The Purple-Eyed Cat

Cats are wonderful creatures both adorable, mysterious and naturally inquisitive. I'd not featured a cat in a piece of work as yet and thought it was about time. Initially I wasn't sure whether I was going to do a standard piece of photography or some digital art. In the end digital art won the day and this is the end result. The crop is deliberate. Too many photos of cats go for the whole body or whole face. Here I've focussed tightly on the cats eyes. The ears would have been a distraction and because I've not given them prominence I feel the cat's eyes really stand out. The cat was naturally grey/silver and I wanted to use another colour that complimented this. I liked purple and think this gave the cat an air of mystery. I then appiled a range of artistic techniques to complete the image.

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Dark Electro

When I'm not doing photography I like creating digital art. When I'm doing post processing on my images it's always good to listen to music. This is especially so when I'm working on my digital art as often this can aid the process of creativity. This in many ways is a self-portrait as here I am dj-ing, something I do every now and then.

I think if you're creatively-inclined you should let it take you where it wants to go. Sure you will have your main interests - in my case photography - but you should never feel afraid of exploring different spheres. It's good to channel creativity in different directions and see what the results are. Often you'll be surprised.

With everything you do though you're going to learn something. Do it. Even if you make mistakes. Don't devalue your mistakes they're important. You will look back on these and realised you've learned something. It's all part of the process. The more you commit yourself the better you'll get. Just don't stop. You'll even learn things by accident and this will also surprise you and give you more ideas.

I'm very self-critical about my work. Sure I've made mistakes in my photography and digital art but I like to think I'm getting better. The piece here was something I didn't plan. It just came about and I'm happy with the results. Listening to music was a great help as essentially the piece is all about music and the energy and mood it creates. This piece was inspired by the music of Hocico, a Mexican dark electro band I really like. M.I.K.E. - Back In Time (Classics ReTake) was also an influence. Great track.

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Icon 05

This is '05', the fifth part in the 7 piece Icon abstract art project. All work in the project is inspired by feelings, nature, observation and perception.

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Icon 04

This is the '04', the fourth part in the 7 piece abstract art project. All work in the project is inspired by feelings, nature, observation and perception.

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Icon 03

This is the '03', the third part in the 7 piece abstract art project. All work in the project is inspired by feelings, nature, observation and perception.

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Icon 02

02 is the second installment of the 'Icon' abstract art project.

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Icon 01

Icon is a new abstract art project. 01 is the first installment. Inspiration for the work lies in feelings, nature, observation and perception.

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Impact

Impact was inspired by a road scene in Piraeus, Greece. It delivers both speed and immediacy.

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Nothing beside remains

Forgotten woodlands,
Abandoned milltowns.
Former glories
Returned to silence.

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108-M

108-M. Macclesfield-inspired digital art.

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Fast

Fast. Part of the Amsterdam digital art collection.

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Intonarumori, Amsterdam

Art inspired by Intonarumori a great club night in Amsterdam. I really wanted to bring out the impact it had. I think it works, especially if you imagine yourself as the person in the centre.

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