Wow.

When I was in my undergrad, I was assigned a project that would "loosen" the imagination. It was to combine two different worlds to create one cohesive one. When I recieved this assignment, I questioned myself on what two worlds I wanted to actually portray. My other classmates were combining worlds of insects with humans or going beyond that to create a world of the future by combining olden day technologies with more modern appliances. Althought their ideas had substance, I wanted to create a world that was more artistic and pretty straight forward. I loved the movie where Roger Rabbit and his pals are all in cartoons but they are placed in a real world setting that we would film a movie in--kind of like Space Jam. Anyways, I combined illustrative qualities to human characteristics. Much like Douglas Alves. In fact I did a lot of researching through his website and listening to the techiniques he used when doing my own project. Although his are of much more substance and not exactly what I finished my product to be like...his designs WOW me. They are believable and share emotions that spill off the pages.

This particular design of his shows the complexities of his dynamic. How can a girl be so ridged and stiff while he is trying to portray nature? Then her hair is represented by digital imagery to flow and tangle around her adding curves and a much more flowness relaxed feel. The colors are dim and mainly all of his designs are black and white. So it is not the colors that intrigue his viewers eyes, its his style, his approach, the professionalism that he portrays and the interesting emotions he conveys with just imagery, no words.

Everyone should check him out at his website!