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New Creation: Is It [Y]in You?

It’s been a while since I’ve released a piece of artwork here on SpiritSentient, but I’ve made quite a few (some not posted because of privacy concerns), and I’ve been working hard on other projects (a post about that to come soon.) Regardless of all that, I just finished an awesome new work that I’m super-pleased with called "Yin?"

Yin?

I’ve been working on this piece off and on for months. It features Tracy, a photographer/model whom I’ve been close with for many years. She took this photo of herself, and for the first time I’ve created a high-res artwork with her as the subject. I feel this piece embodies her energy wonderfully, and there are quite a few subtleties to it.

It has a native print size of 40inches x 13inches and took about 100-200mb per file for 6 prep files. On top of that, the main composition was a little over 1gb. In the end I got it down to 156 layers each at a resolution of approximately 16000pixels x 3800 pixels and working on the piece at such a size/resolution was fairly painstaking on my current machine (which is an amazing PC, courtesy of my friend Richard) and the process of creating this piece has showed me that I will have a QuadCore with 8gb of RAM sooner than later.

Even the 2 Cinema 4D renders I used in the background took ~8 hours to render, heh.

Yin? explores the themes of light+darkness, yin+yang, identity, and life paths. Even though I felt really excited while making it, my attention was often directed elsewhere [eg: my spyware removal manual] and I didn’t feel like obsessively pouring all my energy into one sitting, still I knew it would come together eventually.

Anyway, ‘immortalizing’ others through my art, feels great. I would love to hear comments / feedback / thoughts / feelings on it.

Thanks for looking,
Peace,
J.

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Written by Jason Fonceca

Jason Fonceca is a visionary/creator with 25 years experience in writing, art, technology, spirituality, and many other disciplines. He's the author of the upcoming book "Idealution & Thoughtsperity," as well as the founder of SpiritSentient.com & JasonFonceca.com.

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@bella: No words lol :) those were awesome.

@glenn: Wicked! that's a lot of what i was getting at!

@val + sarah: Thanks for all the love...

@troopaz: Oh you'll see more :)

@anya: I'm enjoying the journey and inspiration too!

Thanks so much again everyone, i feel really good about this piece.
Anya

Absolutely beautiful. :o)

I am enjoying the evolution of your art tremendously. The journey you've taken from just a short while ago - let alone from the beginning - is very inspiring.
Sarah Benarroch

Absolutely wonderful! You've done it again, and I'm so proud of you :)
Valerie Sampson

Great Job J! I love it. You are truly gifted and I am very proud of you!
Glenn Fonceca

A superb piece of creation Jason, easily embodies the feeling of power and distance,time and space. The darkened background allows the viewer to focus on the energy of the subject and Tracy is perfect for this theme. Each person seeing it may see something different,the images in the distance could represent the models thoughts,creativity or energy.
Troopaz Inc.

Hey! J! Wow! Amazing jus doesn't say it, but none the less its 1 of a kind. I'm looking forward in seeing more...
Bella

The time input seems to have truly paid off, this piece is LOVELY. The brightness/darkness contrast is great, detailing's magnificent, and I adore how organic the textures ended up looking towards the bottom left. Almost seems like a colouring/texture combo one would see in a sunset or reflected off of a body of water. Capturing the essence of something like that.... *no words* :)))
JasonFonceca

Thanks so much everyone! I love the feedback and all your positive vibes mean a lot to me and help the world! :)
Sonnie Trotter

So very cool. Crisp, clean, exciting, edgy and soft all rolled into one. I can't wait to see what's next Jason. Keep going.
Heather Schuyler

Well you have done it once again, you have taken my breath away. I love this piece, not as much as my fav, but a very close second ;) j/k The work you put into this piece really shows through and I am almost speechless.
Congratulations Jason!! This piece is MAGNIFICENT!
Bruce Cunningham

Awesome work J I found it very captivating and interesting.

Keep it up your work is very inspirational.
Don Fonceca

Wonderful and captivating work. The painstaking labour is evident and the inspiration is truly a gift you must cherish.
Thank you for yet another addition to the beauty in the world and people around you.
Gerry Burleigh

I'm feelin it "J" beautiful job