Hybridity

Have you ever wondered what the world would have been like if evolution took a different route? If our primitive ancestors mutated a slightly different way, if selective breeding had been a lot less shallow/intelligent and if different organisms were formed? Humans, as we know ourselves today, would have looked completely different; thus so would our perception of beauty. Who knows, in a different world where all these changes could have taken place, 'humans' could've considered 5 heads to be beautiful, holes for ears to be sexy, or even a long nose all the way to the floor, to be most desirable.

Think, how would our fashion magazines differ? 

The above pieces are the first illustrations responding to my idea. At the moment I am just playing around to see what I can come up with. I began by using primary photos to create photo manipulations of animals and humans, and then illustrated them freehand. I used Derwent Graphic Soft pencils in H, 4B and 9B, also Uni Pin fine liner is 0.05, 0.1, and 0.4 (first picture).

After taking this image into photoshop, I then decided to play around with effects, inspired by artist, Vinz. To see if I would like the effect, I used Nate Strombergs collage of 1940's newspapers in the background, and luckily, it was a success. Time to create my own collage, see what else I can do and create a whole series!