So I finally got around to scanning this piece. It's a 26 by 38
inch oil painting. The moment I had finished it I was submitting it and
putting it in shows. So I didn't have much of a chance to sit down and
document it. Especially considering this baby took 19 scans to get the
whole thing together! I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out--I may
do some digital painting on it because I feel like with the process I
used to paint this would look good with digital work on top of it. It was a fun painting to do and it took a really long time. Rewarding none the less to have it exhibited in shows.
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I feel like I should narrate a little bit
about what's happening here: The center character is a mutated whale
combined with human anatomy. He has faces growing on his muzzle. He's in
the desert because I wanted the whole piece to convey a very dead
feeling. He from there is very literally leaning over his grave having a
discussion of his (and potentailly more peoples) death(s) with a zombie
snot worm. While this conversation is going on giant missiles go off in
the distance indicating the end of the world. It's all very dramatic.
These worms live at the bottom of the ocean and wait for
whales skeletons to fall to the bottom. When the whales bones are
exposed they float over and burrow root like anatomy into the bones and
suck out the marrow. Whale falls are some of the most interesting deaths
I've ever heard of--Inspirational in fact.
They provide so much food for so many different types of sea creatures it's insane. After all, that's a lot of meat.
As the whale carcass falls its providing a lot sustenance for many
ecosystems along the way. Such as sharks, eels, snot worms, etc... I
just find it extremely interesting.
Aside from that the whole painting is a supposed to envoke an interenal
or external discussion about death. Very morbid, but I figured I'd
finish college with a bang.
