This weeks Assignment was based on Fortune and Lottery...I did some research on Fortune and one thing i found that was interesting was that the Native Americans used the "swastika" before it became the "swastika" to them it was a Symbol of Life, Love, Luck, and Light. the idea for the piece came right in my head. The idea that something that stood for something nice and peaceful could be ruined forever. In the top half of the picture i used various Indian items including a picture i scanned from a book of a chief. I placed the Swastika in the middle but in the position of Indian design. I placed the Horseshoe and heart close and used four leaf clovers and gold coins. I wanted to give the feeling of warmth in the top half of the picture. in the bottom half i used images from the other side of the coin. I used a picture from the Holocaust statue and a star of David that was worn during the period. I included flames and a few sinister figures and a Nazi symbol.
I hope this piece doesn't offend anyone because it was not intended to be offensive!
The Second Piece is about lottery and in doing research i found tons of images of old Italian lottery games and on each of these was pictures of Snakes, clowns, barrels, death, Rosters, Crowns etc....they were all in 9 blocked off mini portraits so i went with that theme. I know this pieces is a bit messy however, i really spent a ton of time on this learning the smudge, Blur, tools and other tools that i hadn't used up to this point. I was able to make some real nice effects i like in this photo and others not so much.
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