extra credit book cover

I had a lot of fun making the 'book cover' for our extra credit raster assignment. It took a lot of false starts, but I like the final effect. As a photographer and a lover of beauty, I kind of have an obsession with light, so I knew all along that the light bulb would be in there somewhere, but I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Eventually I ended up pulling in some long-exposure pictures I made last night. I had, on a lark, used my cell phone to make little light-tracings, and those photos ended up getting used in this project.
The light and the colors were pretty much drawn from my obsession with raves and neon lights, etc. They have kind of a futuristic feel, in my opinion. The title, "Transcend," is all about the kind of metaphysical idea of moving yourself out of your situation, using your mind and your heart to escape your body. I'd imagine that it'd be a cyberpunk-inspired tale of a girl who turns it around from a down-and-out life in the rave basements of San Francisco.
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