Mads Petersen style art

 

–The second of these is a depiction of a PlayStation 3 controller but with the inclusion of organs, bones and other innards replacing the right side. With ribs and lungs on the lower half and muscles at the top I used specific parts to fit the shape of the controller to make it appear that this is a view of the inside that would have been held in with the plastic shell as Petersen would. The medium that was used for these was solely watercoolers as they take less time to dry and are easier to handle than acrylics. I am highly considering using a piece like this for my final as it shows of bright colours and direct opposition with union.

–The third in the series created in the style of Mads Petersen this is where I began to branch off from just recreating this style of art instead I began adding different features. This time a smiling visage of a mouth was included in the large upper section of the controller, this was added to add a greater sense of emotion branching off to human nature and how we enjoy being immersed within a video game, also in the lower right the typical style of Petersen’s art has been included with the use of organs. The colours used were also a deviation from the original with the use of pencil and watercolour pencil to use the bright colours to bring out the monotone shades, and to great effect, this piece is among one of my favourites created this far as it combines juxtaposing features with both strong and muted shades and colours showing great variety united, and potentially worth considering as an idea for a final piece. 

–Taking another step away from person’s style of art using a seemingly mid-decomposition bird encircling a photo of an old, disused clock face. The bird has most of its muscles and hide exposed with all that is intact being the wings that are white with red tips, while the clock has yellowed with age and lost its hands so can no longer perform its function. Like the game cube controller water colour pencils were used, with the exception of that they were used to make the entirety of the bird. For the muscles, reds and blues were used while the hide consisted of creams and, browns and reds with the wings using a similar colour scheme. With the use of the clock and dead bird the representations within this composition are rather morbid, with death being the predominant, however technology and nature do both fit into this with the use of a creature with the clock. My personal favourite of the series created in the Mads Petersen style as it is a far more striking piece showing an actual organism rather than just a random assortment of organs. However the main issue is that the clock is a cut-out and the bird is a complex shape meaning that it is far harder to cut the image to fit to the drawing.    

–A piece similar to the bird within a clock this instead is a larger composition that occupies the entirety of the page, the main focus of which being toward the top of the page depicting a fox atop a clock, with leaves and cogs cascading and connecting toward the bottom of the page. The Fox is draped over the timepiece with skeletal face and paws that lead to muscle, ligaments and then fur. Also like the bird this image was coloured using water colour pencils and watercolours to give it striking colours of bright yellows, oranges and reds, as well as deep shadows. The clock on the other hand has a more pastel palette with yellows and browns and hands encrusted with red gems. Having stronger representations to death rather than technology and nature, however it does still fit within the theme with the use of autumn connotations as well as clocks being considered a marvel of old technology.

going back in to the more technology side of this theme I decided to use a photograph of an old camera and to create a piece in the style of the studied artist. this uses a camera and several eyes to emphasise on the visual based nature of this technology. using a different medium to draw the wires and eyes I decided to use pen as this is a bright medium that will hopefully give a bold visual to this composition. after completion the image does have the desired bold effect however a greater range of colours is most likely required to achieve a better piece.