Cetacean
For this piece of work, I wanted to instil awe and a sense of the colossal in relation to the subject of the sea and Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises).
At this time I didn't have access to photoshop, so I would use a combination of free apps including Rookie Cam on my phone. This would involve manually exporting images at each stage, then reimporting them to overlay or add a new effect. Initially, I played around with overlaying copyright-free images and while I created something interesting with some light effects, I decided that I wanted to pursue the idea of seeing the whale through the window of a man-made structure.
Whale
Beginnings
Initially, I explored the idea of an overgrown, ruined building framing the shot, so I found an image of a broken window with overgrown ivy. I overlaid the whale with it, blocking out a patch of light that was intruding through the window, and then put it all underwater with a blue tint. At several points, the image needed brightening due to the processes involved. I then realised that something was missing and to make this image feel more like a dream, I decided to include the silhouette of the dreamer which could act as a proxy for us, the viewer. This was done by finding an image of a girl in a window, cutting her out with a free online tool, and darkening her into a silhouette, before overlaying her into the window-frame. However, while I was pleased with the result, I felt that it didn't quite fit the feel of the track.
Dream
Submechanophobia is the fear of man-made objects underwater, and I wondered if some of this emotional response was something I could work with, to achieve the effect I wanted with this artwork. I started experimenting with ship's portholes and the effect of using them to frame the scene.
Portholes
I played around with a few different windows and orientations, and tried to recreate the viewpoint from a ship that was sinking or on the bottom of the sea. While this got me closer, it wasn't quite there.
Ship
