Friday, November 11, 2011
Neptune the God of water
Neptune: The God of water and the sea in greek mythology and religion. He is analogous with, but not identical to the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of the universe, Heaven, Earth and the Netherworld.
I wanted him to appear as if he was part of the ocean floor, (hence the darker colors)
Cole Sutton - Poor Richard's Virtues of Character
This project ended up skewing off the original guidelines a bit. My initial search for stock images resulted in finding hi-res scans of a 100 dollar bill. I decided to use the portrait of Benjamin Franklin as the character of my illustration, and the image of Independence Hall as a background. I did a little research on Benjamin Franklin and learned of a set of 13 virtues he wrote for himself in his early 20's. I decided to separate the set of 13 into 8 "personal" values and 5 "social" values.
Here's a summary of the values:
Benjamin Franklin sought to cultivate his character by a plan of 13 virtues, which he developed at age 20 (in 1726) and continued to practice in some form for the rest of his life. His autobiography lists his 13 virtues as:
—"Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
—"Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."
—"Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."
—"Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."
—"Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."
—"Industry. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions."
—"Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly."
—"Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty."
—"Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve."
—"Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation."
—"Tranquility. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable."
—"Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."
—"Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates."
Franklin did not try to work on them all at once. Instead, he would work on one and only one each week "leaving all others to their ordinary chance". While Franklin did not live completely by his virtues and by his own admission, he fell short of them many times, he believed the attempt made him a better man contributing greatly to his success and happiness, which is why in his autobiography, he devoted more pages to this plan than to any other single point; in his autobiography Franklin wrote, "I hope, therefore, that some of my descendants may follow the example and reap the benefit."
Process 1 - Initial sketch/layout
Process 2 - Composition tweaked
Process 3 - Color being added
Final - Detail 1
Final - Detail 2
Final (a "smart blur" in my document affected the words in the bottom left. refer to the detail shot an accurate representation) Go here for a larger version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/67074011@N05/6335596604/in/photostream
Here's a summary of the values:
Benjamin Franklin sought to cultivate his character by a plan of 13 virtues, which he developed at age 20 (in 1726) and continued to practice in some form for the rest of his life. His autobiography lists his 13 virtues as:
—"Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
—"Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."
—"Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."
—"Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."
—"Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."
—"Industry. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions."
—"Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly."
—"Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty."
—"Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve."
—"Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation."
—"Tranquility. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable."
—"Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."
—"Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates."
Franklin did not try to work on them all at once. Instead, he would work on one and only one each week "leaving all others to their ordinary chance". While Franklin did not live completely by his virtues and by his own admission, he fell short of them many times, he believed the attempt made him a better man contributing greatly to his success and happiness, which is why in his autobiography, he devoted more pages to this plan than to any other single point; in his autobiography Franklin wrote, "I hope, therefore, that some of my descendants may follow the example and reap the benefit."
Process 1 - Initial sketch/layout
Process 2 - Composition tweaked
Process 3 - Color being added
Final - Detail 1
Final - Detail 2
Final (a "smart blur" in my document affected the words in the bottom left. refer to the detail shot an accurate representation) Go here for a larger version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/67074011@N05/6335596604/in/photostream
Kelsey Dusenka - Russian Folklore
here's the wiki excerpt I based my illustration on:
"Russian folk culture depicts the soul either as small and childlike, or having wings and flying. For forty days after a funeral, the soul of the deceased visits places it liked or faceland places where it sinned to ask for forgiveness."
DETAIL:
PROCESS:
"Russian folk culture depicts the soul either as small and childlike, or having wings and flying. For forty days after a funeral, the soul of the deceased visits places it liked or faceland places where it sinned to ask for forgiveness."
DETAIL:
PROCESS:
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