anatomy and technology

anatomy and technology

going off on more of a tangent within my theme I have created a portrait of a lion with wires pultruding from where the mane should be, this in most parts is a reflection of the art of Mads Petersen in the broadest of sense and represents how technology replaces to the suffering of wildlife and also how humans themselves sacrifice human nature to technology choosing that over socialising in extreme cases for long periods of time. I intend to use watercolours to paint this lion perhaps including the colour green as that is the colour of the circuit boards in which wires can be soldered onto. overall I am happy with how this image is coming along. however a different angle could have been used to give the lion a more realistic and 3D appearance. 

This focuses primarily on the unity of technology and nature through the use of prosthetics to replace natural parts lost such as limbs, however technology has not advanced enough to provide replacement limbs that even meet the complexity of the limbs animals were born with and as a result of that I had to create a sci-fi like image to show the point I was trying to convey. The image shows a shepherd like dog with mechanical prosthetics on its left side coloured using bright shades and metallic silvers white the dog is coloured in monotone black and white to keep the attention on the false limbs. In the future I most likely use aspects of this but in different mediums, such as stylised mechanics.

More of a whimsical drawing in my typical style using aspects of different creatures (namely canids and birds) to create a single entity and the use of technological aspects to link both of my themes together. the mediums used for this image was black and green pen, black to outline the skeleton and mechanical part and green to show the external outline of the creature. representing bot unity and conflict with the use of a mixture of natural elements and technology that affects it down to its very bones. this style focuses the most on what is portrayed typically by Mads Petersen by using what is inside as a greater focus point rather than what is on the outside. 

Using the prompt of prosthetics I have illustrated a cat with metal prosthetics making up fall of its face and it's hind legs. The mediums used for this are pen, watercolours and metallic paint. This Is to create a literal representation of how technology can mimic the functions nature through the use of prosthetic limbs. Compared to some other pieces of the same nature this piece has turned out better with the use of the metallic silvers giving no contest to the greens and oranges.