Thinking Space
I love Digital Art, almost as much as I hate Modern Art. Photo manipulation is something that I strive to better myself at and I hope this will be reflected within my work. Another thing I love is space, photos, science-fiction and combining digital art with space holds something special. At this point I would like to point you in the direction of Greg Martin.
I stumbled across his work back in 6th form during those long and deathly boring I.C.T lessons (Microsoft Access ewwww). Back then he focused purely on digital art and space using Adobe Photoshop, he also has a few neat tutorials if anyone is interested. Here are a few examples of my favourite pieces.
Maelstrom II (click for actual size)
I love this piece, this directly inspires an idea for one of my scenes that I am attempting to implement. Ultimately I would like to go CGI with it but I will stick to still image for this project 
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Deepness Dawn (click for actual size)
Another one of my favourites (told you I like space), it also happens to be in my favourite colour. I’ve tried especially hard for this piece of work not to overuse the colour blue…it happens…a lot.
Lately he has been leaning towards photography and manipulation which I personally don’t feel is as great as his early work, check it out for yourselves.
I love space because of the serenity it brings me. When we get stuck into our own little ruts and wrapped up in our lives for whatever reasons, when things just aren’t going well, space provides limitless posibilities. In space, there are more stars than grains of sand on every beach on Earth, the possibilities are boundless, imagining them brings me a sense of calm. The unknown is a great vehicle for telling stories, pictures like those above tell stories without saying a word.
For other great inspiration try www.deviantart.com for some beautiful work and ease of contact with the artists. Currently i’m trying to pin somebody down to give me a little help with the imaging for my video, we’ll see how that pans out.
