Moving towards the abstract side of my graphic design skills, I decided to create a number of printworks to sell for the University of Canberra’s Market Day. These works combined were targeted towards young adults; the predominant demographic found within the campus. Stylistically, the three pieces of art featured on the various t-shirts and tote bags are highly comic-like. However, the forms created in each illustration combine to create a colourful, dreamlike state of being. More mature themes have also been included throughout the designs.
‘Elmov’s World’ features a grinning, red, hairy monster rising above the clouds. A little human-like creature can be seen sitting atop of the monster’s broken tooth. Mt Fuji has also been included, connecting the work to ‘Tokyo Has Fallen’. While the monster’s eyes are closed, its third eye is wide open. This ‘all seeing eye’ connects the monster to religious symbolism. The idea of a ‘third eye’ has ties with higher consciousnesses and has been used in modern times as a connection to alternate realms and different states of being.
‘Amnesiac’ comprises multiple beings all interlocked within floating symbols. The concept of the third eye is also used here. However, this work is a lot more abstracted with no form or structure to the landscape in which the characters are positioned within.
‘Tokyo Has Fallen’ showcases the Tokyo skyline with Mt Fuji in the distance. Featuring eyes and a mouth, Mt Fuji grins at the sight of Tokyo being destroyed by a meteor strike. As the artstyle also has ties to that of Japanese manga, I used Tokyo as the basis for my concept. The juxtaposition between Mt Fuji’s joyful emotions with the destruction of Tokyo showcases the fragility of humankind, persistence of nature and flipping the relationship between the two on its head with nature destroying humanity – rather than the other way around.
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