Artist Post #2

Alberto Seveso 

"The Three Graces"

Alberto Seveso is a graphic illustrator/designer that has created this technique called "sperm shaping" by using black and white photos with a blending of vectors on Photoshop. He was born in Milan, Italy but grew up on the island of Sardinian with no education in design or art. He has self-taught himself through using an Amiga 1200, Delux Paint and becoming a street artist. He began his career as a graphic designer when he moved to Rome and started using Photoshop, which amazed him of its capabilities. Seveso's "sperm  shaping" was born by a collection meant as a joke, but people really took a liking to it so he kept going with that inspiration.

"Astro Bonas"

The photos become Seveso's medium and the basis of his artwork. He creates these swirly vectors and layers them onto the photo, adding tasteful and sometimes sensual effects. There is a mystery to his works as well because he plays with what to hide and what to show, allowing the viewer to get lost into the picture and   imagine what is there and what isn't. He assembles the vectors in Photoshop, making them more realistic and giving them depth, and  follows the curves of the body or face to make it more authentic and life-like. Seveso says it is a very tedious technique but quite simple, it just requires patient to make the vectors and bit-map picture harmonious.

Seveso's works are very intriguing and captivating. The blending of vectors on black and white photos really brings out the patterns he creates, which usually look like sperm. The idea of "sperm shaping" is kind of strange but it does create this abstract and awesome picture that really pushes the limits of the mind. At first though, I didn't even pick up that most of the patterns looked like sperm until I read about his works and style. Also, his ability to become such an established artist with no degree in design or art, really shows that anybody can do whatever they set their mind to if they have the passion and dedication for their work. I agree with Seveso that you don't need a degree to be successful in art, although design schools do teach the fundamentals. I believe that creative expression comes from within and Seveso definitely proves that by making these amazing works.