Wolverine 1
This piece was done on textured wallpaper using black acrylic paint and a dry brush technique influenced by Japanese paintings. I then coloured the piece with inks trying to stick to flat colours
This piece was done on textured wallpaper using black acrylic paint and a dry brush technique influenced by Japanese paintings. I then coloured the piece with inks trying to stick to flat colours
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Thing (relief).
This piece was done on a thick wooden board, I started this piece by just smashing a red brick to bits (took a while) I then glued the rubble on in a mosaic sort of assembly using hot glue for the big stone and pva for dust and small rubble. once dry I painted some tone into the form to give the piece a figure (it's quite difficult to make out in the photo) I painted using acrylic and for the rest of the piece it's just a simple painting of blues with white and dark tones. the texture on the background was a result of thickly applied acrylic which just gave the black section something interesting.
Mr Freeze
This painting was done using acrylics on A3 Canvas. My main focus on this piece was to get the snow texture right and I looked at crackle effects. I created the initial background by dragging a wire brush along a white and blue canvas and then flicking paint onto the background, I then painting as usual on top of the background and the surface works really well. For the gun spray I used some textured pads dipped in paint and just dabbed
This painting was done using acrylics on A3 Canvas. My main focus on this piece was to get the snow texture right and I looked at crackle effects. I created the initial background by dragging a wire brush along a white and blue canvas and then flicking paint onto the background, I then painting as usual on top of the background and the surface works really well. For the gun spray I used some textured pads dipped in paint and just dabbed
Clayface.
Clayface is the product of heavily added acrylic paints, Dry acrylic waste glued on and all spread with a big brush and pallet knife. My aim for this piece was to create something with a heavy texture and my research was mainly into how mud and water flows and the patterns left in dry mud. This was an expressive piece
Superman 1
Superman I knew would be a challenging re-design, I had to keep the key factors of the character, meaning the colour scheme, the bright colours and the sense of invincibility. You can't dress someone in the Superman costume if they are going to look uncomfortable and weak in it so I needed to enforce a sense of pride into how I posed my figure. For the costume design I looked into Spartan wear, because they had pretty much the same design, muscular, barely dressed and large flowing capes. I wanted the large cape of a Spartan warrior to give my Superman the power, I replaced the tall boots with Spartan greaves to give the character a sense of uniform and again enforcing the warrior aspect. I needed my character to work in a real world. I gave his cape a pin of the Superman shield and as for the main shield itself, I wanted to create a beacon for Superman, an idea of seeing that symbol enforcing hope so I looked into glowing paints and neon paints and I settled with using the Alex Ross Kingdom Come shield design and spray painting red neon paint over a stencil to give it the glow and vibrancy I wanted to draw attention.
The building in the background is a quick painting of the Hilton hotel in Manchester.
I originally painted this in Gouache but was informed of the draw backs so I painted over in acrylic, for some texture I added some salt crystals to my work.
Superman I knew would be a challenging re-design, I had to keep the key factors of the character, meaning the colour scheme, the bright colours and the sense of invincibility. You can't dress someone in the Superman costume if they are going to look uncomfortable and weak in it so I needed to enforce a sense of pride into how I posed my figure. For the costume design I looked into Spartan wear, because they had pretty much the same design, muscular, barely dressed and large flowing capes. I wanted the large cape of a Spartan warrior to give my Superman the power, I replaced the tall boots with Spartan greaves to give the character a sense of uniform and again enforcing the warrior aspect. I needed my character to work in a real world. I gave his cape a pin of the Superman shield and as for the main shield itself, I wanted to create a beacon for Superman, an idea of seeing that symbol enforcing hope so I looked into glowing paints and neon paints and I settled with using the Alex Ross Kingdom Come shield design and spray painting red neon paint over a stencil to give it the glow and vibrancy I wanted to draw attention.
The building in the background is a quick painting of the Hilton hotel in Manchester.
I originally painted this in Gouache but was informed of the draw backs so I painted over in acrylic, for some texture I added some salt crystals to my work.
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Final Piece
Captain America Poster
(YOU too can be a HERO just like Cap)
This painting is a mixed media piece through predominantly paints. I based the designs on American World War 2 propaganda posters and the theme behind the piece is how their use of patriotism and symbolism hid the true brutality of war. The poster uses heroism and inspiration which would appear positive to any passer by however in the detail of the piece you notice the 'in-your-face' patriotism is drawing the attention away from the wounded and dead in the background, dangers of land mines, decapitation and overall death looms behind what looks to be an inspirational motif. All done on A1 cartridge paper with acrylic paints and oil pastels and black felt tip for detail.
(YOU too can be a HERO just like Cap)
This painting is a mixed media piece through predominantly paints. I based the designs on American World War 2 propaganda posters and the theme behind the piece is how their use of patriotism and symbolism hid the true brutality of war. The poster uses heroism and inspiration which would appear positive to any passer by however in the detail of the piece you notice the 'in-your-face' patriotism is drawing the attention away from the wounded and dead in the background, dangers of land mines, decapitation and overall death looms behind what looks to be an inspirational motif. All done on A1 cartridge paper with acrylic paints and oil pastels and black felt tip for detail.
Red Skull Poster
'Du Sind Erfrderlich. Marsch! (You are needed. March!)'
This piece contrasts well with the Captain America poster visually. The colours are flatter and more simple and follow the general colour scheme of German war posters. This poster is a more aggressive poster than the Captain America one, focusing on Power, Ego, Strength and using this intimidation on the viewer in a threatening demand of "You are needed. March!" in a most unpleasant way of asking for help. In relation to comic books this piece draws from the Cosmic Cube/ Tesseract acting as the Red Skull's weapon, a Hydra agent as he would be interpreted in Nazi uniform and two prototype Nazi aircraft's which I found that looked very space agey and advanced for technology of the time. Again this piece is mixed media although more of a painting, A1 cartridge paper with Acrylic paints and a black marker pen for the text.
'Du Sind Erfrderlich. Marsch! (You are needed. March!)'
This piece contrasts well with the Captain America poster visually. The colours are flatter and more simple and follow the general colour scheme of German war posters. This poster is a more aggressive poster than the Captain America one, focusing on Power, Ego, Strength and using this intimidation on the viewer in a threatening demand of "You are needed. March!" in a most unpleasant way of asking for help. In relation to comic books this piece draws from the Cosmic Cube/ Tesseract acting as the Red Skull's weapon, a Hydra agent as he would be interpreted in Nazi uniform and two prototype Nazi aircraft's which I found that looked very space agey and advanced for technology of the time. Again this piece is mixed media although more of a painting, A1 cartridge paper with Acrylic paints and a black marker pen for the text.
