Background on backgrounds

Written By Rachel Biffin

Photo used by: misszin Getty 

A behind the curtain, this week, on the creation of a free download of backgrounds for virtual meetings. Why create them?

  • I wanted people to have a background that was ambient and abstract but not dizzying or distracting to them or others in the meeting. 

  • I also wanted people to have a way to keep what was behind them private and feel comfy and supported with these designs.

  • Because I find the backgrounds' out there really distracting; 

- With a blurred background, my mind works hard to imagine what's going on behind them in high definition. So my concentration is off.

- If it's a background of a classy loft space or high rise apartment, I look behind the meeting subject to see if the furniture is in the right proportion and perspective relative to the speaker. 

- And if it's stars, flowers, or outer space, I think...can't we do better here?

As I tested the backgrounds out within Zoom, I found that softer tones worked better than stronger colours. Somehow there was less distortion when I moved my hands around working with softer tones.


You can download them to use here.

Till next time,

Rachel

Rachel Biffin

When in doubt, go create

That’s the motto Australian based artist, Rachel Biffin, lives by.

Rachel's work comes out of a fascination with how the body intersects with and mediates online worlds, the media, interiors, and the environment. She creates digital collage with sourced or original photographs playing with transparency, line, and shape.

Having been in small business, branding, and marketing, Rachel unashamedly now brings her dreamy creative thinking into art, pattern design and licensing.

When not creating, she’s busy raising three boys, walking her fabulous poodle, drinking chai with her husband and friends, and delighting in finding, wrapping and posting presents to her loved ones.

http://www.softedgesstudio.com
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