Malware Ata Vali Numera by Maheen Sana is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Faatufugaga Maualuga Competition Category.

ApamemeaFaatufugaga Maualuga· 2021

Malware Ata Vali Numera

by Maheen Sana

Client: Maheen Sana

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Faatufugaga Maualuga Category

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The Design

About Malware Ata Vali Numera

Faia fa'akomepiuta atoa e fa'aaoga ai le Photoshop ma se laulau fa'ata'ita'i, Malware fa'aalia le i'uga o le fa'amavaeina o se mafutaga. O le eseesega i le ata vali e faʻavae i luga o le manatu o le lua i le natura, o le eseesega i le va o le fiafia ma le faanoanoa. O le fa'aogaina o le uliuli ma le pa'epa'e, fa'alavelave i luma ma le to'afilemu, ma'a'a ma le mālū, e fa'atupu uma ai se lagona alofa, ae fa'anoanoa ma fa'aalia ai le fa'anoanoa o lo'o totoe pe a uma le malepelepe.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Malware Ata Vali Numera, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Malware Ata Vali Numera e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Malware Ata Vali Numera e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Everyone copes with heartbreak in their own way. The idea and execution give Malware its unique essence. There's duality in nature. You can't know happiness without sadness. Malware translates this concept with various contrasting features. The use of black and white, chaotic foreground and calm background, hardness and softness. All create a romantic, yet sombre atmosphere. There's just something very profound about creating beauty out of sorrow.
Dimensions & Packaging: This is a 1270 by 1066 mm digital painting. The entire painting was made using a brush tool in Adobe Photoshop. I used the Mechanical Pencil brush tool to achieve the rough graphite texture. To finish the painting off, I added the noise filter in photoshop to create a film grain texture.
Tags: Malware, Heart Break, Love, Renegade, Trojan Horse, Virus, Minecraft, Digital Painting, Binary, Binary Sea, Machine, Venice, Italy, Zeppelin, Dark Side of the Moon, Music
Production Technology: I used Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom graphics tablet to create this digital painting. I initially intended for the drawing to be made against a white background. However, upon experimenting with different colors, I realized that my idea was portrayed better with darker tones. I used a Mechanical Pencil brush in Photoshop to achieve the rough graphite texture. In addition, I used the noise filter to create a film grain finish to the painting.
Design Challenge: Working on a detailed piece with a mechanical pencil is definitely challenging and occasionally, you'll find yourself on the verge of abandoning the piece altogether. Fortunately, with Malware I had this urgency of getting it out there in the world. The hardest part for me was painting something so exposing while living in a society that thrives on shaming people for showing emotional vulnerability.
Research: Due to the nature of this artwork, most of the material that I required was available to me from my personal experience. However, I still had to research a couple of things. Deciding the part of Venice I wanted to display, reading the story behind Daleks, Trojan Horse and the Roman betrayal. I chose the digital medium for this painting because I find it to be very efficient and flexible, which made it perfect for this spontaneous project.
Inspiration: Malware was born out of my first encounter with heartbreak. And while I realize that this encounter might not have a whole lot of significance in the grand scheme of things, I think it was valuable nonetheless because every painful experience teaches you something. I did not create this painting to come off as bitter. I felt like for the sake of my sanity, I had to take the heartache from that particular experience and transform it into a work of art which exhibits all the events of that time and you can take a look at all the relics with a melancholic familiarity.
Project Duration: This project started on July 9th, 2019 from the comfort of my home and was finished and uploaded on January 26th, 2020.
Operation Flow: Oddly, our difficult times connect us with other human beings more deeply than anything else. I hope that Malware can evoke a sense of melancholic familiarity within the audience. Even if it is just an audience of one.