6.5. Igor Morski

Igor Morski is a Polish graphic designer / illustrator. Much of his work revolves around the manipulation of photographs, digitally, which fits directly with what I am doing currently (digitally manipulated art).

I find his work incredible due to the fact that you can barely tell that the piece is digital - instead, it deceives the eye and looks like an incredibly well done painting.

I find a sense of irony in the piece above, due to the fact that it consists of nature, but it is entirely digital (exact opposites).

I was initially inspired to look into Igor Morski's work by Kara Walker's piece, "Submission", seen below.

I found Walker's piece to be reminiscent of Morski's, in the way that she has encapsulated nature inside a human silhouette.

Although there are many differences, I was drawn to the similarity of encapsulating nature.

Not all of Morski's work is nature related, although, it often involves silhouettes.

His work is conceptual and highly detailed.

Some of his work is a stark opposite to what I am interested in, using industrial themes, shapes and motives. I am far more interested in natural, organic colours, motives and shapes.

See below.

The pieces above interest me greatly.

I enjoy the mix of uncanny and surrealism.I find them soothing to look at, although, others may not. I can understand why it would be incredibly strange to see a face / human features in a tree, or amongst nature, as in the piece above.

It could be described as uncanny, especially seeing as both of the elements are natural, forged into something unnatural.

Although I favour Morski's natural pieces, I discovered some other interesting pieces whilst I was browsing his portfolio.

Although these pieces do not encapsulate nature or relate directly to what I am looking at, I found them captivating to look at. I find it incredible how the organic patterns spill over the edges of the silhouette of the person, creating abstract, beautiful patterns whilst leaving the human form recognisable.

They are truly "uncanny" and could be unnerving to look at, due to the porcelain white skin, strong eye contact, but strange and unnerving shapes and patterns that break the human form and make it something else entirely.

I think they are incredible, and I would like to experiment with patterns overflowing silhouettes in the future.

Igor Morski often works from photographs, so I intend to experiment with photographs of human faces in the future.