Create a design assignment that includes a least 3 things in the picture, and at least one of those things has to be inside another. The example, for instance, includes a black magnet and a microchip inside a small black box and these together were all put together and then added into the photo of old video games.
This was, oddly enough, the easiest Design Assignment I had this week, at two-and-a-half stars, with the irony being that, when I selected this, it was actually worth four stars. Nonetheless, I actually liked the movie, Inception, so much so that I actually waited until after I saw the film, in its entirety, before watching Doug Walker’s “Bum Review” of it. So, given that we’re basically playing Russian dolls with household objects, it didn’t take long to come up with a fitting design for the piece.
This one was done with a shot from my cameraphone, of my copy of the anime, Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu, or A Certain Magical Index, on DVD and Blu-Ray, hovering over a container of various coins; this symbolizes the expensive life that one of the show’s main characters, Toma Kamijo – the spiky-haired high-school boy on the cover – lives at the start of the series. You see, this show takes place in a world where supernatural abilities are a reality, and schools are built for the sole purpose of teaching students to control these powers; while Toma is one of the weakest “espers” in one of these schools, in the town of Academy City, he does have a secret ability, “Imagine Breaker,” which can negate any opponent’s power during combat, at the cost of his own luck, hence the coins representing every time things took a turn for the worse for him in his life, every time he stopped on a dime.
The object I placed inside this container of coins is a silver cross pendant, reading, “Jesus saves,” across the sides; this is to symbolize the female lead, and title character of the franchise, literally named Index Librorum Prohibitorum. She, naturally, is the one in the white and gold habit, which she calls the “Walking Church,” as she starts off as a member of the Church of England’s Necessarius branch, otherwise known as the Church of Necessary Evil, at the start of the show; while I may have joked about her name, the reasoning behind it isn’t something to laugh at, as she has successfully memorized 103,000 grimoires of magic by the time the series begins, so it’s pretty much safe to say that she can more than hold her own in a fight.
Suffice it to say, this photo session was perfect for me, as the lighting put enough emphasis on the cross to draw people’s attention to the photo, while the rest of the photo, grainy quality and all, keeps people’s attention by getting them to think that this photo, taken hours before this entry was posted, may be older, and grungier, than it is. To me, I think this aesthetic works here, as it provides a feeling of dark mysticism between the box set, the coins, and the cross, which is fitting, considering what actually happens in the show. Note the lack of spoilers.
Sadly, this means I have only one challenge left to do, and with only eleven-and-a-half stars out of a possible twelve, it means I’m going to have to bring out the big guns to get me through this week. Wish me luck, ladies and gentlemen, for when next we meet, I will raise the dead.
