A Long and Hiking Journey is a two-part artwork from my Metalhead series about the idea of a long and treacherous journey that takes a wonderful turn when the storm clears. Let’s talk about the first leg of the journey!
This particular artwork is an attempt on my end to visualize the feeling of a hike in a blizzard, where the vision is often feels obscured and the movement of snow everywhere. It’s meant to be a bit of a snowy mess and trying to keep the artwork away from that was a challenge!
Certain issues I had with the artwork was that the linework is felt heavy and leaves little room for the colour to make its own visual statement. Much of the re-work I had to do was to remove and simplify the linework by replacing it with more textures and patterns to help free up space in the artwork. I still try as much as possible to keep to the original colour scheme of the work.
Work-in-progress!
My next WIP naturally goes to the second piece of this two-part journey! Metalhead finally meets up with the round snow birb friend. Much effort in visiting that friend who lives off-grid!
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Shirin
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