Die Walküren - The Valkyries

So I finally got my costume finished. There was a lot that I had to skip and miss out like the spikes on the back which I was gutted about. Never the less I'm really happy with these photos and I had the best model as well. So glad the costumes done....time to finish off my 18 sheets to go with it....

Valkyries Rising

Final piece for the Paolozzi prize/ideastap competition. Based on the apocalypse and my Valkyries 'rising', uses different techniques learnt from a portfolio course and the first one has red lighting on it to show the depths and shadows created by the 3D objects on the painting. It uses soil, plants, metal and an old firgure drawing doll paper mache'd. Also did some spray painting and some stencil work on it.

Costume developments.

 

Developments to the costume design of the Valkyrie, still a lot more to do, 13 days till the deadline. I will not survive.

Valkyrie concepts.

Some stuff finished from a while ago, the top piece from Wednesdays life drawing class using my Valkyrie idea and taking inspiration from Frank Auerbach and two sheets of my advanced higher both the Valkyrie in different concepts, war and battlefields and dystopian futuristic comic book settings.

Rate an apocalypse

Recent sketchbook work to show some ideas and developments for an art piece thing I'm doing based on the apocalypse. 

Free time art

Sometimes I just like to sit draw.

It's started :D

So I finally got my ass around to actually making the costume, got the models sizes and made a start. The large leg and arm thingys(technical term obviously) that are red are inspired by wire headbands and the belt is cardboard with lovely fabric so it doesn't look like cardboard and some 'riveting' rivets(ahahaha I'm so funny) to hold the belt more securely to the cardboard done by the school technician. I'm trying to take my time with it so it looks really good in the end, I feel I always end up rushing and that I go for getting it done as fast as possible but my teacher is quickly making me break those habits so all should be fine....

New costume design

Using the idea of dead plants now has changed the costume quite a bit, based of the blue plant. I also started working more on what her character will look like.