Brain of yarn

So for another piece, which we will just call yarn brain, i wanted to get a more Giger(ish) feel to the piece. It didn't even occur to me that all my piece previously have shown a lone figure sat atop a perch, as if suddenly alone in this vast empty world they hoped to rule. Apt much? It certainly makes a change from the very omnipotent beings i portrayed in the previous project submission pieces.

The Lone Figure

So above is a piece which is quite simple in composition, i wanted it to be quite minimalist with the sole highlight being on the lone figure sat atop its throne, lording over this vast empty environment. I kept the running theme of string in here, to represent the string of life that the 3 fates control.

Gods in motion

So i wanted to play around with using 3 figures (As i am doing the Moirai god's of fate, Atropus, Clotho, Lachesis) whereas i have previously been focusing on my 'version' being a collective of the 3, a singular almighty being. So for this piece i was looking a lot into Roberto Ferri and Luis Ricardo Falero, both for their use of female forms and expression in movement.

How colour affects mood

So i have been working on my use of colour in my paintings. In the above piece i wanted to focus a lot on showing light and darkness in the work. This is mostly just to be used as a mood piece in my project, using a simple colour gradient map.

Environments?

So i was looking at various way to incorporate figures into architecture and what really helped with this was Giger's work. His use of figure to create these amazing pieces and landscapes just using the human form to create the shapes, which both look like their own entity as well as being part of a larger collective being or object. Above is a piece i worked on, i went through a few different colour iterations but these two where my favourite. 

One people, One mind, One Purpose?

So we all know of the strange religion that is explored in the Dead Space franchise, and in-between shooting my way through what seems like an unfair amount of Necromorphs i wanted to find out more about this strange religion the creators of the game had created. Seemingly its a religion based around humankind becoming one entity, one mind, with one purpose. I found the brief stages within the chapel areas realy interesting and would spend my time looking around at all the architecture of the scene and models, especially where they incorporated the religions origins in the foundations of the church architecture. 

For my god being i wanted to explore how humanity might worship such a being? would they immortalise this god like figure in architecture, this was something, design wise, i wanted to look into for my paintings.  

God composition (2)

Below is a small aspect of my process, i started with a really simple and quick sketch out for how i wanted the composition and then i went straight in with colour to figure out where my light source would be. 

Above is the final piece. 

God conceptual piece (finished)

My finalised piece.  

Composition work

 Above is a set of composition sketches, through these i really wanted to portray a sense of majesty in the god figure. I was looking a lot into renaissance symbolism in paintings and looking at the works of surrealist artists like Dali, Andre Breton, Yves Tanguy and Beksinski. I will take these sketches further to produce some finished concepts.

Above is my personal work and progression into the final piece. For this I was heavily inspired by Beksinski's work, his use of colour to portray the mood of the piece and his dynamic composition.