The Netflix series "Queens Gambit", which took the world by storm in 2020, brought the heroine Beth Harmon, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, to the forefront and became the favorite of many movie fans, including Greek Graphics Designer Charis Tsevis. Tsevis turned his love for "The Gambit" and Beth into a series of mosaic portraits, inviting everyone to follow the show with him.
This is what Tsevis said: "The whole last year has shown us a lot of unknown aspects of human nature and human behavior. We have faced the most serious challenges of our lives, and Beth Harmon looks like the most important person of our time. The most perfect heroine. She comes from an old time, but has so much in common with us. The Cold War, personal loss, loneliness, struggling with inner insecurities, needs, addictions, her entire story can be used as a metaphor for today. .” Therefore, Tsevis completed a series of mosaic paintings of Beth Harmon in the last few months of 2020. He used various chess symbols and the softest, retro tones to piece together the image of Beth, a pixel painting The effect also pays homage to the chess board.the taste of.
Tsevis likes mosaic very much, which is a way of using a very basic but very powerful concept to derive related things, such as using elements from chess to create a portrait of a chess player. When the two The deeper the relationship and connection, the more successful the mosaic effect will be.
