Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting
Fallen is doing something interesting here, with two identical pictures except for the light treatment. The one above is “Light”, and “Dark” is below. The pose and setting are the same but the angle of the light and its intensity differ. Look at the shadows on the door in “Light” that are absent in “Dark” or see how her shadow is so much longer in “Light.”
In “Dark”, the shadows from the window muntins are bold lines going down the hall:
Each picture alone is interesting, together they are fascinating.
For another Fallen double exposure, click here:
This untitled picture is enchanting. The woman is on a railroad line going out and over the water. For her sake, I hope she knows the schedule. The sky is full of color, deep blues contrasting with the whites and grays of the clouds. That is reflecting in the water with a little disturbance in the waves closer to the viewer. This picture is all about deep rich colors.
In her second iteration, also untitled, she has the light so bright it’s all blown out, only the closest, most distinctive elements remain. The tracks are in the exact same place, the avatar holds the same pose in the same place. Only the lighting is different, but doesn’t the train track seem bigger?
Fallen’s experiments are intriguing. She also has done the same thing with pictures in sepia and black and white. I love to see folks experiment and hers are thoughtful and show us how differently we can perceived the same thing, how color and light have surprising effects. The rest of her stream had many delightful slice-of-life pictures. The best kind.
All images copyright Fallen
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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.
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