Image Essay #15

The piece above is a fan art of Ichigo in his hallow form from Bleach. The artist made a good use of value contrast in this piece. The value contrast combined with the color scheme help makes the character look like he's something to be terrified of. The value contrast with a little shading makes Ichigo look three-dimensional.

An analogous color scheme is used for the background, which makes use of different tints, hues, and shades of orange and yellow. Since the artist used orange and yellow. I assume the background is suppose to be a blurred version of fire, since yellow and orange are colors normally seen in a fire. If the background is fire, then it adds to the effect that makes Ichigo look like some terrifying creature that just came out of hell. Also it appears that the lights value of yellow kind of makes a halo around Ichigo. Normally that kind thing implies that the character is angelic, but when combined with the black and this color scheme, it gives the character a scary demonic look. It's probably there to put more emphasis on Ichigo. Of course Ichigo is the most dominate object on the page, because he's the only object on the page and take up most of the page, making him the focal point.

The image also would fit as an example of Gestalt with it use of symmetry and asymmetry. The colors in the background are in a symmetrical pattern and Ihcigo's hallow mask is asymmetrical. The mask also makes Ichigo himself look asymmetrical, but with out it, one can tell that Ichigo is really symmetrical.