Hot Pixel Discussion Club
This is an "abstract" or "purely visual" image. Okay, not really. We know it's berries and leaves. I personally believe that pure abstraction is impossible. The mind pulls meaning from what it sees. We can't stop it. But some images are more abstract than others. This one is very abstract. The subject matter is easily forgotten, and instead the eye cruises around the red shapes and gets lost in the intricate patterns. This complexity contrasts nicely with a simple pallette of reds, blues and greens.
It's what I call a "good composition." What I mean by "composition" is a sort of music or expression that the picture has, that exists outside of its subject matter. It's sometimes called "movement," i.e., people talk about how their eye moves around the picture, or is "drawn" to certain areas. Your composition is good, but not great. It's still the best composition from the three options I was shown today. It is dynamic and has energy. To be great, though, it needs more "richness," by which I mean a sort of complexity that is not chaotic, but which instead seems to offer more options, more reasons to return to the picture and view it again. This is the sort of complexity you need when the subject matter contributes nothing to the picture. Another way for greatness is to have the subject matter interact with the composition. This is, after all, what makes art art: the interaction of form and content.
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