Uncanny Subjects volume 1 | Page 32

Mutant Beast Warrior This is a drawing made on a canvas using a pencil. It is a mutant creature with different parts of different species that make up the whole body. The legs are the legs of a horse. The torso is the torso of the human body with bird wings on its back. The head is the head of the snake. I made this drawing based on my three rules of making artwork for my art portfolio seminar class. The three rules involve the artwork to be in pencil only, include at least one character, and inspire horror and creepy elements. The idea of this drawing is draw a another type artwork that I enjoy drawing which are creepy characters. I wanted to make a unique hybrid like creature with details I thought of as original. I wanted to make a creature that has the most original qualities in comparison to other creatures produced by art. I want the audience to observe from the drawing what aspects are in the drawing that correlates to my three rules of making the artwork. Also, I want the audience to think “Creepy” when they see this drawing. 32 - Uncanny Subjects “I made one really ugly beast in color.” - Gerardo Martinez This is an artwork made in coral painter. It is a variation of the artwork “Mutant Beast Warrior”. In this variation, I used the colored pencil tool of the coral painter program to recolor the whole drawing. Instead of leaving the drawing with only pencil, I used color instead over the different parts of the creature and the background. Instead of using colors that would cooperate together like analogous and complementary colors, I used random colors to add more strange details to the creature to make it look more creepy. The idea of this variation is to give my original a new original look in color. I wanted try an altenate style of making art by using the coral painter program and using colors and tools than just using only pencil. I want the audience to observe the difference of the artwork when it was changed in coral painter and color. Also, I want the audience to think what are the effects of using color in comparison to only black and white based on the original drawing and its variation. Uncanny Subjects - 33