(Source: http://www.magierski.pl/portfolio/37.html)
Born in 1983, Wojciech Magierski is a polish digital artist who works primarily in the realm of digital illustration and photo manipulation. He has spent 7 years in the digital art industry, and his work has been featured in advertisements for several companies, including big-name companies such as Samsung. Magierski has also featured prominently in magazines such as Advanced Photoshop Magazine.
(Sources: http://www.magierski.pl/portfolio/26.html and http://www.magierski.pl/portfolio/32.html)
I see a lot of use of the surreal in Magierski's work. This is especially clear in his less obviously commercial work, but even in the Samsung advertisement above there is a hint of the whimsical. Though a clown fish is a real creature, the way the water around it swirls around it catches the eye more than more realistically portrayed water would. The effect is eye-catching, and yet subtle, which is interesting for an effect that is essentially a fish jumping out of the screen at the user of that object. This subtlety is a good choice, though, as it does not completely detract one's attention from the technology being advertised, which is, of course, ideal for any art used within an advertising setting.
(Sources: http://www.magierski.pl/portfolio/32.html and http://www.magierski.pl/portfolio/37.html)
By and large Magierski does not use many bold, contrasting colors or shapes in his work, preferring a more gradual flow between colors. Even when a piece uses very different colors, the transition from one to another is never abrupt, but rather subtle, blending together to make create a rather soft, ambient feel, even when the content of the piece is not particularly soothing. To me, this says he does not want to draw the viewer's attention to any one thing, but instead wishes for it all to be experienced as a whole, with smaller details revealing themselves over time given more time for viewing. I can really appreciate this approach to art, as it encourages the viewer to take time to appreciate the piece rather than looking at it once, thinking "Oh, that's cool", and moving on to the next piece.
(Source: http://www.magierski.pl/portfolio/37.html)
The ambient feel of Magierski's work is something I would like to emulate in my own work. The subtly colorful and ambient feeling of his pieces, whether in landscapes, portraits, or more abstract works, really speaks to me as an inspiration. Such color schemes and subtle shapes are appealing to me, and since my first project is a landscape piece meant to incorporate several colors within a natural environment, a gradually flowing color scheme might allow the viewer to observe the landscape as a whole environment before their eyes wander into smaller details.
Information on Wojciech Magierski taken from: http://www.magierski.pl/page/about.html
Artist #2: Adam Spizak
(Source: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Tweet-This/1930231)
Adam Spizak is another Polish artist. His work lies primarily in the art of photo manipulation. Many of his pieces lay within the realms of portraiture or otherwise include humans, primarily their faces, within them, but there are other sorts of pieces in his portfolio as well. He is a self-taught illustrator, learning through trial and error to use digital art programs such as Adobe Photoshop. He has done work involving some very recognizable characters alongside his more individual work, including characters from the Game of Thrones series and Iron Man.
(Source: http://www.behance.net/gallery/eraser/213707)
According to Spizak, there is a back story in every single piece he creates. In an interview he stated that he did not want to be like some other skilled artists that "design rubbish, pointless designs just because they got the skills", instead focusing on telling a story, conveying emotions within every design and every piece. I can absolutely believe this, as none of the works by him I have looked at have ever seemed static. Whether they include humans in them or not, within each one there seems to be something going on, a scene taking place within the still image that we have only captured but the tiniest piece of. This method of creating a piece of the action makes pieces of art a lot more interesting to look at, in my opinion, and is a great way of grabbing and then keeping a viewer's attention.
(Source: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Desktopography-2013/11463849)
Due to his use of photo manipulation in his work, Spizak's work often takes the real and makes it surreal while still not completely wiping the realism from the piece. Human faces become more abstract works while still maintaining their shape and remaining recognizable. Animals maintain their shape and general colors while finding themselves in a fantastical, unearthly environment. I rather enjoy this combination of the real and the digital fantasy world. It creates a very interesting contrast and intrigues the mind upon viewing, grabbing the audience's attention and making them want to know more about this scene that has appeared in front of them.
(Source: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Things-Behind-The-Sun/1129937)
Though Spizak uses contracting colors in his work that definitely cause certain parts of the picture to pop out, I do not believe this causes the viewer to overlook the parts of the piece that do not contain these colors. Rather, I believe that this use of contrasting colors helps to create the dynamic, story-telling scenes that Spizak strives to create, giving the piece life and energy. I would like to do such a thing in my own work, using colors in the right places in order to give the impression of an active setting, even within a landscape-type piece like the one I am working on.
Interview found at: http://design.tutsplus.com/articles/adam-spizak-interview--psd-3723
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