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THE FABRIC OF MATH / Complexity Pattern: The main idea is to show a new way of “infographic” drawings. Because everything we see is biological, mathematical or geological information. It can also be cultural patterns or any other thing. Complexity Graphics works are based on mathematical simplicity and harmony. I would describe them as infographic abstracts. This mathematical style helps me to illustrate everything from biological cell to the space and meditative worlds. That’s why I admire by math, because it’s everywhere and nowhere. "You can either call it Complexism or Networkism ... where imaginary landscapes of interconnected entities are the prevailing theme." VISUALCOMPLEXITY Tatiana graduated from Moscow State University with a Master in Social Psychology, and then studied in High Academic School of Graphic Design in the class of Tagir Safaev. Working as an art director, graphic designer and illustrator. Tatiana Plakhova complexity art graphics: Digital Art, Illustration, Russian Designer, Museum quality 100% cotton fine art paper. Matte finish. Has a border of 2 inches. Abstract art. Work On Paper, Mixed Media.Tatiana Plakhova visualizes complex artworks but without using generated or programmed art. She creates everything by hand and develops experience in complexity graphics day by day. It may surprise you to hear that we've been especially impressed lately with data visualizations that tell you little or nothing about the actual data in them. But sometimes these creations are so bewitching that they transcend the label "infographics" and become something else - not quite fine art, but some sort of cyborg collaboration between one human soul. Russian designer Tatiana Plakhova creates visualizations that fit this mold, turning quanta of information into diaphanous, delicate visuals that look like something the aliens from The Abyss would create if they had access to Google's APIs. Plakhova didn't give much detail on her process or inspirations when we asked, but maybe that's a good thing -- staring into the sparkling, whirling depths of a piece like "Light Beyond Sound" might actually lose some of its appeal if I knew too much about what mundane database had spawned the raw material. I'd rather just marvel at the fact that in this day and age, artists can conjure up otherworldly wonders on the level of Close Encounters of the Third Kind without even picking up a brush, pencil, or camera. is a Moscow-based art director, designer and illustrator whose imagination and forward thinking ideals create a new world. Satellite Voices talks to her about the beauty of chaos and cosmic space. SV: How would you describe your style in three words? Tatiana Plakhova: Cognition, harmony, mathematics. SV: What inspires you? Tatiana Plakhova: Music, internal mood, people, nature, science, meditations. SV: How do you choose the music for your works? Tatiana Plakhova: I either look for a music composition that reflects my mood, or hear this mood in the music and try to draw and convey it. SV: Why does the cosmic space attract you? Tatiana Plakhova: Time and space are much bigger there, so I can feel the infinity breath. This space looks like our internal worlds in our dreams and meditations. Both space and nature are important for the art's feeling of peace. SV: Why do you see beauty in chaos? Tatiana Plakhova: Chaos has its own structure, and each stucture contains chaos. I am attracted by both characteristics. They are both inseparable and the basic laws of the world we live in. We can't enjoy the beauty of waves, stars and leaves without the chaotic, unpredictable, disodered part of live.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_media

Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media. For example, a work on canvas that combines paint, ink, and collage could properly be called a "mixed media" work - but not a work of "multimedia art." The term multimedia art implies a broader scope than mixed media, combining visual art with non-visual elements (such as recorded sound, for example) or with elements of the other arts (such as literature, drama, dance, motion graphics, music, or interactivity). When creating a painted or photographed work using mixed media it is important to choose the layers carefully and allow enough drying time between the layers to ensure the final work will have integrity. If many different media are used it is equally important to choose a sturdy foundation upon which the different layers are imposed. A phrase sometimes used in relationship to mixed media is, "Fat over lean." In other words: "don't start with oil paints. Plan to make them the final layer." Many interesting effects can be achieved by using mixed media. Often, found objects are used in conjunction with traditional artist media, such as paints and graphite, to express a meaning in the everyday life. In this manner, many different elements of art become more flexible than with traditional artist media.