This collage piece was mostly focused on me trying to get a lot of elements from different sources and try to get them to look as natural as possible together. Except for the phone which was intentionally made to be somewhat ethereal looking, I think That everything meshes together pretty nicely. While originally this piece was supposed to be a critique of people critiquing technology, it morphed into something that’s about death and ascension. While overall I believe that I did a pretty good job with this piece, I feel that I could have tried to figure out a better use of text for the collage. I think that the use of lots of connected semi translucent triangles gives the collage a sort of low-poly aesthetic which mixes nicely with the snake. Also, I’m very happy with the way the yellow light beam is synced up with the ladder of the man in the iPhone. One of the artists that I was most inspired by with this piece is Magritte who creates very surreal, uncanny paintings. I believe that the man on a ladder in the iPhone somewhat resembles some of the motifs he uses.
