Slinkachu
Slinkachu is a London-based artist who creates very small street-based installations and photographs figures far away, up-close.
Slinkachu is a 30 year old street artist based in London. He works in lots of large European cities.
Graffiti can brighten up any urban landscape. "Inner City Snail” by Slinkachu was started in 2008. He uses non-toxic paint to turn sluggish mollusks into miniature masterpieces of urban art. After decoration, the snails are put back, free to go about their business in the city.
Graffiti can brighten up any urban landscape. "Inner City Snail” by Slinkachu was started in 2008. He uses non-toxic paint to turn sluggish mollusks into miniature masterpieces of urban art. After decoration, the snails are put back, free to go about their business in the city.
I like how he used objects to create a home and how he shows the figure walking out the door. I like how he used lighting inside to highlight the figure.
Slinkachu is a talented artist based in London (a former art director) who now creates tiny scenarios in public places, then photographs and abandons them so people can see them and wonder who put them there.
“The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed,” says the artist.
Slinkachu is a talented artist based in London (a former art director) who now creates tiny scenarios in public places, then photographs and abandons them so people can see them and wonder who put them there.
“The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed,” says the artist.
I like this picture because they are in a puddle saving a person who is drowning. They are heroes. I like how slinkachu used this small depth of field and blurred background because it makes you focus on the objects. The reflection shows a rooftop with windows which is showing they are nearby to a house. The puddle is showing the surrounding of buildings in London.
I would title this picture 'The Slide of Death'. This is my least favourite photograph by Slinkachu because the slide leads to a dead end and the people will die if they ever go on the slide. They will be eaten by giant mice that live underground. Slinkachu used a high depth of field with a model slide and this will give us a good traumatic effect. The objects are very shiny and bright while the ground is crusty and dark.
This picture inspired me because they are on an island partying and it makes me feel happy. Slinkachu blurred his background to make the viewers look at the people on the island. Also he has a low depth of field. They are wearing bikinis in London and this is funny because there is not that many beeches in London. A lot of his work is quite funny. The depth of field is very nicely done to be honest because the focus is on the ball and the water is out of focus. This is another example of him using reflection.
Isaac CordalIsaac Cordal was born in 1975 and he works and lives in London. Cordal is a traditional sculptor who mostly uses clay. He makes a mould of his sculpture so he can make lots of them using cement. He then puts them in urban locations just like Slinkachu. The cement figures blend into the landscapes. He takes a photograph and just leaves it to be kicked or be taken away. Cordal is interested to reflect on current problems, using art to make people think about them.
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SHOOT 1
Plan:
I intended to use a Slinkachu figure with a small car and use a mac book screen as a garage background as my layout. I will try to make the car look as though it is in the garage. I will postion the car on an object to level the car with the rest of the background image.The slinkachu figure will be underneath. The whole point behind the shoot is to make the two objects look real. I will use a canon camera to do this shoot. I will use the camera on manual and make sure the light focal point is in the middle as this will give me a good depth of field. I will take the image close up and from the left hand side and to get the car in frame.
I intended to use a Slinkachu figure with a small car and use a mac book screen as a garage background as my layout. I will try to make the car look as though it is in the garage. I will postion the car on an object to level the car with the rest of the background image.The slinkachu figure will be underneath. The whole point behind the shoot is to make the two objects look real. I will use a canon camera to do this shoot. I will use the camera on manual and make sure the light focal point is in the middle as this will give me a good depth of field. I will take the image close up and from the left hand side and to get the car in frame.
The props I used was a car, some bluetack, pencils, cardboard and a tiny Slinkachu figure. I decided to create a mechanic fixing a car in a real garage scene because all I had was a car. I also used a laptop for a garage background.
WORST SHOT
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This is my worst shot because I had picked a wrong scene for the car and because you can't see the car touching the ground, instead it's on a book and you can't see the Slinkachu figure. I decided to change the angle.
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This is my best shot. I improved it by changing the angle and by getting a better shot of the Slinkachu figure. I changed the aperture to 5.6 because I wanted to get a small depth of field, I wanted the car in the foreground in focus, the car was my focal point.
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I pulled back to reveal the trick and show my props just like Slinkachu does. I wasn't happy with this shot because it was too yellow (SEE NEXT PHOTO).
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I changed the white balance to Tungsten as this took the yellow out. The reason why I adjusted the white balance was to get the colours in my image as accurate as the eye sees it as possible.
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SHOOT 2
Plan:
I will use a Slinkachu figures and bluetack. The idea was to put a Slinkachu figure on a Mac book with a trafford centre background as mt layout and make it look like the figure is in Trafford Centre. The bluetack will be located under the slinkachu figures foot and placed on the desk. I used a canon camera and on it I used manual with the light focal point in the middle. I did a close up on the figure. The depth of field i use WORST SHOTThis is my worst shot because you can see the blue tack I used to stand the figure up. Also the background looks pixelated. It's got a good depth of field because the focus point is were I wanted it.
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BEST SHOTThis is my best shot because I could get a clear view of the Slinkachu figure also I set my aperture down so I could get a good depth of field. My focal point is on the the figure so the background is out of focus.
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SHOOT 3
Unfortunately the day of the shoot was a very windy day so the surf board flew away and went under the water. This is my worst shot because you can't see the figure and the board is upside down plus there is no depth of field and no focal point and the aperture is way too high. The surfboard appeared blurry but that is because it flew away before I had a chance to take the photographs where I set it up.
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This is my best shot because you can see the figure clearly. I set my aperture low so the depth of field is exactly were I wanted it and good one also the focal point is everywhere so you can see a clear image of the sink and figure.
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These two shots were also very successful.
These are good because I like how the mix of textures go in to maker the pictures better. Good position of figure next to the surfboard. This reminded me of Slinkachu's beech project.
Gallery of final pieces
Evaluation
These are my best pictures. They have a good depth of fields and looks lifelike. The aperture is low in these pictures and it make the pictures really powerful. The angles are quite effective and how the colours stand out. Very good detailing and effectiveness. the whole pictures produce some good images and amazing depth of Fields. the whole camera effects are goodly set and 100% done. the top ones are a man and woman kissing in a beach. This terlls a story liker ther work by my artists rerserrach. The image makes it look real as you can see they are really open a Beach. The car one is a really good project. In the image you can see the figure under the car fixing it with a wallpapered garage and the angles are really effective and lastly, the shopping mall. You can see the slinakchu figure there and with a nice wallpaper of inside trafford centre. I am impressed with all these images i took and they are really good ideas.