day. Instead, the animals have patterns on them, and they are made from paper.

My project has gone through an evolution process. Originally it was supposed to look much simpler. It was supposed to end up being fully coloured with just the person holding a paper flower and being surrounded or in front of paper animals with no special effects or anything like that. But after starting to make the actual image and not just some rough cuts I made earlier a thought crossed my mind “animals from paper actually existing is unrealistic” so I have decided how about I make it look a bit more unreal but with a deeper meaning behind it in a way.

So, in the end I used a special effects brush and added some sparkles around the flower and the animals. I have also added a halo thing on the model in the photo.

The meaning of this piece in the end is that we try to experiment with animals and their genetics thinking that we are some gods or angels while doing that and feeding them things they shouldn’t eat.

Critical Evaluation

After viewing my work, I have realised how much better it turned out then I expected. I do love how the sparkles and the halo add a magical twist in a sense to my work.

The reason why I made the image black and white in the end is because it gives a feeling of darkness behind the whole image, which does suit the meaning behind the whole project.

I was planning on making the animals coloured to show the beautiful colour of the paper, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it without making the patches of grass, that I have made to put over the model and the animals, turn back into their original colour.

I could have done a better job at adjusting the characters to fit more into the background but for now that’s the best I could do without making them look odder.