The Line is Dead..

     The "Imaginary Beings" project I was set culminates tomorrow at 4pm so I thought I'd spew forth some of my progress (the parts I remembered to document).

     The creature I picked was the mysterious and mythical "Pelican". I imagine most people know what one of those is, but the myth that goes with it originates in Egypt, which, along with the following image, was the catalyst for the theme of the entire project.

Title unknown, 2007, Library of Congress

     As part of the project I was required to design and produce a screenprinted wallpaper. I decided, after hours of contemplation, that I wanted to incorporate three stages/ characters from the story as well as a symbol or two. After further hours of tracing, organising into a sort of grid formation and impulsive stipple shading to top it off, I finally got my work onto screens and spent yesterday afternoon making a delightful, three-colour, bleeding pelican/ dead baby bird wallpaper fit for any home or office (I'll add pictures at a later date).

     I also had to produce a 3D model of my chosen character. I originally intended to produce a paperfold creature for this however, having made a sort of prototype of my design I decided that it was too geometric. So now I'm sitting in my room, partially clothed and putting the final touches on a pelican made out of bits of ripped up brown paper and Pritt-stick; much better.