{"id":6322,"date":"2020-12-31T08:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2020-12-31T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:23:08","slug":"pandemic-pattern-3-auditioning-colour-and-stitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=6322","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Pattern 3 – Auditioning Colour And Stitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The pandemic pattern on my mind at the moment is that miniscule unit of the highly infectious corona virus that emerged in China late last year, swept through Earth\u2019s human population and turned our normal lives upside down. Everyone has already experienced at least some effect of inconvenience and anxiety, and the illness itself is causing pain, death and sorrow. The majority of patients recover, but some of those people are left with residual physical and\/or neurological effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the wonders of electron microscopy<\/a> we\u2019re all too familiar with what the virus looks like. The particles of virus are not molecules or cells but virions<\/a>, represented everywhere as a round thing with spiky bits<\/a>. I have always intended to represent this PP in some shocking colours to convey the severity of its threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colour+black is always dramatic. I love colour on grey, too, but the effect is softer.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thinking about colour and the virus, I googled and found my way to an interesting article on how the colour in those graphic images is\u00a0completely due to artistic licence<\/a>. \u00a0Electron microscope images of the virus are seen in shades of grey only, as the virions\u2019 particle size is many times smaller than what can be affected by light waves to appear coloured. Adding colour to the images draws our attention, making them more scary, so my instinct to use flourescent and bright colours for drama was spot on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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