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A cat with two heads, the heads are a reflection of each other. Your reality is a reflection of you thoughts and actions, that is karma.

Cats are said to have nine lives and as rebirth is integrel to the idea of karma ie: it is not limited to this lifetime it seemed a very suitable symbol to use. The cat was not a concious decision, rather a spontenous image that started to appear in the work as I did it.

Through a centered and symetrical composition, rich and saturated colours like a painting of a Buddist deity, I was trying to put the word back in its original historic and cultural context.

The title "Kornflower Karma" is a play on this misuse of the word in our modern society. My garden is full of cornflowers at the moment, they have absolutely nothing to do with karma! I often hear people use the word out of context or with wrong meaning...

"ooh karma's gonna get ya!" email: caryn@zipworld.com.au


INfront member Justin Fox: This one reminds me of India and Indian influences seen in Fashion. Caryn's spent 3 months living in India, she loves it and I know she loves Indian textiles in fashion. The reflection represents Karma, can you see the cat?

Broadcast Designer for FOX television.

Playing with the ideas of opposing 'good' karma vs. 'bad' karma, I came up with a concept incorporating karma in relation to one's health. A sickness vs. recovery theme in the form of a candy like pill emerging from an eerie darkness.


INfront member Justin Fox: I look forward to seeing what Doug's going to do next. When he came from the States to visit Sydney it was good to meet up. A strong image. Scary one. Drugs, death = bad karma. Love the blurry edges.

Synopsis: Imagine God in business attire talking to the man across the desk from Him, as He checks His computer screen, "Yeah, Bob, hmmm, OK, our records show that you've missed your last nine payments, yeah, nine payments. Yeah, we're just gonna have to repossess your Good Karma, yeah, we just have no choice. ... But hey pal, don't look so glum, I see right here that we do have in stock a lower model that would be a perfect fit for you. Just go around the back and we'll have one of our reps get you into some Bad Karma, how's that sound? Super! Pleasure doing business with you, Bob. OK, buh-bye." muzamilhuq@hotmail.com


INfront member Justin Fox: Nice light.

Response: The word karma instantly reminds me of bad karma hence the fire look and feel. I just thought that this was the best way to describe karma and all the people who are associated with it.


INfront member Justin Fox: I like it, the fire created in this one. Reminds me of Dave McKean's Sandman work.

atmosphere: the atmosphere radiated by a place, situation, person, or object (informal). howru@pacific.net.sg


INfront member Justin Fox: Nice light once again, nice subtle depth. Nice background. I don't think Howe needed to put the word "Karma" in it at all, the image as a visual response may have been stronger without the type which gives away what the image is trying to say too easily.

"The word Karma, to me, envoked visions of cosmic and celestial spaces and also the saying "what goes around comes around". The main part of the design reflects this concept, with the swirling and orbiting light reflecting the philosophy of karma - that it all comes back on you. The central ball of light represents the idea of the afterlife, with the strokes and explosions of light emerging from it giving the design a dark, and surreal tone. Overall I wanted the design to possess a real feeling of energy and motion - and maybe a look at what we will all ultimately be facing?"

www.benrequena.homestead.com

::a designer stuck with a fine arts degree:: The creative, using effects achieved with layers of lighting and color in photoshop for VR_09, was developed with the origin of Karma in mind. benrequena@aol.com


INfront member Justin Fox: Very floral! Embryonic too.

www.forcefeedswede.com

i have been experimenting with digitising my childhood doodles over the last couple of years, which is why most of my VRs have been cartoon based. I often think in odd ways when it comes to digitising a word or a project based around a theme. WIth the VR projects I always attempt to see further into the word, this one I just saw a kar and a lardy ma straight away. So I slapped em down as pixels. Essentially these are just initial ideas which could go so much further, I may evolve them one day ? 3 minute cartoons maybe ?

description of forcefeed:swede :
'forcefeed:swede' is my personal design drop for all the things I can't do at work, it contains projects and ideas from all those middle of the night wake up calls of inspiration. Essentially it is an archive of the things I have produced and been involved with over the last year, I have yet to add designs from previous years. I do not want to merely put up screenshots of the many websites that I have produced.

This site and these characters have led to my inclusion in the Pictoplasma project for character and icon design alongside greats such as Dick Bruna, Sanrio and Nintendo - this is of course hugely exciting.

I am from Manchester, UK - but am now based in Sydney, Australia for the next few weeks / months / years ? ?


INfront member Justin Fox: Don't grow up Oz! Another designer in Sydney from the UK ;) No, but seriously. It's fun to see an entry that makes you laugh!

INfront members Ryan Hays: Well what can I say about this piece, it rocks. Its a total u turn from all the other entries and this is what I love about it. Theres no hidden meaning behind it, no motion blurs and colour dodge effects ( which i am as guilty as anyone else at overuse ) no hard to read text and only one font has been used through the hole piece, and the best of all is the character development, my favourite the sun. Good work Oz

INfront member Justin Fox: I always look forward to seeing work like Michelle's work. Very stylistic but I love it. It's got so much depth and movement. It begs to move around.