Matt Wenger - Post#2
(Sorry, he's not really going to be upside down like this).
This is closer to how I want to portray king tut, revealing both the king and kid aspect, as well as the cause of death (knee). I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do with the background, I know i want to use the hieroglyphics that resemble king tut's name, so this is what I have now. I'm thinking about making them bigger and possibly shading quite a bit of the background and having them be white on the dark background. I plan to use some textured sand colored paper, with the drawing of king tut on a different type of paper, a smoother paper most likely. Then paste him over top. I tried to reveal his eye showing out from under the tomb as well to move the eye around more and not have so much of a focus on the knee. I'm still working with blending the tomb and the human form as well, so that it looks smooth as well as unified.
Comments
Okay, a couple of things. First off, make sure to post the image right side up, this has to be done before hand in photoshop or something. We are all visual people after all, and so we need a good visual.
As I expressed to you before, I really like the exploration of the narrative about his death, I think that this could be a really interesting visual approach. Now, how can you explore King Tut the person and avoid the stereotypical images of him? That is the tricky thing about choosing such a famous personality. Keep in mind that most people know who King Tut is and it is your challenge to make his narrative portrait more engaging than the info and imagery we've already seen of him. I would stay away from using the hieroglyphics, or at least find a more meaningful and interesting way to use them. You don't want your symbols to become too much of a cliche.
Posted by: Heba | February 5, 2008 12:31 AM