Robillicus
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So, my history teacher comes up to me yesterday, and gives me the layout for our final project. Now, this being an art school (and I use that term loosely) he pretty much gave me free reign on what to do. You know - pictures, illustrations, paintings, etc. etc. The parameters were that it has to be a "history of something." Like, the history of war, movies, sci-fi, what-not. So this just opens up the flood gates. I start getting all kinds of crazy-ass ideas about what to do. Ofcourse I want it to be a series of graphite illustrations, and I got to thinking. What better way to kind of poke fun at myself and to make this project entertaining (95% of the work I get is not stuff I want to do), than to draw the Predator throughout human history. Although, I am limited to the history of the United States; but seeing as how we're really good at war, I figure the Predator would fit right in.
Now, my idea is to try and illustrate the Predator through our history. I've always been a fan of the idea that they've always been here - but remained invisible. I want to try and pull this off without just putting the Predator "in" the drawings, but to try and make each piece a bit dramatic: various poses and extreme lights and darks. Something I don't do too often.
We've got about six-weeks to work on the project, and I think that's more than enough time to try and pull this off. Now, I wanted to get some feedback from some of you guys/gals about this. Does it sound too fan-boyish for a school project? My teacher was very clear about just doing whatever, so long as it's associated with "history." I would imagine that most of my classmates almost expect me to do something related to the Predator. So I figured why not, and I'd rock out on it. I would put a lot of effort into authenticity, and accuracy of the many different uniforms.
One thing that I'm torn on, is that I don't know if I want to keep it strictly Anytime, or use other Predators from the various movies. What do you guys think?
I'll be uploading the finished pieces into the Gallery. I think that they're will be... maybe nine of them when I'm done. I would love to hear some of your ideas, too!
Now, my idea is to try and illustrate the Predator through our history. I've always been a fan of the idea that they've always been here - but remained invisible. I want to try and pull this off without just putting the Predator "in" the drawings, but to try and make each piece a bit dramatic: various poses and extreme lights and darks. Something I don't do too often.
We've got about six-weeks to work on the project, and I think that's more than enough time to try and pull this off. Now, I wanted to get some feedback from some of you guys/gals about this. Does it sound too fan-boyish for a school project? My teacher was very clear about just doing whatever, so long as it's associated with "history." I would imagine that most of my classmates almost expect me to do something related to the Predator. So I figured why not, and I'd rock out on it. I would put a lot of effort into authenticity, and accuracy of the many different uniforms.
One thing that I'm torn on, is that I don't know if I want to keep it strictly Anytime, or use other Predators from the various movies. What do you guys think?
I'll be uploading the finished pieces into the Gallery. I think that they're will be... maybe nine of them when I'm done. I would love to hear some of your ideas, too!
