DHA 2311: Drawing and Illustration, Spring 2008

Here is my rough sketch for my idea of Michel Nostradamus. I know it's not very detailed and not begin it's final process just yet, but I will make it as great as possible for you guys when we meet on Tuesday. He was a physician and an astrologist and I wanted to incorporate more of his physician side but also include his prophecies in the background. Nostradamus is well known for his prophecies. The images are of the the 911 attacks, the swastika symbol to represent the Holocaust that supposedly Nostradamus predicted in one of his prophecies, and same goes for the 911 attacks and the challenger shuttle disaster that you see to the right. Nostradamus is in the middle contemplating how to cure the plague because he did end up making a medicine that would help ease the suffering of the plague for many people. I'm not sure if this is where he will be placed exactly, because I should probably show a little more of his face since I do have a good idea of what I want him to look like. The writings below him are from his prophecies book and the first one relates to Hitler and that's why I chose to draw the swastika. the second one goes with the the challenger space shuttle and the last saying goes with the 911 attacks. I was thinking that I would use white charcoal for the words on the floor and then darken the background and put a sort of spotlight on him at his table as well as the 3 images above as if he were thinking of them. Almost as if he were floating. Let me know if you have anything that would work better with my ideas. Thanks! :)