Animal Backgrounds

Initial sketches and completed piece

Okay, I should have posted these first, but I forgot about them while I was sculpting.  Here are the initial sketches for my micro organism.  I ended up choosing the one on the left and added extras after I oven-baked my Socorian.  It seemed plainer than I'd expected so I adjusted the design and I'm quite pleased with the outcome.  Because there was only a thin layer of Sculpey on top of the tinfoil, I only had to oven-bake it for 5 minutes.

Here are some near-finished photographs of the Socorian.  The paint job is out of place so I was forced to add an extra layer afterwards.  The medium I used was acrylic paint.  It's very useful because it solidifies at a relatively quick rate and it's thick as well.  The only things that aren't painted in the next two pictures are the eyes.  At the time I couldn't decide on what colours I wanted them.

You can see a size comparison below.  (between the Socorian and my hand)

The final product is below.  I added some objects in the back to do a comparison to other objects.  I decided to make its eyes bright yellow so it is easier to navigate at night.  

The story behind our creatures:

A few years ago scientists were bored and decided to see if they could create a super race of animals that could adapt with the changing climate and environments. The animals came out excellent and all was thought to be well. One night the guard forgot to lock one of the animals cages properly. That animal got out and released the rest. The next morning the scientists arrived to see that all of the animals were out of place. Not knowing exactly what species of the super breed mated with who, the animals were placed in there original cages and locked. Three months later the female animals and one asexual animal gave birth to what is now the inhabitants of planet NuZe, which is short for Nuclear Zero. Once the scientists saw such hideous creatures, they knew that such animals would not be accepted or understood in the current society. They rounded up the mutant animals and shipped them off into space. They landed on planet Nuclear Zero and have been breeding with each other ever since. The Snoctobunny is a fuse of a snail, octopus and rabbit. It is one of the more dominant prey since they breed often and produce 20 in a litter. The casualties are large, but the reproduction rate is even greater.

Finally, here are the descriptions of the Socorian!

SOCORIAN of NUZE

The Socorian is a rare, mutated version of a scorpion that originally lived in a rainforest before it was shot onto Nuze.  This poisonous creature often lurks in the shrubs, and its body colour almost acts as a camouflage.  It will appear as a sweet berry (strawberry or cherry) to some mammals.  However, the horns all over the Socorian’s body are poisonous, but not so potent it would kill a large animal.  

The Socorian is aggressive and enjoys torturing its prey before feasting.  

After being tortured mercilessly by scientists on earth, this mutated creature craves for Snoctobunnies.  It often attempts to inject its poison into the prey to weaken it, but sometimes fails because of the Snoctobunny’s supple body.  

If larger creatures attempt to injure the Socorian, it can defend itself with its sharp claws.  Its tail is heavy and sharp and can easily render an opponent unconscious.  This creature’s one weakness is its stomach.  There is no defensive feature underneath. Therefore it can easily be defeated once turned over.

• My partner, Gabriella Visciano, is the creator of the Snoctobunny.  While I created the predator in this project, she created the prey.  Please visit her blog to view her colourful creation!

http://gabbyvisciano.blogspot.com/

Micro Organism - WIP

Here are some photos of my micro organism "Horned Scoscorian"

It's currently a work of progress.  Will post the finished product in the near future

Soy Sauce art!

Here are some roughly painted ideas of designs for a menu.  

Materials used: Water colour brushes, paper, soy sauce

Cover:

3 Other pages:

3D pieces

Here are 3 pieces created in Adobe Illustrator. 3D artwork is long and agonizing but the final product is satisfying. I'm particularly pleased with my R2D2 piece. With a short amount of time I couldn't do another detailed piece like it, but I still managed to create an amusing carnival game piece.

The final one will be added once it is complete.

Larger size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4105141874_8921e312d4_o.jpg

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This piece was for my Perception's assignment, also based on emotions.  Under much stress during that time I created a chaotic piece.  It represents my inner self --the whole idea of anxiety and depression with school.  There are papers with grades surrounding that character.  She has dishevelled hair to represent the lack of sleep.  She appears bitter, attempting to grasp her diploma.  Money flies away the moment it is grasped into her hands...

The materials I used were: Nu pastels, charcoal, chalk pastels, oil pastels, ink pen, and pencil crayons

 

Painful

Here is an old painting I took a picture of for my Perception's assignment based on emotions.  I created this a few years ago in grade 12 traditional art.  

It's based on the stress and depression I experienced in school.  The idea is basically meeting expectations.  All the white strings tug me in all directions.  I become blinded by everything, not knowing where to go.  I feel as though they're constantly nagging me, hence the knife poking at the puppet's back.  

In the end I was proud of this piece.  I had fun mixing acrylics and creating a gloomy background.

Vector sketch

I created a character a few weeks ago and sketched it out onto paper.  I will post the completed vectored image in the near future.