Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Opposites - "Prickly Pear" and "Bison"

"Prickly Pear"


"Bison"



These pieces were intended as calender illustrations illustrating the opposites Flora and Fauna. I wanted to do something with a Western theme, so I chose a plant and animal that would have been common to the lives of the two figures, but I wanted the Flora and Fauna to be the subjects, not the figures. Because of this, I placed them in the foreground and out of balance with the rest of the piece. Also it was really fun to research and create my own patterns, symbolizing American Indian and American cowboy aesthetics.

Done for my Illustration Topics Class with Tom Garrett.

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