Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Movement and Motion

This is a photograph which exemplifies implied motion. It is a still shot of someone standing next to a freeway. They shot with image with a slow ISO in order to let as much light in as possible over a controlled period of time. It had to be shot on a tripod in order to make sure that the entire image was not blurred. The blur of light that remains is of cars going by at a quick speed in both directions. This image is a great example of linear perspective because the eye is drawn into the center because of all of the lines using various vanishing points which we cannot see. This image is also an example of binocular disparity because each eye is made to focus on individual things. It is very hard for us to look at everything all at once because our eyes want to focus on only one thing at a time to truly understand what we are seeing. These lines draw are eyes in both directions at the same time which makes us focus on one at a time. There is also a texture gradient that is being applied to this image because of the blur lines versus the straight lines. The contrast of types of lines are perceived as different gradients layered over each other.



"Sweeping it under the carpet" is a famous street art piece by Banksy. In this work he created the illusion of implied motion with spray paint on the side of a random street in the U.K. This is a great image because when the viewer looks at this they perceive it as if someone has actually lifted the wall up and was sweeping the dust under the carpet. The reality of the situation is that it is a 2D image which looks 3D. He has created depth on a flat surface which has created a very complex illusion. The truly amazing part about works of art by Banksy is that he creates all of it at night while hiding in the shadows mainly using spray paint and stencils to help quickly executed piece of art. This image is shown as an overlap which looks as if there are many things in front of each other. It also uses relative size to help create the illusion that she is sweeping the dust into a smaller corner which is behind her.



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