Design Collection

Ethereal

A state of ethereal beauty,

Lost in a mental prism where the unworldly exists,

A place where there are no impurities,

No convoluted humans, no nonessential distrac-tions, no pseudo-“signi!cance;”

It is a Solitary state, in a delirious condition of endless black,

No physical manifestation is ever found,

No soul ever lost or discovered ,

A spiritual wolrd hovering within this celestial atmosphere;

I almost wish this daydream was real, I almost wish I didn’t have to feel…….

ETHEREAL

Ethereal is a poetic imagination of the chaotic space outside this world . It o"en strikes as something supernatural or heav-enly . #e word ethreal refers to all those sounds and visuals whose presence is o"en uncertain . #ese unworldly imagination is marked by unusual delicacy and re!nement . It is o"en seen as a parallel world inde-pendent of the human world . Its unusual co-existence with the real world urges human mind to create an imagination about this unknown world . #e ethereal world incorporates the elements from the real world#e imaginative creation of this parallel world is o"en in$uenced by the objects existing in the human world .

Keywords : unworldly , scattered , assymet-ric , structured ,illusionistic , dark .

ETHEREAL

An unworldly nuance,

A blend of neon devotion

Iridescent dreams

Enchantingly haunted voices

Echo unto me

Calling out so so"ly as if

To make not a

Sound at all..

When i look for them ,

I realise they are heard but never seen ......

The Ethereal Lisa

INSPIRATION

Mona Lisa

An oil painting on poplar wood, the portrait was started by Da Vinci in 1503 and took about four years to complete, although he is believed to have continued working on it even a"er that. For centuries a"erward, his talent and ingenuity sparked many debates and a multitude of theories in an e%ort to uncover the mysteries behind the Mona Lisa.

Mysterious Lisa

#e enigmatic smile of the woman in the painting has been the source of inspiration for many and a cause for desperation in others. When discussing the mystery behind the smile, art experts o"en refer to a painting technique called sfuma-to, which was developed by Da Vinci. In Italian, sfumato means "vanished" or "smoky," implying that the portrait is ambiguous and blurry, leaving its interpretation to the viewer's imagination. #is technique uses a subtle blend of tones and colors to produce the il-lusion of form, depth and volume.

#e human eye consists of two re-gions: the fovea, or central area, and the surrounding peripheral area. #e fovea recognizes details and colors and reads !ne print, and the peripheral area identi!es mo-tion, shadows and black and white. When a person looks at the paint-ing, the fovea focuses on her eyes, leaving the peripheral area on her mouth. Peripheral vision is less ac-curate and does not pick up details, so the shadows in her cheekbones augment the curvature of her smile.

Mona lisa being the most mysterious painting is a major inspiration for this collection . #e identity and smile of Mona Lisa is highly contro-versial . As an art piece , it is inclined to resemble unworldly charac-teristics . It is one of the most exquisite portraits done by Leonardo Da Vinci . #e mysterious nature of the painting makes it very so inspira-tional .

Many questions arose over the years as to the true identity of the woman in the portrait. #e Italians call her La Gioconda, which means “the lighthearted woman.” #e French version, La Joconde, carries a similar meaning, provoking many thoughts and theories about the Mona Lisa. Most experts now believe that she is Lisa del Giocondo, the third wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo.

#e title Mona Lisa is discussed in Da Vinci’s biography, written and published by Giorgio Vasari in 1550. Vasari identi!ed Lisa del Giocondo as the subject of the painting and pointed out that mona is commonly used in place of the Italian word madonna, which could be translated into English as “madam.” Hence, the title Mona Lisa simply means “Madam Lisa.” In addition, a note written by an Italian government clerk named Agostino Vespucci in 1503 identi-!ed Lisa del Giocondo as the subject of the painting.

Still, some experts believe that Lisa del Giocondo actually was the subject of another painting, leaving the identity of the woman in Mona Lisa in question. One popular theory suggests that she is the Duchess of Milan, Isabella of Aragon. Da Vinci was the family painter for the Duke of Milan for 11 years and could very well have painted the Duchess as the Mona Lisa.

Other researchers have stated that the painting could depict a mis-tress of Giuliano de’ Medici, who reigned in Florence from 1512 to 1516, or various other women. A more recent thought is that it is the feminine version of Da Vinci himself. Digital analysis has re-vealed that Da Vinci’s facial characteristics and those of the woman in the painting are almost perfectly aligned with one another.

#e mysterious identity of Mona Lisa makes the subject so ethe-real in nature . #erefore , Mona Lisa’s art work is the major print inspiration for the collection.

Mysterious Lisa

Moodboard

COLOR STORY

COLOR PROPORTIONS

DIG

ITAL PRINT & ILLUSTRATIO

NS

Print development

Inspiration : Mona Lisa Painting by Leonardo

Da Vinci.

Elements : Mona Lisa Art Work Pixelated Art work

Tool :

Adobe Photoshop

Technique : Photo Manipulation

ILLUSTRATION

Photoshoot

Model Archana Sujit

Photography Naked Monkey Creations , Namit Sirohi

Editing Naked Monkey Creations

Design Collection

Ethereal