Layers Project Farnes

I had a difficult time coming up with some cohesive series of things I wanted to photograph. I have so  many things I enjoy but wanted mine to be unique. I ended up taking many different photographs but took the ones that inspired me the most as far as my personal artistic journey. The largest picture in the series is one of my first real artists gifts I recieved which was an amazing set of colored pencils. Many of them are original to the set but I have had to replace many of them. The image was taken with a fisheye lens that was made for mobile devices and then cropped. The other images are all of things that have inspired me as an artist. They are not in order of importance but how I felt was visually most pleasing.
On the far left there is a picture of a Wall-e from the Pixar film made from Lego bricks. Wall-e was an important film to me as it not only solidified my love of Pixar films but also was the first time I really recognized the beauty of an intricate well made story. Next is my wife's and my wedding rings as she is truly a wonderful source of inspiration and continually moves me forward. Third is all the points of tools that I commonly use when I am drawing and they include a Wacom Stylus, woodless pencil, a 0.05 marker and a x-acto knife blade. The last is a pin from the film Tomorrow Land directed by Brad Bird. I wear this constantly and if you've seen the movie you'll understand why and if not I won't spoil it for you. I really enjoyed it.
The pictures are arranged as so not to be too jumbled or to stop the eye anywhere but to have a natural progression through the picture. There is also a bit of color balancing with the picture of Wall-e and the pin as they are similar in color but the rings are similar in shape and having them be in the places they are has a sence of a pattern. The colored pencils on the also have a sence of pattern but have a special sence of color rather than a repetition of a color pattern but it is pleasing to the eye. The letting was chosen as it is reminiscent of brush strokes and the orange and blue colors are complimentary (and also two of my favorites).