Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting
Eira Juliesse’s untitled picture is a great example of how cropping a picture can give it a new emotional context and add drama. In the original picture, below, my emotions are less engaged. I get a feeling of aloneness, even alienation, perhaps. Yes, she’s looking over her shoulder, but we are far enough away from her that there is no threat anywhere near her. She is alone.
In the first picture, cropped much closer, she’s looking over her shoulder and there is a feeling of jeopardy. We get the feeling that she has just heard something, something that made her start and look over her shoulder. It has emotional impact.
Compare with the uncropped version:
For more of Eira’s clever pictures, click here:
This picture is titled “Raw” which might just mean she didn’t edit it. If so, she took exquisite care in placing the flower her finger is fully in front of one petal. The flower as eye trope has been done frequently, but this is one of the best. I’ve seen. For example, her shadow is perfect, not at all behind the flower, instead the shadow frames the flower. Everything is just as perfectly placed as it could be.
This picture is untitled. This may be presumptuous, but I would be happy to name it “Stinkeye.” I love the way light and shadow reveals and hides her face. I love her hair. I want that hair. It’s so bold and sassy. Bold and sassy is the entire vibe. She’s not giving us a fake smile when no smile is merited. But she’s saying it all with her eyes. That is a dubious look cast our way. Stinkeye all the way. I love it.
Eira Juliesse’s stream is a delight. She only posted once this year, but she’s worth waiting for.
All images copyright Eira Juliesse
See all of Cajsa's Choices here. Follow Cajsa on Flickr, on Twitter, on her blog, and on her Ko-Fi.
Want to recommend amazing SL artists for future posts? Posts links to their image feeds in comments here. (Self-promotion welcome!)
Cajsa’s Choices is devoted to unique, artistic, and innovative virtual world-based images and screenshots that showcase the medium as an art form and Second Life as a creative platform. (Generally not images that fit on this Bingo card.)
Cajsa Lilliehook is a seventeen year resident of Second Life, where she owned a photo studio, spent several years as a DJ at The Velvet, and for her first SL job, cleaned up prim trash. She co-founded and runs the It’s Only Fashion blog with her best friend Gidge Uriza. She also has a book review blog, Tonstant Weader Reviews and a cooking blog, Single Serving Recipes. She spends a lot of time researching and reporting on Republican sexual predators. In her first life, she is a retired grassroots leader who has worked for economic and social justice issues most of her life. She is also the minion of a cat named Nora.
Comments