This is a sketch for an H. P. Lovecraft story that ended up precursoring my senior thesis material. I had originally thought about reinterpreting Peter Pan when a teacher of mine shared with me his distaste of having to witness pixie dust in all of my artwork. I took the hint and decided to dig around a bit into my older pieces when I realized I've been neglecting my love of science fiction and horror. I wanted to post a bit of my process but I've realized I'm fairly poor at documenting just about anything I do. Another thing I've realized is that my process changes so very often that if I had accurately done so, my example would be slightly outdated by now. Either way, change is good, and I'm evolving at a rapid pace.
A friend of mine, Paul, modeled for the piece and I ended up using him as reference in two of my other paintings. He's long-limbed (always a plus) and i find him to be extremely photogenic for what i do.
I decided in the end to flip the structure of the painting so that it worked as a wraparound cover. Changes were made to the house because it lacked an element of quirkiness and needed a bit more structure. the mountain was also redesigned because I felt it was too divide, and it sort of chopped the image in half. It is the first and only spread I've done so far and it's been really exciting to see this one through.
