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Malware Pendi Yedhijitari by Maheen Sana

Malware Pendi Yedhijitari by Maheen Sana is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mubairo weBronzi we A' Design Award in Hunyanzvi Hwakaisvonaka neKuiswa kweHunyanzvi Competition Category.


BronziHunyanzvi· 2021

Malware Pendi Yedhijitari

by Maheen Sana

Client: Maheen Sana

Mubairo weBronzi we A' Design Award Winner in Hunyanzvi Category

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The Design

About Malware Pendi Yedhijitari

Yakagadzirwa zvachose digitally uchishandisa Photoshop uye girafu piritsi, Malware inoratidza mhedzisiro yekuparara kwehukama. Musiyano uri pamufananidzo unobva papfungwa yehunyambiri muzvisikwa, yekusiyana pakati pemufaro nekusuwa. Kushandiswa kwevatema nechena, kumberi kwemhirizhonga uye kwakadzikama kumashure, kuoma uye kupfava, zvese zvinogadzira rudo, asi runyararo uye kuratidza melancholy inosara nekutevera kurambana.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weBronzi we A' Design Award

Mubairo weBronzi we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Malware Pendi Yedhijitari, rukudzo rwakakwirira kwazvo runopiwa kumadhizaini akasiyana anozivikanwa nekugadzira, njere nekungwara. Vakunda veBronzi mabasa ane unyanzvi hwakakwana uye kugadzira kunoshamisa kunosimbisa ruzivo rukuru, pfungwa nehunyanzvi hwevagadziri vawo. Malware Pendi Yedhijitari inotarisirwa kuva chinhu chinokudzwa kwazvo, chinoremekedzwa uye chinodiwa, chine hunyanzvi hunoonekwa uye zvitsva. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weBronzi we A' Design Award inosanganisa maitiro akanakisa muhunyanzvi, sayenzi, dhizaini netekinoroji uye yakasiyana nekutarisisa zvidiki. Malware Pendi Yedhijitari inogutsa zvinodiwa zvakanaka, inobata zvishuvo, inokwezva manzwiro uye inomutsa kuda kuziva.

Behind the Design

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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.
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© 2020 Maheen Sana

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