Open Choice Project

This was to symbolize a character from a game by showing the sacrifices he made to get to where he was now. I wanted to show what he lost to help himself get to where he needed to be. I also wanted to give the expression of determinism. I also wanted to incorporate a space theme so i wanted to make it look as if he was space himself or the king of space.

I used a lot of colored pencil gradiency for the one colored eye and i used some as well for the skin to highlight and darken certain areas. I also used Watercolor and blending to make it have that space like effect. I used Oil pastel to blend for the orange skin burn with red to darken the outer area. I used a bit of negative space for the background as well to give it a lighter and more astral effect rather than just applying stars almost everywhere. I used blending with white ink and white colored pencil to make sure the blind eye wasn't extremely bright.

   There was no real story to this piece rather than to create one of my favorite characters and show what he hides under his mask which displays his scar that gave him the determinism to "help" the world. I wanted to attempt at watercolor when i started this and i trailed off into creating a face in space like some old 80's spray painting on the side of a hippie van. I mostly wanted to display the "king" of space as this powerful entity who cannot be defeated.

   I Don't think I would change anything about this piece since i feel it is one of my better pieces ive created. If anything i'd highlight the skin a bit more along with making the Eyebrows vary with more tones of color for the effect of hair.