For the mechanical vs. nature project I created "We Should Totally Stab Caesar". A common plot-line in science fiction is a group scientists creating a new piece of technology, such as a robot, and things going out of control. Their creation develops a lust for power, and tries to take over the world. Those who built it up have to find a way to destroy it. Stories like that not only reflect mans desire for power, but mirror the tale of Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar, if you don't already know, was the man who turned Rome into an Empire, and ultimately declared himself the dictator of it. Caesar came from a family with little political influence. He started as a general in the army, and over the years was built up, with the help of his peers, to higher and higher positions. Men of the senate decided he had gone too far, and conspired against him. Around 60 of his men ganged up on him and stabbed him to death.
I initially came up with the idea of drawing the fall of Rome with robots as the visigoths, but realized that would be too hard to illustrate in one photo. The idea of Caesar came soon after. At first I was going to draw Caesars assassins as robots. The meaning then would have been something like we've put so much trust in technology, but it's actually harming us. To be honest though, I think "anti-technology" art is lame, boring, and overdone. I think mans lust for power being inherited by one of its creations is a more compelling subject matter.
Julius Caesar, if you don't already know, was the man who turned Rome into an Empire, and ultimately declared himself the dictator of it. Caesar came from a family with little political influence. He started as a general in the army, and over the years was built up, with the help of his peers, to higher and higher positions. Men of the senate decided he had gone too far, and conspired against him. Around 60 of his men ganged up on him and stabbed him to death.
I initially came up with the idea of drawing the fall of Rome with robots as the visigoths, but realized that would be too hard to illustrate in one photo. The idea of Caesar came soon after. At first I was going to draw Caesars assassins as robots. The meaning then would have been something like we've put so much trust in technology, but it's actually harming us. To be honest though, I think "anti-technology" art is lame, boring, and overdone. I think mans lust for power being inherited by one of its creations is a more compelling subject matter.
I wanted the composition to look kind of renaissancey, so I got some of my classmates to do a photo shoot. I never realized how fun something like that could be, but it's really cool to actually have real people pose for you instead of just setting things up in your head. I think the photo looks a lot stronger than the drawing because the people take up more space, so next time I have to work on that. I really hope I have the opportunity to do something like this again. I really want to push my compositions this year, and I think this was a step in the right direction.