Summer Swelter post script ~ 13/2/06 ~ If you like the piece enough to be curious, I was dinking around with transparency to make that horny pink background a little gentler and less... well... grody. I haven't decided whether I went too far or not, but I may post a modified version and/or move this to scraps... Not tonight, though (*Need sleep*).
Also, FYI, I've been working on the same photo in an entirely different colour scheme as well... I'm not exactly sure which of the colours I want to emphasize or how I want to change them, though, or if some of the colours even remotely fit any of the potential situational suggestions of the photograph. In the other colour scheme, the work would have an entirely different name... I'm considering 'Alley Seige', but that might be a little... obvious, boring, not saying anything... On the other hand, if the piece communicates well enough for itself, the name should just be to help in finding/discussing it later, and I am all for people finding their own meanings in my artwork... The more specific things that it says to me may mean nothing to others, and I don't even know everything about how MY own mind works. The unposted colour scheme involves a lovely violet, Fushia, which I tend to loathe, but goes fairly well with the others (Magenta would be better... perhaps I can fix some of this in MS Paint...), and a green that Kim would love and goes well with the photograph, but.... it isn't QUITE right...
I wish I had someone actually sitting next to me to help me feel these things out, but I'd probably get mad at them when we disagreed, I suppose... In most artistic situations, too many cooks spoil the broth MISERABLY, and often regret their own input later and are confused even about what they mean themselves, unless it's a production that fundamentally incorporates perspectives and workings of various minds, like a theatrical work with various characters or a community mural. Aren't those productions beautiful? I just love the arts!