Book 2
Length: 10.7 in
Width: 8.31 in
Date: Fall 2022-2023
Width: 8.31 in
Date: Fall 2022-2023
The front cover of the book. I had a lot of fun collaging the tentacles, but I wish the main octopus was less textured.
The dedication this time is part of a photo montage, and once again I am referencing a novel (I just really liked it).
Planning pages for an art history project, where we take an old piece and remake it with a modern character. I had two ideas with Garfield from Garfield, one an unknown medieval painting and the other Le Chat Blanc by Pierre Bonnard. I also had two ideas for Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100 to celebrate his narrow loss in the finals of the first Tumblr Sexyman poll. One was The Familiar Birds by Émile Friant, the other was Madame X by John Singer Sargent.
Originally I was going to proceed with Reigan in Madame X but I decided to change characters last minute. The new character, Arashi Narukami from Ensemble Stars!! is officially a transgender women. However, despite being the only female character (besides the one you play as) she has never been put in a dress/skirt, despite her male counterparts wearing them multiple times. I thought this was a good parallel to the historical significance of the original painting, as the amount of skin shown was very scandalous in 1883-1884 because it went against common ideas of "female propriety." An issue the game developers have also been wary of when portraying this character.
The final 3-piece set from page 8, I decided to focus more on anatomy and contrast.
Color studies for a shoe sculpture. I created a character who was half shoe, half centaur, and half train.
The finished project! He's a very dapper gentleman. :)
Painted ground, I haven't decided what to do with it yet.
Collaged ground, I can't figure out what the aesthetic is.
Brainstorming for the shoe project (yes I used the pages out of order), I was trying all kinds of concepts on page 16 before going into the details on page 15.
Random doodle page. I was so surprised when I found this in the middle of my book.
I only have some rough paint down, but I have no idea what to do.
Advanced Art/Art 3