Cultivating Creativity

I have a tendency to like old stuff, antique, or even ruins.

This is a car my father used to drive 35 years ago. "Nissan Cherry" I think the design of cars around the 1950's to the 1970's are awesome. Maybe they are not functional as modern cars, but the more you use it, the more its character will come out.
"Creative people value existing knowledge." we love changes but the lessons from old ideas are enormous.

A pencil drawing from my drawing1 class today.

Texture/ Value/ Illusion of Space

I happened to find this beautiful picture from TheHindiMusic.com. and this was created by Jyothi Krishna.
Looking at this picture I almost feel like it pulls me into this flower field. There are many visual effects are used such as contrast, value, volume, space, and lighting to create a illusion of space. This little girl, the flowers and a couple of the flower cans in the front are in a bright spot. They look very crisp and clear and they pop out to the front. On the other hand, the background is dark, blurry with cloudy sky, which creates the far distance to the back.
I also like the color theme (purple, white and silver) and the composition of upper half and bottom half are very well balanced.

Rhythm / Lines

I found this image from lirtta.com, and this is done by visual and sound artist Jonna Karanka. I looked through her art work and I really like them all.

There are a repetition of lines, dots and patterns that create a visual rhythm. With the image on the left, multiple dots on the three corner draws the viewer's eyes to the woman's face. There are more patterns along her face fills up the bottom right corner. The rest of the space in the middle is drawn curved lines to express woman's words or could be her breath. The woman's arms are making diamond shape which creates a dynamic visual effect.

With the picture on the right, the thick curvy lines on the upper half definitely emphasizes the image in the middle. Again, various shapes and repetition of multiple patterns on the women's hair create the fun movement and energy. The edge of the right bottom corner fills the negative space and the large letters on the bottom left keep a nice balance.

Even though these both images have just one color, I feel so much energy from the lines and rhythm of the images.