Sustained Investigation #12

Digital Connections

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Digital

With this work, I was trying to express the positives and negatives of digital connection. I wanted to create lightning-like colors to evoke a digital feel. I used a tree-like structure to show the branching way that digital connections exist. I used rough lines and a sense of claustrophobia to show how the connections can be disjointed/warped. However, I wanted to also make a sense of unity and togetherness.

I made this on my tablet using the pencil and digital pen tools. For the first colored sketch, I used a diffused brush to do the glowing lighting.

Throughout the process of this, I revised my sketch to create a more eye-catching drawing. I researched the way that tree branches look from different angles and used that to compose my sketch. I experimented with different methods of doing the lighting, as well as different compositions.