For an art assigment at school. I choosed Art Nouveau/Jugend because I have never done anything like it before and I’ve seen lots of lovely pics of it.
I wanted to do two twin posters, apperantly twin art was common in Art Nouveau. The poster idea came because Posters were a common thing to make. Adds for chocolate and wine and what not. I wanted the pictures to be a bit revolting. I wanted to do a commerical poster that felt art nouveau, Me, and new. Hence the phone came into the picture. I wanted the phone to stand out. So I gave it more proper highlighting and shadows and details than the rest.
The phone btw is modeled after a N82 Nokia. I’m partly finnish, and a Transformers freak. My Surname starts on N and 82 is my lucky number. How fitting n82 is one of their newest cellphones! While painting the phone I ‘removed’ some feautures so it’s slightly a n82 but not really.
The Posters, Sun and Moon, are because the sun and moon rarely meet eachother since one comes during night and one during daytime. So now they can keep in contact, how fitting 8D. I also got a bit inspired by some tarot cards after I had drawn the two of them.
I first colored the sun and then used the negative colors of the sun for the moon. If You put the two posters next to eachother the middle will for a sort of tree. I printed both as a3 on a nice yellowed paper with a bit of texture to add the old poster feel.
The hair, ofc was the most fun part. I love painting ‘crazy’ hair!
Drawn, scanned and colored on the computers. Art Nouveau = New Art. How fitting is it not to be revoloting and finish it on the computer? Perhaps people forget jugend wasn’t very approved when it got out either. Now we love it. Funny, isn’t it?