Puapka
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Process for a recent piece, i did the usual scanning and colouring digitally but with some changes to my usual process. I usually colorpick for black and create a red double of lineart to make traditionally drawn parts blend more smoothly with digital colouring, this time i didn't use the blur and made the additional layer blue, very late into the process because i didn't like how it was blending in image 2.
The obvious inspiration is klimt, the pose copied from painting "friends" which from my limited understanding of german can be also translated to girlfriends ad is often interpreted as such, but unlike in the painting they aren't looking at the viewer, but at each other (or the flame as in original sketch) This is related to portrait of the lady of fire and general ideas that it feels more like love and is more distant from male gaze, the expected viewer, at least that was the idea. The more i learned of Klimt the less i liked the guy, at least his art. The way he talks of women feels unpleasant, and the painting of 3 the three ages of woman feel like are referring to disgusting ideas of "expiration date" found in modern dating "discourse online" it really feels like he hated women in his art, even though they were his subjects more often than not. Don't get me wrong the idea of 3 stages of womanhood can be quite powerful even if it seems like it was invented in men, the triple goddess and capacity for change are good things to think about, but in the end the way older woman is framed feels hateful, contrast to the beauty or innocence or hope.
The reason i study such old "masters" is because i am trying to find non pornographic ways to frame human body and then explore it from there, i strive for the kind of veneration to flesh that could be found in roman and greek art, altho they definitely liked men more (this is also why i don't believe in heterosexuality as a real thing)
Characters are designed for webcomick I'm working on. There is some symbolism going on, the snake of course is meant to reference feminine symbolism, the snake shedding skin was seen as connection to reincarnation ad giving life and wisdom, or in abrahamic stuff lilith and eve ( one friend semi familiar with hebrew sai that the way eve is written it might just mean snake, while adam means made from dust. Generally women historically were associated with snakes which is pretty epic. The frog references old popeye comicks where he wears dresses and says he is amphibious while he means he is androgynous, very goofy stuff, decided it's a pretty goofy metaphore for nonbinarity and put it there even though friend suggested sweetwater fish instead. Bat im ot sure, it just kinda came to me, but with bad ad fire we have air and fire, giving us 4 elements. The symbol on the fire urn is coat of arms of silesia, area of poland with people with its own culture and language desiring their language to be at least reconized, and sometimes independence also. Comic will take place in this area. Plants felt like an appropriate way to frame this kind of thing, veneration of nature and flesh etc. And the purple screen with golden lines idk, trying to explore klimt esque stuff and failing. Generally i tried to make this more painterly than most of my art, hence shadow being treated as a blue mist on their bodies. Feedback would be appreciated, love criticism, aim especially at framing and compositions and how it makes you feel, but anything will be met with eagerness to learn.
