Peripheral Vision artwork by Nicholas Schrunk
Subject: Peripheral Vision
Photo: Nicholas Schrunk
TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Peripheral Vision , pages 78-79
Another great application for the seemingly limitless libraries of stuff I save on my hard-drive. I’m a self admitted pack-rat when it comes to images and stock/textures/brushes I find online. This piece was a rare one that brought them all together to a great piece. The subject is actually a co-worker of mine that volunteered to do some blue screen shots for a totally unrelated motion graphics project. I just happen to have my SLR there the day of filming and brought it out for a few shots at the end. With no purpose in mind I threw them on my computer and left them to be. When putting this piece together I had some really great vintage pieces that were public-domain I wanted to use from the 1950’s. When playing around the the four layered photos and typography I really wanted a figure with a clean background that would fit into this high contrast style I had going. Just so happens I had a perfect one.
I had some big problems fitting the figure in. First of all female figures do not contrast well. In my experience it general it destroys their faces and takes away the feminine allure they have. However in this one after much tweaking and the supportive elements such as the umbrella and wings I was satisfied. In particular I love the textures that show in this and the play with the typography. I just love the idea of four totally unrelated photos in time and content can come together to make something visually interesting.
- Schrunk
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