Sunday, July 11, 2010

Automatist Digital Sculpture: Exercise 4

Revitalization - the Twelve Steps
Everything Starts With Something… or Nothing by Ron Maubidea

It was late summer in 2008, when work began on this photograph. The image was of a woman who trained hunting birds in her native country and Costa Rica. Plagued by poor quality, the photo offered little more than basic shapes and a faded background. 

After eliminating the background and zooming in on her shoulders, the concept of a bust-like portrait began to emerge. I focused the sculpting technique on the right side of the image when a muscular limb took shape. Since biceps had neither feathers nor wings, the work was abandoned until 2009.

What you see in the first photo (step 1), was the result of a lost theme and how it was recovered. The following steps will demonstrate the various stages in ADS and how they were applied...

                          The Falconer and her Bird of Prey

 
Step 1 
Reconsider the existing form

Step 2
Image Redefined (adjust color and contrast)

Step 3
Image Redefined (monochrome)

Step 4
 The Addition of Color Filters

Step 5
Image Realigned and Cropped

Step 6
 Cleanup with Enhanced Color

Step 7
Concept Expansion A

Step 8
Refinement

Step 9
Concept Expansion B (sculpting the falcon)

Step 10
Refinement

Step 11
Refinement

Step 12
Clean Up and Final Adjustments
Haitian Creole Pudding: Happenstance and Feathers (2009)