Context
inspiration comes from expected and unexpected avenues. The environment plays a big part in his work, extracting from his love for travel, discovering new landscapes, cities, anything that switches his brain into ‘photograph’ mode (a switch that is never really turned off!). Mother Nature herself plays a part; Earth, Wind, Fire and Water; all have strong effects on his imagination. He also drew inspiration from cinema and TV culture with the likes of Blade Runner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Lost. Work he appreciate comes from the likes of William Eggleston, Michael Kenna, Peter Howsen and Banksy.
His Light Graffiti portfolio shares one thing in common; not one piece has reached photo editing stage unless he resized for the web, and using watermarks. There is no layering or overlapping of any kind. He has chosen this path not because he is anti-editing; far from it… he wants to keep his light graffiti pure, learn from my mistakes and triumphs.
The tools he use are vast. His predominantly use digital pro Canon gear, and, when the mood takes him, he’ll use film. Camera settings vary according to environment, or what he is aiming to achieve. Exposures range from seconds to over an hour. The vast majority of his tools are simple household torches that are used or fashioned in various ways, along with standard bulbs, LEDs, fire or anything he can get his hands on, and if he can’t find it, He try’s and make it.
The work he produces for clients range from TV commercials, film, company profiles, billboards, animation, global campaigns, tabloid and magazine editorials and features, private commissions, viral animations, album covers, work shops and anything that stretches the imagination. The locations he visited range from the likes of busy city streets, deep country, shoreline, caves, waterfalls, abandoned buildings, studios… pretty much everywhere; UK, mainland Europe, the far east and beyond.... The work he created, both personal and commercially encompasses a wide variety of topics like abstract, characterchures, font, wording and sentences, effects, animation… an endless list…
Colour and mood
Michael has used a good set of colours red and blue, my two favourite colours, and both primary colours. The picture makes me feel happy, makes my smile at the skeleton urinating on a poll. I think Michael was in a good mode at the time he ‘drew’ this picture or he has a family member and wanted to make them laugh. Aqua Blue, bloody red.
Light and tone
I think the area of the image that stands out is the blue stream of urine because it’s vibrant and it looks realistic. The red area of the skeleton advances in the picture but it does not stand out as much as the blue. The picture makes me wonder why I dune this and what’s the story behind it.
Texture and pattern
I like the way that he goes to a place where looks like a desert and there’s no toilets around. I think that Michael has rely thought about his work and just ‘draw’.
What can I see?
The photo is quite good because it’s well thought out, it looks like something from a game or a cartoon. It is a skeleton urinating on a poll in what looks like a desert, the skeleton is bloody red and the stream of urine is aqua blue. In the background it looks like mountings. The reason why I chose this picture is because it’s unusual, because not everyone does a skeleton urinating on a poll in the middle of the desert.
Composition
The focal point is the skeleton because it is unusual and there is never a skeleton urinating on a poll, whenever I look at the picture I can’t take my eyes of the stream of urine.
Felling and mood
This picture makes me think of a online computer game “minecraft” because of the skeleton and the fact that there doing something weird. This picture makes me happy because it makes me laugh and smile.
inspiration comes from expected and unexpected avenues. The environment plays a big part in his work, extracting from his love for travel, discovering new landscapes, cities, anything that switches his brain into ‘photograph’ mode (a switch that is never really turned off!). Mother Nature herself plays a part; Earth, Wind, Fire and Water; all have strong effects on his imagination. He also drew inspiration from cinema and TV culture with the likes of Blade Runner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Lost. Work he appreciate comes from the likes of William Eggleston, Michael Kenna, Peter Howsen and Banksy.
His Light Graffiti portfolio shares one thing in common; not one piece has reached photo editing stage unless he resized for the web, and using watermarks. There is no layering or overlapping of any kind. He has chosen this path not because he is anti-editing; far from it… he wants to keep his light graffiti pure, learn from my mistakes and triumphs.
The tools he use are vast. His predominantly use digital pro Canon gear, and, when the mood takes him, he’ll use film. Camera settings vary according to environment, or what he is aiming to achieve. Exposures range from seconds to over an hour. The vast majority of his tools are simple household torches that are used or fashioned in various ways, along with standard bulbs, LEDs, fire or anything he can get his hands on, and if he can’t find it, He try’s and make it.
The work he produces for clients range from TV commercials, film, company profiles, billboards, animation, global campaigns, tabloid and magazine editorials and features, private commissions, viral animations, album covers, work shops and anything that stretches the imagination. The locations he visited range from the likes of busy city streets, deep country, shoreline, caves, waterfalls, abandoned buildings, studios… pretty much everywhere; UK, mainland Europe, the far east and beyond.... The work he created, both personal and commercially encompasses a wide variety of topics like abstract, characterchures, font, wording and sentences, effects, animation… an endless list…
Colour and mood
Michael has used a good set of colours red and blue, my two favourite colours, and both primary colours. The picture makes me feel happy, makes my smile at the skeleton urinating on a poll. I think Michael was in a good mode at the time he ‘drew’ this picture or he has a family member and wanted to make them laugh. Aqua Blue, bloody red.
Light and tone
I think the area of the image that stands out is the blue stream of urine because it’s vibrant and it looks realistic. The red area of the skeleton advances in the picture but it does not stand out as much as the blue. The picture makes me wonder why I dune this and what’s the story behind it.
Texture and pattern
I like the way that he goes to a place where looks like a desert and there’s no toilets around. I think that Michael has rely thought about his work and just ‘draw’.
What can I see?
The photo is quite good because it’s well thought out, it looks like something from a game or a cartoon. It is a skeleton urinating on a poll in what looks like a desert, the skeleton is bloody red and the stream of urine is aqua blue. In the background it looks like mountings. The reason why I chose this picture is because it’s unusual, because not everyone does a skeleton urinating on a poll in the middle of the desert.
Composition
The focal point is the skeleton because it is unusual and there is never a skeleton urinating on a poll, whenever I look at the picture I can’t take my eyes of the stream of urine.
Felling and mood
This picture makes me think of a online computer game “minecraft” because of the skeleton and the fact that there doing something weird. This picture makes me happy because it makes me laugh and smile.