During the holidays last winter, I created a few personal works for a project, and here are the results. I will be moving in a different direction from this style of Photoshop painting over the coming holidays. Descriptions below, and of course, click to see bigger.
I love the idea of massive oversized industrial ruins in a landscape. The rocket pack in this picture is the one I built for my spacesuit costume.
The rough sketch from my sketchbook.
Rough sketch of steampunk-styled astronaut.
Final painting.
The bunny rabbits in the centre of the gear were indecisive lines right up to the end of this painting, but because they looked like bunnies, I decided “why not?”.
2017 is going to be the 50th anniversary of Expo 67. I was there when I was 9 years old, and it helped fuel my imagination for future visions ever since. This is my take on Expo 2067, the 100th anniversary, with a bit of a retro-future flair.
My rough sketch for Expo 2067
Meinert Hansen 