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I'm not going to pretend I didn't procrastinate and spend a whole day watching movies instead of painting. Initially, when I picked "industrial" as the next theme, my mind had been full of dichotomous images of rusted engine parts (ranging from a dull brass to an antique gold) and newly buffed metallic contraptions (in pristine silver and gold). Quickly, I realized that there was very little I could do to reproduce these images with the set of markers and watercolor paint that I had. Someday, I'll get a whole stack of goldleaf and create a fucking luxurious painting a la Klimt.

Until then, I'll be working on color theory and time management.

I interpreted "industrial" as two meta-human-lantern-fish robot cyborgs... and in consideration of the seemingly overall theme of this blog, the two metal-clad figures are engaging in lightly / questionably sexualized activities. I was thinking of the 1999 film, "Iron Giant" when I started drawing.

I was really drawn to the dark and hulking metal body, yet the brightly lit eyes (the kind of light you'd imagine of lighthouses piercing through the foggy night sky). I also wanted to recreate the feeling of over-clutter of armor over the body, while still maintained a very distinctly slender figure. I hope that all made sense. I used marker, colored pencil, and covered everything with watercolor. Here is an up-close & personal zoom!

And finally, I played around with inverted images because I really wanted a darker image at first. I'm a noob at computer-based art programs so bear with my fascinations with special FXX.