Hill then imports the image to his iPhone
where he can “twist” his landscape in an
app called RollWorld. With an option of six
adjustments, this free app allows you to “roll”
the horizon of the image into a tight ball,
giving it the look of a small planet or, with
a reverse warp, you can roll the horizon into
a large ball and create a spiralling vortex of
sky as the centre. Once his twisted landscape
is set, Hill inserts a solitary 3D figure of a
person into the frame, in order to give the
piece scale and a sense of realism.
To keep his stock full, Hill is always taking
pictures, ensuring a massive supply of landscape
images that can feed his free-flowing creative
process. While he may sometimes have a strong
concept that he desires to bring to life, more
often than not, he is simply experimental. “It’s
always fun to see what comes out once you give
a new landscape a spin,” jokes Hill.
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