Atlas of Colour

The Atlas of colour studio was one that required creativity throughout the process. Both in the completion of the exercises and also of the actual construction of the atlases. It allowed me to explore not only what i was capable of producing by hand but also with the aid of technology. The colour theory learned through the process and the exploration of different architects work was inspiring. The final product was a little less awesome than I had in mind mostly due to time constraints and printing issues. Overall it was enjoyable and found myself working on a single exercise for hours just exploring what was possible. The tough part was deciding what to go with.

This image from the movie 'King Kong' was the source of my tunnel even though the movie I based the tunnel on was 'Sin City'. The image was cropped into nine frames and then the colour saturation of each frame was adjusted so that the centre of the image would seem to be the most intensely coloured . The Empire State building in the foreground was also reduced to only red and blue. Unfortunately because of printing issues the finished product was not of the highest quality. The transparencies the images were printed on jammed the printer several times and the came out looking smudged so light could not effectively penetrate and create the desired effect.

Transparent overlay as front cover.