OK, I officially really hate that first image I posted down below. It is non-comittal and poorly executed. Conceptually I like the idea, but it doesn't reflect my aesthetics. This image doesn't either, but I wanted to post "something".
As I intimated, the Revelations Workshop really messed me up. It made me really question my approach to image-making and in the last few weeks I've been trying out a lot of different techniques. I've been more or less unhappy with most of what I've been doing, but I know from experience that this sort of churn is a sure sign that my head is busy integrating new ideas and that I will come out the other side a better artist for it.
This image is more or less a Photoshop collage piece. I used Art Rage to set down a base abstraction and then started laying in various photo images themed around ancient Rome. I was/am planning on using it as a supporting background for some concept art for my current "Civilization-related" project. I sense a touch of the Android Jones influence in the approach and palette.
My hope is that if I keep posting work here, eventually it will coalesce into a cohesive body of work but for now it looks like the most awful student portfolio I've ever seen -all over the map and not particularly good at anything. I could be posting "safe", polished work here, but I'm quite deliberately rejecting my past work for the time being until I find my direction.
