Attraction and Repulsion - Two Examples

Here are two example pictures of attraction and repulsion I found on the internet.

In this assignment, I needed to find two pictures that looked attractive and repulsive. The tricky part is the subject matter cannot be what makes the picture attractive or repulsive. It needs to be one of those because of the colors in the pictures, and the lines, and textures.

The two examples above show the subject doesn't always make the mood, that buy choosing colors and textures and positioning lines, you can create feelings (in this case, the level of 'attractiveness').

The irony of this assignment is that the more repuslive the image gets, often it becomes more attractive.

Photo credit:

1. Keven Sargent - http://www.pbase.com/moving_waters/image/73210569

2. Ercole Barovierm - http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html