Malware ዲጂታላዊ ስእሊ by Maheen Sana is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ስነ-ጥበብን ምትካል ስነ-ጥበብን Competition Category.

ነሓስስነ-ጥበብ· 2021

Malware ዲጂታላዊ ስእሊ

by Maheen Sana

Client: Maheen Sana

ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ስነ-ጥበብ Category

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The Design

About Malware ዲጂታላዊ ስእሊ

ብሙሉኡ ብዲጂታላዊ መገዲ ፎቶሾፕን ግራፊክስ ታብሌትን ተጠቒሙ ዝተሰርሐ፡ ማልዌር ውጽኢት ምፍራስ ዝምድና የርኢ። ኣብቲ ስእሊ ዘሎ ተቃራኒነት ኣብ ኣምር ክልተነት ዝምድናታት፡ ማለት ኣብ መንጎ ሓጎስን ሓዘንን ዘሎ ተቃራኒነት ዝተሞርኮሰ እዩ። ጸሊምን ጻዕዳን፡ ዘይተደራጀረ ቅድመ ምስልን ህዱእ ድሕረ ምስልን፡ ጽኑዕነትን ልስልስነትን ምጥቃም፡ ኩሉ ሮማንቲካዊ እንተኾነ ግን ጸልማት መንፈስ ይፈጥሩን ድሕሪ ምፍራስ ዝምድና ዝተረፈ ሓዘን የንጸባርቑን።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award

Malware ዲጂታላዊ ስእሊ ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ብፈጠራ፣ ርእሰ ሓይልን ስቕታን ዝፍለዩ ብልጫ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ነሓስ ሰፊሕ ተሞክሮ፣ ምሕሳብን ርእሰ ምምዕባልን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘረጋግጹ ኣዚዮም ክኢላታትን ብዘደንቕ መገዲ ፈጠራውያንን ኣርቴፋክትታት እዮም። Malware ዲጂታላዊ ስእሊ ብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ሓድሽን ኣቕሓ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award ኣብ ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዝበለጹ ልምድታት ዘጣምር፣ ንዝርዝር ብዝህቦ ኣቓልቦ ድማ ዝበለጸ እዩ። Malware ዲጂታላዊ ስእሊ ድልየታት ብጽባቐ የማልእ፣ ንድሌታት ይትንክፍ፣ ንስምዒታት የማርኽን ሕቶ ድማ የሰሕብን።

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.