3.31.2013

Bird Island


Photoshop.

Done last quarter for the concept art piece from Computer Illustration class. Prompt was to imagine and depict a lost island civilization off of New Zealand with lots of unique lush vegetation.

New Zealand made me think of flightless birds. Lost island made me think of island gigantism concerning Foster's rule of evolutionary biology. Therefore giant moas still exist, and they do so in harmony with these native, undiscovered tribespeople. Obviously.

In this image, the eldest sister is waiting to be anointed by the moa on the forehead in a ritual called the "Blessing of the Moa," in which her younger sisters are witnesses.

(Also, sorry about March. Eek.)