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Muses part one

August 6th, 2009

muses_16Okay, this is by far the most random thing I have ever posted. Actually it’s the most random thing I have ever made. It consists of roughly one part inspiration from Josiah’s seal, two parts fondness for vague visual symbolism, and about fourteen parts pure Bill. In other words, it was a complete mental tangent and I haven’t the foggiest idea how it managed to get made. I could always cheat and say that it’s my tribute to Web Cave but I don’t think that actually occurred to me until I was about halfway through.
Anyway, I did the concept sketches over Christmas and when we were given our first 2D assignment (make something presumably 2D and vaguely self-portraitesc) I already had the designs and whipped up the chap on the right, and I have been working on the rest, off and on, ever since.
The subjects themselves are finished, but the setting needs work: once I figure out what kind, I‘ll complete the work and be at peace. That is until Bill convinces me to redo the entire tarot deck with inside jokes or something.

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  1. August 7th, 2009 at 07:07 | #1

    So, you’re mad?

  2. August 7th, 2009 at 12:19 | #2

    DOES THIS MEAN I SHOULD DO THE ENTIRE COMMENT IN CAPITAL LETTERS? IT STILL SEEMS LIKE I’M SHOUTING. I’LL REGRESS TO HUMAN FORM FOR NOW.

    Surprisingly, I didn’t see the Renkluaf text until I fullviewed it. I just thought I was being egocentric in thinking ‘hey, that looks like Peter, and that looks like Katherine and– ohhhhh…’ –and then felt silly.
    The colors are very well-balanced (read as: fantastic interplay of light and dark with the appropriate color schemes for all involved, though we really do need to get you a tie-dyed shirt one of these semesters) and the characters quite in-character. Somehow, I think Katherine would greatly enjoy hurling magic at people, as would Peter enjoy stabbing the sun. Though it surprises me you do not have birds in Madness. I would have thought they were essentialities.

  3. Oracle of the Closet
    August 7th, 2009 at 15:52 | #3

    That is always the problem, which is why I want an official Christopher Lee font, but who knows when that will happen?

    Hmm, apparently I can actually make people look like the people they are meant to look like, I wasn’t actually quite clear on that point. I was just going to try brezing through on the power of the “it’s figurative anyway” concept.

    As for the birds, I was trying for a little subtlety, and besides, it would give Madness one too many elements and throw off the balance of the entire piece. That is, I think it would, it’s not like I spent hours obsessing over this very compositional issue or anything.

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