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Hilly Ven Eerten

Hilly Van Eerten was a dutch women-artist and was born in 1957 in Nijverdal, Netherlands and she does lots of different things like digital art, printmaking, lithography, graphics and collages. She started her education in 1986 in Utrecht at the school of fine Art. In 1993 she moved to Amsterdam where she still lives today and continues to create these amazing images. Her work focuses n all the different architecture that she sees and all the different objects. During her last year years, she focused on fine print work.

One reason why I really like Hilly Van Eerten's work is because there are a lot of different colours and architecture in her images. Another thing that I really like about this artist is that she is able to make something so boring and colourless into something really fun and interesting to look at.One reason why I really like her images is because she creates lots of really simple shapes which makes her images look more fun and simple/easy to do. Another reason why I really like her work is because she prints out her images and puts ink on top of them and this then makes her images look more like a painting than a picture and I find that really fascinating.

The meaning behind putting ink on top of her images is to show everyone that everything around has colour even if at first it looks really dull and boring. She also wanted to show everyone that it doesn't matter what things looks like at first and you can make them look better, this should also apply to everyone else as you should not just judge what you can see it should be the inside that counts.

I also find it really interesting that her images look a lot like Sven Pfrommer and Daniella Zalcman as all these three artist create images that pop out at you and that are filled with lots of different architecture and shapes. Sven Pfrommer also adds ink to his images just like Hilly van Eerten and both of them look really abstract as they both use ink to go over their work and it makes the images look really fun and interesting. All three of these artists also use a variety of different colours which makes the images pop out more and look more interesting. She also uses lots of different development techniques as it makes her images more fun, for example she double exposes her images.

Another thing that has really intrigued me about her work is that she takes her images in long shot as the she is able to capture the whole image of all the different buildings and cranes, and she has also made sure that she has positioned her camera in lots of different angles and not just in the middle as it would be quite boring and you will not be able to see the whole building.

Hilly van Eerten has also made sure that when she has taken her images her is natural lighting as she will be taking her images outside and if it is to dark the images will not turn out as good as it could be.

All of her different image have really inspired me to try and create some really amazing and interesting images and I can not wait to see how all my images and developments turn out and I really hope that my images turn out as good as Hilly van Eerten's images as I find her work really interesting.

Artist Statement-(From the Internet)

"How I work? It is in my view a kind of spatial collage art in several layers I create my digital prints by fusing, combining and mixing together selected images form my photos, in different digital layers. So there grows a new destillated image. That's how I work and create.
I like very much to mix, fuse and combine the images, but only! from my own photos. Because I first need to experience and feel the contact. It is this meeting between my eyes and the city, before being able to re-work and edit my visual material.
This is the source for creating my recent digital print art - and also my former mono-print art before 2015. That's also why my digital art always contains different layers and colors.

The subjects for my photography I find in the Dutch large cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague. In 2015 I started to make my graphic art in a digital way. I made them from my photos of modern architecture, street scenes and building activities."

Photo-shoot Plan

Contact Sheet

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I am really pleased with how my photoshoot has turned out as I have managed to take some really amazing and interesting images of buildings and cranes. To capture these images I have walked around and took lots of images of buildings and cranes that fits in well with my artist. To create these images I have positioned my camera in lots of different angle so I was able to capture the whole image. As I was taking these images I also made sure that the lighting was right as this could have caused some problems in my images and you will not be to see my images. I have also been inspired by the artist Hilly Van Eerten as I really like all the different colours and patterns in her images and I hope that my images turn out as good as hers.

Double Exposure- developments

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I am really impressed wit how my developments have turned out as I have managed to create some really interesting images. Firstly what I have done is I have gotten some different colours from the internet and I have double exposed it with one of my images. I then got a different colour from the internet and double exposed it with a second image. After I have done this I got the two images and double exposed them together create these really nice images. I have also been inspired by the photographer Hilly Van Eerten and I have created these images using the media photoshop. One reason why I really like all these different images is because there is lots of different colours and I have managed to create lots of different patterns and shapes.

Progress logs

I have gotten my first image that I am going to work with/develop

I have then gotten an image from the internet and I have double exposed it with my image that I have selected.

After I have done this I do the same with the second image that I have selected.

Finally I have double exposed both the images that I have developed to create some really nice and interesting images.

Black and White

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For my second set of developments I have gotten my first set of developed and turned all the images in black and white as it makes all the different lines and architecture stand out and I have done this using the media photoshop. Another reason why i have turned my images into black and white is because it causes all the different patterns pop out which makes the image look more interesting than usual. Another reason why I am really impressed with my images is because I was able to capture the whole building which makes it look more nice. Finally I am really happy about these images as when I turned them into black and white

Mirror developments

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for my third set of developments I have mirrored them by first extending the canvas, then copying and pasting my images to the part that I had extended, and it created these really interesting and amazing images, which I find really interesting because it looks like the image has been completed and more fascinating, and I did this using the media photoshop. I also enjoy these images because the colours are really bold, which I find fascinating. I also really like the fact that this fits in well with my artist as her images are also really chaotic with lots of different things happening.

Image blending

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I am really impressed with how my fourth set of developments have turned out as I have managed to create some really interesting images. Firstly what I have done is gotten one of the images Th I have already developed and I have then pressed control c, control v then control t. After I have done this I have flipped the image that I have copied upside down than I have double exposed it create some really nice images. I have done this to make the image look really chaotic just like my artist Hilly Van Eerten and I have done this using this using the media photoshop.

Exploring composition

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I'm pretty pleased with my fifth set of developments because I've managed to come up with some genuinely stunning photographs. First, I've widened the canvas for one of my photographs. I then obtained two additional photographs and copied and pasted them into the section that I had extended, resulting in some very nice images. The purpose of these developments is to show you all of the numerous ways that I can place these photographs and to demonstrate how unique and interesting each of these individual images is. Another reason why I have also done this is so that you are able to see the strengths and weakness of all my images and what I need to improve for my redraft developments.

Tracing paper

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I'm pretty pleased with how my further developments have turned out because I was able to produce some really fascinating photographs. First, I printed out my images on tracing paper, then I layered two images on top of each other and photographed the result. I did this because I find it fascinating, and it makes my page look more interesting to the human eye, and it makes all of the different architecture stand out even more than before. Another reason why I have done this is because it make all the different lines and patterns pop out at you which I also find really fascinating.

Double exposure

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I am really happy with how my further further set of developments have turned out as my images look really interesting. Firstly what I have done to create these images is that I have gotten two images of the pictures I have taken of the tracing paper and then I have double exposed then together. I have done this as it fits in well with my artist Hilly Van Eerten as my images look really chaotic and bold as there is a lot of different things happening in these images which I believe that other people will find really interesting.

Contact Sheet - Redraft

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I am really impressed with how my photoshoot has turned out as I have managed to take some really amazing images of building and cranes and I have done this by walking around and taking pictures on my phone of this witch found really relaxing and enjoyable and I have also made sure that the images that I have taken fits in well with my artist Hilly Van Eerten. To capture these successful image I have first posited the phone in lotys of different angle so I was able to fit the whole image in and not just one part of it. I have also made sure that I took these images at the right time as if it was to dark you would not be able to see the whole image.

Double exposure - Redraft developments

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I am really pleased with how my redraft developments have turned out as I have managed to create some really fascinating and interesting images. Firstly what I have done is I have gotten two image from my photoshoot, I have then drew some different colours on both of the images and double exposed them together. After I have double exposed the image with the colour I have then double exposed both of my images together create some really nice pictures, and I have done this using the media photoshop. One reason why I find these images really enjoyable is because of all of the different colours and architecture that I have managed to create. The photographer that has inspired me to create these images is Hilly van Eerten.

Black and white

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I am really impressed with how my second set of developments have turned out as I have managed to create some really fascinating images. Firstly what I have done is gotten my first set of developments and using the media photoshop I have turned them all into black and white. I have done this as you are able to clearly see all the different patterns and different lines in the images as you will not be able to see it as clearly when the image is in colour and it also makes the image stand out more. Another reason why I am really pleased with these images is because you are able to see the whole image and not just one part of it.

Mirror Developments

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I am also really impressed with how my third set of developments have turned out as I have created some really nice images. Firstly what I have done is gotten an image from my first set of developments and I have extended the canvas I have than copied and pasted my image onto the part that I have extended create some really interesting and fascinating images and this helps the image look more complete, I have done this using the media photoshop. I also really like this technique because It makes the images stand out and look more bold than usual and it fits in well with my artist because there is a lot of colour and it looks really chaotic.

Image blending

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I am really pleased with how my fourth set of developments have turned out as I have managed to create some really nic and chaotic images. Firstly to create these image I have got one of my image from my first set of developments and I have pressed control c, control v, then control t. I have then rotated the image the I have copied and faced it upside down creating some really interesting images. One reason why I have used this development technique is because it makes my work look more chaotic just like my artist Hilly Van Eerten. The colours also look more bold as they stand out more and you are able to see a lot more lines and patterns which I find really interesting, I have also done this using the media photoshop.

Exploring composition

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I am really fascinated with how my final set of developments have turned out as I have managed to create really interesting images. Firstly what I have done is gotten three images that I have already developed, I have then extened the canvas on both sides of the image, finally I have copied and pasted the two other image onto the part that I have extened creating these fascinating developments. I have also done this so I can explore the different compositions that I am able to position all of my different images in. Another reason why I have done this is so you can clearly see the difference between all of my different images and so you can also see what is good and bad about it.