My Portfolio Development class is having us choose a "thematic style" or aesthetic for a series of pieces over the course of the quarter. After thinking over a few ideas, the choice eventually landed on a more graphic cut-out technique as well as being loosely influenced by the term "mythology" and the "elements". So that's where I sort of took off with it; I started with a few sketches of what I thought a "fire creature" would look like, as well as a couple of other elements. Here's what I came up with:
I had a hell of a time with this one because (as mentioned in the planar portraits project) the process requires so much preparation of the differing textures and surfaces that I spent hours just getting to the point of putting paint on something. But I also am really pleased with how it turned out. The creatures from the sketches ended up becoming these diving machine creations that are causing all sorts of destruction with their element. I like the idea of the fire-machines being these really tall gangly things that are able to shoot while walking over the flames and destruction on stilt-legs. Experimenting in a portfolio class might not be such a bad thing after all. Still, I'd say this one is draws heavily from my Three Musketeer illustrations from over a year ago.
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