final flower mandalas

This was one of my favorite mandalas because its different from the rest. the leaves have a cold feeling too them and their changed colour looks good with the central flower.

flower mandalas for final piece

I wanted to create a bunch of mandalas for my final piece as they have been a vital part in my project

Im not 100% sure about this one, i experimented with the gradient tool. 

this mandala in particular is most similar to my first photoshopped collages with flowers

fractals in mandalas

After looking at fractals in nature, I wanted to create some mandalas that were similar to them.

Although this is repetitive, a feature of fractals, it reminds me of the Scottish flag a little bit.

 

 

 

 

 

I started to play a little bit with black and white effects and how they effect the overall look of a mandala

Alexander Mir

I came across Alexander Mir when i had done my flower association collages and my tutor suggested looking at her. While looking through her projects i found one named "mandalas" which sounded relevant as i'd just began to look more closely at them.

Mir chooses to look at recognizable images and turns them into mandala formats.

Some she didn't need to change for them to be in a circular format.

Her work reminded me of Andy Goldsworthy who i looked at closely as part of this project for his use of nature in his work.

As much as i like her work, i am drawn to colour which these don't have. combining her work with colour could be interesting though. the relationship between an image and colour is what i need to look further into.

Flower associations

The Buttercup

The Orchid

The Calla lily 

The Poppy

Infected flowers

I wanted to experiment with how flowers can look infected and unusual

glitter flower

I wanted to create an overpowering flower using the box i made for sewhat. 

The petals were curved with pointed edges while the center consisted of shard-like pieces. i chose to do this because it would be much more stimulating than a realistic center. the idea first came from my drawings of abstract flowers which had triangular petals. 

I like the overall look of the flower. it is very striking and almost demands attention. the center makes the overall presentation feel more violent than the original thought of a flower.