Art & Photography - 'Sweeping Ghost Fans'

Sweep: 'Motion'

This week for the Delightful Aberrations challenge, I went back to photography and used the prompt "sweep". Rather than taking the word to mean something related to a broom, I decided to use the meaning of the motion instead.

Sweep: 'Ghosts'

The photos were both taken by using "bulb mode" (basically, manual control of the shutter), which allowed me to capture the movement more easily.

Art & Photography - Fruits of the Flesh

Ideology: 'Fruits of the Flesh - Rapture of 15 Underground & the Heavenly Ensemble'

For week 20 of Delightful Aberrations art & photography challenge the photograph of the"art" piece above was my submission. I decided to go the "art" route this time, and used the "ideology" prompt. This also counts as number 120 on my 365 Art Projects list: Religious Artifacts. 

Bonus - Ideology: 'Miniature Sinners'

I tried to represent the 15 fruits of the flesh, which humans are said to fall prey to, according to certain Christian ideology. 15 is also the number that represents either humans or Satan (or many other things), depending on which part of the Bible/which Biblical teachings you reference. Everything in the picture has specific meaning, but you can interpret it as you like. Even if you just want to interpret it as pretentious nonsense. ;)

Painted and "named" crosses

I began with 15 wooden crosses, each approximately 5 centimetres (just under 2 inches) high. Then I painted them black with ink, and wrote a version of the fruits of the flesh on them, creating a set.

Little jewel pots

Bedazzled and...classy

After that, it was time to add the "decorative sin", via jars of jewels and some Milliput.

Then it was time for the fun part - making the little sinners!*

*Disclaimer: This blog does not condone sinning. Obviously.

Unpainted, setting

Then, I molded them into the shapes/creatures I wanted them to be and left each one to set around its designated cross, making sure that I was still able to remove them for painting once they hardened.

Un-crucified. Temporarily, at least...

Painting them didn't take as long as putting on the crosses' glittery jackets, but their size and fragility made it a somewhat fiddly task. I also decided to repaint some of those pictured above.

The finished 15

Following the completion of the "sinners", the wall was waiting for them to perform on it along with a few old friends.

Lit with house lights & a torch

The photo to the left was not the one I selected to use as the photo on Delightful Aberrations. The main difference between them is the lighting. However, looking at it now, this one seems better than the one I selected!

These little darlings are still up on my wall and probably will be for a while until I can find somewhere better for them to reside.

More photos of some of the individual crosses under the cut below:

Photography - Red Hands & Noisy Flowers

'Red Hands'

For week 17 of the Delightful Aberrations photography theme challenge I chose the word "intensify". With the first set of photos, the shadows were "intensifying". I didn't adjust anything afterwards in that set, just took photos of shadows of my hand on a red mat, with varying levels of natural light coming through the glass of a door window.

'Changing the Volume'

In the second set, I again used natural light, but used the same photo four times and adjusted the vibrance of the colour to make it "intensify" from left to right. The third photo is the original.

Photography - Curly Whirly

'Ant Curler'

These two image were the submissions for week 16 of the photography challenge at Delightful Aberrations. The theme I used was "curl" and I took the picture above with a Samsung compact camera and a the one below with a Canon 750D.

'Whirly Swirly Curly'

They aren't particularly wonderful photographs, but oh well (spot the ant in the first photo!). At least I got something done, and you can see my wonderful swirly sunglasses! Now I'm looking at them, the arms actually resemble question marks a little bit, haha!

Photography - Candlelit Horrors

Phobia

As I mentioned in my previous post, I've gotten a little behind with posting my photography challenge pictures from Delightful Aberrations, here over the last three weeks. So today I've decided to do something of a catch-up and will be posting weeks 12, 13, and 14. This is week 13, for which I used the themes of "candle" and "frighten". 

The set of pictures was vaguely supposed to represent different types of fear. There's not much else to say about them, except that I used a candle that faded from reddish-purple at the bottom to white at the top as a light and that they're self-portraits.

Candlelight Grin

It's Disgusting

NO!

Shock

Photography - Biotecnology

Biotechnology

I've gotten a little behind with posting my photography challenge pictures from Delightful Aberrations, here over the last three weeks. So today I've decided to do something of a catch-up and will be posting weeks 12, 13, and 14. This is week 12, for which I used the prompts "grass", "hole", and "interactive". 

The original photo I took was this:

I darkened the veins and added some more, plus drew on the blades of grass/tubes going into the "holes" in my hand. Then, I took some photos of some computer components that my friend had lying around:

And added elements of them to the picture. I then changed the levels and colour balance of the overall picture and the photomanipulation was complete! The result wasn't particularly wonderful, but at the same time, it was a quick experiment and so I'm not that disappointed with it either.

Photography - Umbrellalalala

Umbrella: 'Seeing Red'

This week, I chose to use the prompt of "umbrella" for the photography theme challenge at Delightful Aberrations. My friend, Miseria Van Dahl, once again helped me with the pictures by being in them (thank you!).<3 div="" style="text-align: justify;">

Next week is week 12, and if you'd like to participate, head over to the DA blog from tomorrow (June 12th) and take a look!

Umbrella: 'Shelter'

Umbrella: 'Triumph'

Umbrella: 'Chiroptophobia'

Photography - "Feeding the Flames"

'The Lick of Flames'

Last week was the Week 10 photography challenge at Delightful Aberrations. I chose the prompts "fire" and "oral" from the list of words. These photos were self-portraits that I took using a Canon 750D, in candlelight. The angle was so disgustingly close due to having to hold the camera in one hand and the candle in the other, but I didn't really mind it in the end. Enjoy my aenemic self, haha.

'Screaming Spirit Flames'

'Say "Ah"'

'Cheeky Little Devil''

'Hunger'

To participate in Week 11 head over to this week's theme challenge post!

Photography - Absence...

'Absence of Life'

For Week 9 of the Delightful Aberrations' photography challenge I chose the theme "absence" from the list. The photos do have a vague concept behind them, with the figure being the personification of absence after death, or "beyond the veil". For this reason, I chose to have the figure out of focus throughout.

I used natural light for the outdoor shots, an energy saving light bulb to achieve the yellowish/sepia-toned light, and LED fairy lights coiled up in a glass bowl to get the green/blue lighting, inside. The only editing I did this time was to edit the levels slightly on '...Knowledge' and '...Light'. 

Thanks to my friend Miseria Van Dahl for being my model~! <3 p="">

'Absence of Memory'

'Absence of Knowledge'

'Absence of Light'

'Absence of Time'

'Absence...'

If you want to participate in week 10, head over to DA and take a look!

Photography - Stigmatic Crossing

Cross: 'Made in Italy'

Last week was week six of the Delightful Aberrations photography challenge. I used the prompt of "cross" and, once again, took the photos with a Canon 750D camera.

Cross: 'My Mother Was A Saint'

Technically, the items in the pictures are a crucifix and a rosary, rather than crosses, but both contain a cross.

Cross: 'Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum'

The large silver crucifix and portrait of the Virgin Mary were something that was given out at my grandmother's funeral. She was a very religious Catholic, had a lot of religious effigies in her house, and they were very important to her; I assume this was the reason why the crucifixes were given out at the service. I was unable to attend, as I live on the other side of the world, but the crucifix was sent to me, along with some of my grandmother's personal belongings.

Cross: 'See No Evil'

Cross: 'Nailed'

The rosary is unrelated to the crucifix; in fact, it's actually a piece of merchandise from the supernatural horror film 'Stigmata'. I quite enjoyed the film, but honestly, I just liked the way the rosary looked, which is why I have it. Despite not being religious myself, I do have quite a penchant for religious artifacts and buildings!

If you want to participate in the Week 7 photography challenge, head over to Delightful Aberrations for more information. :)

Photography - Monstrous Monsters of the Deep

Monstrous: 'Waiting'

Last week, I participated in the Week 5 photography challenge over at Delightful Aberrations. The theme I chose this time was "Monstrous" and some beautiful creatures assisted me by modelling. 

Monstrous: 'Glow Sticks'

8 (Vosem') the octopus has very translucent tentacles and that created a slightly glowing appearance in some of the photos.

Monstrous: 'Claws'

Creepy Claws the crayfish was a little more camera shy and kept trying to hide behind the rock*, but I managed to snap him too, eventually.

And, by "rock" I mean "cliff", because both 8 and Creepy are over 10 metres tall, of course. Giant sea creatures shot in monochrome really were the obvious choice for the "Monstrous" theme.

The Week 6 deadline is tomorrow, but if anyone still wants to join in, you can see the themes in this post.

*Falling off it; his rubbery legs provide no support for his sand-filled body!

Photography - Joyful Jokes & Other Nonsense...

Joy: 'The Mask of Joy'

Last week was Week 4 of Delightful Aberrations art/photography challenges and I participated both in front of and behind the camera, in a collaboration with my lovely friend Miseria Van Dahl. You can see the results below:

Joke: "...Who's there?"

Joke: "We can make you laugh, or we can make you cry."

Joke: "Untitled"

Joke: "They Don't Bite, I Promise..."

Joke: "You're So Funny!"

Joke: "Don't you know? I'm Pierrot..."

Joke: "Bad Joke"

Joke: "Naughty Joke"

Joy: "The naughty knows the long nose and it grows..."

BONUS - Relaxation: "Everyone Knows Clowns Drink Blood"

If you want to participate in this week's challenge or take a look at the previous themes, then head over to Delightful Aberrations and join us!