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Name: Ret Samys
Assignment: Episode 6 - Psychological Landscape
Title: [D58] Overly Dramatic
Preferred pronouns: he/his

I participated in ep. 5 of the Art Assignment and I think that I will try to participate in as many of the future ones as possible - as long as I do the daily sketches, of course.

In this episode, Robyn O’Neil told us about the figure-ground relationship and challenged us to draw a psychological landscape. You can see the episode here and these are the instructions:
Get a piece of paper and something to draw with.
Create a ground on your picture plane
Populate the ground with figures and give them human-like characteristics.
Upload it using #theartassignment
Fame and glory. (Your work might be featured in an upcoming video.)

Somehow, after a few lines, I knew exactly what I wanted to draw. The deserted, Moon- or Mars-like desolated surface with craters and cracks together with the lonely character walking around in his own realm is massively influenced by modern media. Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Dr. Manhattan from The Watchmen, some villains made out of ravens or feathers or emanate smoke (from The Prince of Persia to Snow White and the Huntsman, they seem to be lurking in places you would never expect and they seem to share the same characteristics). Also, a substantial amount of visual effects and very dramatic camera movement made it into this still image.

That's why I thought that the title "Overly Dramatic" was appropriate. Maybe it's cliché or exaggerated, but it is something that gets me every time I see it on screen. And dark characters in high contrast. And fantastic, verging on surreal, landscapes. And visual effects. Sometimes even an indestructible person in a hostile environment.

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Description
I challenge myself to do one pencil sketch every day. Click here to read about it.
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Name: Ret Samys
Assignment: Episode 6 - Psychological Landscape
Title: [D58] Overly Dramatic
Preferred pronouns: he/his

I participated in ep. 5 of the Art Assignment and I think that I will try to participate in as many of the future ones as possible - as long as I do the daily sketches, of course.

In this episode, Robyn O’Neil told us about the figure-ground relationship and challenged us to draw a psychological landscape. You can see the episode here and these are the instructions:
Get a piece of paper and something to draw with.
Create a ground on your picture plane
Populate the ground with figures and give them human-like characteristics.
Upload it using #theartassignment
Fame and glory. (Your work might be featured in an upcoming video.)

Somehow, after a few lines, I knew exactly what I wanted to draw. The deserted, Moon- or Mars-like desolated surface with craters and cracks together with the lonely character walking around in his own realm is massively influenced by modern media. Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Dr. Manhattan from The Watchmen, some villains made out of ravens or feathers or emanate smoke (from The Prince of Persia to Snow White and the Huntsman, they seem to be lurking in places you would never expect and they seem to share the same characteristics). Also, a substantial amount of visual effects and very dramatic camera movement made it into this still image.

That's why I thought that the title "Overly Dramatic" was appropriate. Maybe it's cliché or exaggerated, but it is something that gets me every time I see it on screen. And dark characters in high contrast. And fantastic, verging on surreal, landscapes. And visual effects. Sometimes even an indestructible person in a hostile environment.

You may:
Share
Remix
and use this work (even commercially), under the following conditions:
Attribution (credit me)