Elephant in a Room. Creating surreal art is simple!

Creating surreal art is simple.

One of the simple ways to get an idea for visuals is a written word. Proverbs, metaphors, idioms and all the words of wisdom suit perfectly for genre surreal art. My personal hero of the art world Peter Bruegel the Elder did it all the time in most of his masterpieces.

I chose good old idiom ‘Elephant in a Room’ for this article. Everybody knows the meaning, but once you start visualizing, your mind starts playing tricks, as seeing an actual elephant in a room is kind of rare event one gets to witness:)

The process of photographic manipulation this particular image is very simple, you need picture of an elephant and a room to your taste:) So, go ahead try it yourselves:)

I hope this was useful:)

Cheers!

Kid In the Mirror

There's that little kid again.. I tried to get rid of him so many  times. I thought I'd succeeded, but he's very persistent. 

-Get away! I don't need you! I have my own kids!

He goes away, but after some time, he pops up again when I look in the mirror. 

He's hard to deal with, but I'll probably have to adopt him, and become friends. 

I make picture like this once that kid shows up

Got nothing to do? Create some art! (Part 2)

Once again I found myself in urge to create something. So I did. I've picked two incompatible objects- an egg and a cracking wall, and put them together. Simple, but it's not a technical nuance I wanted to make monologue about this time. What is the driving force that makes one want to create? I thought about it quite a bit, and there is few things. First of all it let's the steam out of your head. Creating takes your focus from all the distractions, and directs to something new. It challenges you, and gives you tasks. It gives you freedom, unless you chose to put restrictions on yourself. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it provokes emotions, but those emotions come from parallel worlds. You get another perspective on life while creating. Creating makes you God-like. There is levels, of course, but this as close to God as you can get. 

Cheers

Hard boiled Egg

Light, shadow and camera angle-the only things that matter!

Photo montage is an art of visual persuasion. One has to convince the viewer that all the ‘alien’ pieces on canvas fit together properly. This is to be applied for realistic photo montage, the type I’ve been trying to make through out the years. In order to achieve that, one has to have three main photographic elements set properly:

1. Light. The background image, and the integrated objects have to be photographed in the same, or as close as possible, light intensity and angle. For example, if your shoot your background image in 6P.M. sunny daylight, other objects should be photographed in the same manner. Of course, it often happens one can’t do all the same day, or location, in that case, choosing artificial light with exact angling could be an answer.

2. Shadow. Intensity and angle of the shadow have the same importance as the light, in order for the photo montage to look realistic. The easy part about it is, once you get your lighting set properly the shadow comes right naturally. If it happens so that some element are shot in different lighting, one has to adjust shadows physically, by painting it, or imitating some other way.

3. Camera angle. Camera angle, or perspective also have a crucial importance for a photomontage to look realistic. One has to pick a proper angle while taking photographs of integrated objects. I sometimes make a few lower, or higher angle shots, then choose which suit best.

Once these three photographic nuances are followed, making a realistic photomontage goes smoothly and makes the process more joyous.

For an example I’ve picked one of my favorite images ‘Heavy knowledge’, elements for which were photographed in different circumstances, but has mimicked the natural light as close to perfection as my imagination can allow:)

Got nothing to do? Create some art!

I had some spare time the other day. What should I do, I thought? Should I stuff my head with some 'useful-useless' information while browsing? Watch some short videos, which would definitely lead to one of two outcomes- raised levels of anxiety, or lust for whatever consumption. I decided to create something instead. No plan no ideas. Pick a couple of objects available, combine them, then see what happens. A pear and an eye. I took snapshots put them together, then did (relatively) lots of polishing so they don't look alien to each other. Added some semi provoking name 'Vegan nightmare'. That's it:) Cheers! 

Creating surreal art is simple (Uneducated fools take)

Creating surreal art is easy! This is a bold statement, and I’ll explain why I came to such a conclusion years ago. I have to start with: I don’t have an academic background in any artistic field, and all the knowledge on arts I have today has come while educating myself simultaneously while creating. So, one could say ‘he has no idea what he’s talking about’, but I’ll tell a little story on how an idea for the ‘Cloud hunter’ came about, and then you tell me if my thoughts on surrealism make any sense.

Since the childhood I’ve always enjoyed observing nature, clouds especially. Once in a while there’s something off in the scenery, something illogical happening. In this particular image one cloud moves slightly in an angle, it seems like somebody is pooling the cloud down. So, this one illogical element, illogical for my eyes, opened the door of the whole other world. This is how I create most of my stuff ever since.

So, I observe, I see some logical element missing, I get the idea for the whole new world. And its simple:) Let me know what you think:)

The white pigeon

The white pigeon is probably dead. This is my artistic expression-reaction to what’s happening in the world right now. Is there any chance for peace on this planet?