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kalkie — CfI 01- 9-11 Memory

Published: 2011-12-21 01:00:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 403; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 17
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Description Color for Illustration assignment: 9/11 Memory.
using only black and white tones (and then applying a yellow layer afterwards), illustrate your most vivid memory or thoughts during the sept 11 attack.

as a first assignment, this was a stumper for me on account I was across the pacific ocean at the time it happened. My memory over the whole thing was that I was sound asleep when my ma woke me and my siblings up saying 'The Towers were hit'. I had no idea at the time what she meant by that, but we shuffled out to the dark living room and then saw the CNN news. It didn't hit me how serious the situation was till school time and the whole school was talking about it and there was a morning prayer for them.

this was my second design and made using acrylics.
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YOurButterflyEffect [2022-04-10 06:54:24 +0000 UTC]

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vincentwolf [2012-01-12 03:54:33 +0000 UTC]

I like this one a lot kay! I like the simple ness! I get a sense of embrace but at the same time danger awesome work : )!

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binz [2011-12-29 21:59:30 +0000 UTC]

the yellow kinda works, though. i think it maybe wouldn't 'read' as well in just greyscale.

i wasn't sure what it was supposed to be till i read the description, and then i appreciated it a lot. i like the 'dreamy' feeling around the two figures becoming more ominous and almost violent as it moves outward, and the two sunbeams amidst all the rest that indicate the towers (or at least that's how i read it, ). very stylish and effective! my only issue is the child figure -- the eyes specifically. i think they bring almost too much literalness to the image, when the rest is so much more suggestive. the mother figure is so serene in how simple she is, but i feel like the child's eyes kinda throw that off. all in all, though, it's beautiful. well done!

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NightMargin [2011-12-21 07:27:12 +0000 UTC]

I really like how the subtle colors work with high-contrast shapes 8D

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kalkie In reply to NightMargin [2011-12-21 08:04:06 +0000 UTC]

That teacher pulled a fast one on us. He made it clear all week just work with solid tones and then the morning of our presentation he tells us to overlay our pics with yellow (wherever, however). I'm just glad I didn't go overboard with it.

Thanks Night.

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