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Author: Salome Mindiashvili (Page 4 of 8)

Hi there!

My name is Salome, but people usually call me Sal. I am a young professional with experience in graphic design, advertising, and digital marketing. Currently, I am working on a degree in Communication Design to pursue my lifelong passion in the art of marketing and digital communications.

My fascination with visual communications and the digital world started at the age of 13 when I launched Adobe Photoshop for the first time. I was previously interested in digital photography and the fact that I could modify or completely change the reality of my photos with the help of the program greatly excited me. Over time as I learned more about the importance of visuals and good design, I started reading books about marketing, branding, and color theory. At this point, I had already dropped out as an economics major from University in Bulgaria and was living in New York – one of the most inspiring cities in terms of many things, including great designs & history.

During my first few years in New York, while I was still trying to settle in the city, I was rigorously working in many types of jobs. At the same time, I was focusing on and planning for my goal, which was a formal education in the field of visual communications. Six years after leaving Bulgaria and five years since moving to New York, here I am, pursuing my lifelong passion!

My interest in the field has only gotten stronger with time, and now that I have made it this far, I’m ready to learn as much as possible and enjoy the process of this opportunity as well.

Salome Mindiashvili -Discussion 6

The illustrations I have decided to share for limited color palette discussion were created by Tim McDonagh who is an illustrator from Brighton, England. He is also famous for illustrating the reference books Star Wars: Galactic Atlas and Star Wars: Alien Archive.

Based on the pieces I have decided to share, it seems like his favorite choice of palette might indeed be a very limited palette. I’m particularly drawn to the illustration below which although is very busy with its design, the overall piece comes off as well balanced and unified. In this piece, he uses primary colors of light, red, green and blue. The value of each color is very similar to each other and that I believe acts as a main balancer between the colors and the busy illustration. The combination of tertiary yellow-green and blue-green colors is also interesting for this illustration and I’m in love with the contrast of everything with a red heart.

In this illustration, his palette choice is even more limited than the one above. Here you can see two shades of greens and yellow. The green on the rabbit compared to the grass has much lower chroma and almost shows up as grey.

Complementary colors: yellow and violet + red orange color.

Also, very limited color palette consisting of green and yellow, two of three primary colors.

Discussion 5 – Salome Mindiashvili

Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media. He is often referred to as the “Godfather” of Fantasy Art, and one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century. To create his art, Frazetta mainly used oil, but also worked with watercolor, ink, and pencil alone. It seems like his beautiful piece below was created using oil as well.

Frazetta’s illustration below is a dramatic fantasy piece in which the play of light and dark values create a high-contrast striking scene. Very dark value in the top section of the background brings a lot of emphasis to two figures in the foreground. Out of these two figures, the woman in the very front is almost twice as illuminated as the man, especially in her chest and cheek area. The man’s dimly lit face creates a very high-value contrast with the woman’s and that in result, delivers an engaging, captivating and mysterious illustration. I also find man’s near-the-chest cape area beautifully lit against the dark background, as opposed to the end of the cape that’s a lot dimmer.

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