You might say that an artist is a natural observer collecting data on the subject he chooses to study. It is not too dissimilar from the extraterrestrial passively hovering above us. Perhaps, this is part of where my fascination with aliens comes from and maybe this entire first paragraph is a total load of crap.
This layout is a rough draft for something new I am working on. It is at least another pass away from being anywhere near complete, but I thought it was cool enough to be displayed while in process. A few tweaks messing with the levels, color, hue, and saturation, created a kind of purple haze which I thought was kind of cool for the moment.
The sketch depicts a couple of aliens studying and taking notes on a group of girls. The group is anchored by a cluster of “mean girls”: popular, remote, and sexy as hell. The “mean girls” have been picking on the little geeky girl closest to the alien on the left. They have scattered her papers and she is attempting to collect them. Of course, the aliens have been there the whole time to observe the human social hierarchy at its worst.
The most prominent girl (second from the right) is the alpha. Her second in command (the girl to the alpha’s immediate right) stands contemptuously at the indignity of being so closely and obviously scrutinized by the alien visitors. It is kind of look at me don’t look at me kind of thing. Finally, the girls to the right of the alpha girl are more pretenders and hangers on.
I designed the alien character and posted him as a sketch of the day not too long ago. I am really excited about giving this another go and showing off a cleaned up version soon. I may still have a bit more data to collect myself, but I am well on my way.
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