Unit 12, Unit 29 - Ryan King

I had an interesting look through this Computer Arts magazine. I found a few things I quite liked the look of, but there were also a few artists that caught my eye which I thought could be tied in with my current projects.

Ryan King was one of them.

It's quite an old magazine and I couldn't find any other information on him, so whether he is still a student remains to be found out. He generally does abstract photo manipulations by blending together various shapes, colours, and glows to accentuate some sort of atmosphere or vibe.

Even though there are a few details going on in these photos, they are still quite simplistic in nature. But this allows you to make up your own feelings or stories that these photos might convey. He merely pushes you in a particular direction. Generally though, his work seems to have a theme of fantasy about them and these photos feel quite calm and relaxing.

Such techniques can be applied to my own photos in order to emphasize on what atmosphere I wish to convey. So I could also add in a colour scheme to set the mood, and rather than use shapes, I could use textures to help me create a specific atmosphere. By combining these methods I will hopefully be able to create a noticeably stylized photo that can instantly give off the personality of my alter-ego.