Analog
Digital
Notes and Rough Drafts
Reflection:
The subject of this illustration that I chose was a self portrait with my spirit animal. The image portrays a portrait of me and next to me, the spirit of a wolf glowing bright as well as my eyes glowing as well and we are both surrounded by mist and smoke for more spiritual effects. The analog version is a pencil only drawing mainly focusing on line work, especially with the hair and the spiritual effects around the figure of myself. When translating the work to a digital version, I decided to go for a style that portrayed more surrealism. Something unusual, fictional, and something relating to the fantasy genre. With digital, more colors were used due to not being limited to just a pencil and there was more rendering done as well. Digital painting also assisted more with the portrayal of surrealism as it helped the spirit of the wolf have a much more supernatural appearance with it being one solid color with lower opacity for a spirit look, as well as bright and glowing effects. The idea for this illustration was because when I personally think of spirit animals, I picture an actual spirit with a person as if they were their guardian. That idea opened many ideas for a surreal image of something supernatural and fantasy based. As for the wolf, although wolves tend to stay in packs and I consider myself more independent, wolves are actually pretty independent as well except when it comes to their pack, which are the ones they are closest to and loyal to. I tend to stay close to the ones i am close to such as friends and family and look out for them the same way wolves look out for their own packs. Overall, this was a very spiritual illustration and portrayal of a concept with a fantasy twist.
