Thursday 12 November 2009

Pillar of Fire

In the story of She: A History of Adventure, there is a scene where the supposed reincarnation of Ayesha's true love is asked to walk through the pillar of fire so that he will become immortal with her and 'live happily ever after.' I didnt know where to start so i researched some images of fire as a starting point- I chose to go with the one shown below...... (Although not a 'pillar' exactly, it depicts the image that was created in my mind- a suddden burst of flames.










I used this as a basis for my drawing- its only a quick drawing, mind, and doesnt look realistic but here goes....







The pillar of fire in the book was described as, "like a rainbow-many coloured,' so i decided to incorporate some more colour. I will put these images into Photoshop again and play around with the colours and special effects....




I dont have a background on these images purely because i was just testing the idea out, but i think with a bit of work, it could be transformed into one of the final pieces- The setting the pillar of fire in is 'carpeted with fine, white sand; walls had been worn smooth; not dark like the other caves.' I will try this composition out next and add the fire to it of it works.

3 comments:

  1. You could have some interesting colours going on in the fine, white sand - reflecting from the many-coloured flames...

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