Summary

The four finalized portraits will be printed on A3 acetate and overlaid on to a hand printed colour background; the background colours will relate to the horsemen’s names:

Conquest: hand printed yellow

War: hand printed red

Famine: hand printed pale green

Death: hand printed gray/blue

The images will be placed in 50 x 70 black frames and will be hung in the order above. 

These images are one step from my finalised illustrations of The Four Horsemen.

test faces

I created these test faces to work out how I wanted the horsemen to look.

Basic ideas books

My make-shift recording device

To record the videos without a video camera or tripod I had to improvise. I attached my phone to an adjustable lamp and used the camera on my phone to record the videos. This created a steady base for the phone to record from. It also meant that I could change the height of the lamp/camera and use both of my hands in the video.

info book

New faces

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Brian Chippendale "NINJA"

One of my tutors suggested that I look through this comic book. The cover of this comic is hand printed by Brian Chippendale himself, and the inside is printed black and white. The pictures above are some pages that I chose to look at specifically.

Keaton Henson

Keaton Hensons work on a t-shirt that I own

Another illustration of his on a t-shirt that I own

Keaton Henson has influenced me to discover a style that suits me. His style is unlike most others that I have seen; his use of freakishly long arms and bizarre mouths makes his work unique and inspiring. Studying his work has brought back memories of the illustrations I did when I was young of monsters, beasts and aliens alike.

Gig posters Vol 2

Gig Poster Vol 2 

Atzgerei - Nova Rock Festival

Dr. Alderete  Lost Acapulco

Jim Mazza - High On fire

This book has given me some ideas on how to use tattoo style imagery in my work to bring The Four Horsemen into the twenty-first century.

SKINNER

I bought this book when I went to Brighton to give me some ideas on how to portray my imagery of the Four Horsemen.

Grindesign

Daniel Stolpe, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1995

Viktor Vasnetsov, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1887

Unknown Artist, Source

Robert Borbas (Grindesign), The Four Horsemen

Recently I have been researching different illustrations of the four horsemen. One illustrator that I have been inspired by, who goes by the name of Grindesign, created an illustration of the four horsemen (pictured above). Although I like this illustration, most of the images of the the four horsemen that I have discovered are very similar (they all show the four men on the same four horses). Because of this I have decided to portray the four horsemen as individuals in a portrait style without the horses.

Project Proposal

For this project I will be looking at the subject matter 'the end of the world'. One idea that interests me in particular is the story of The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. I have always been inspired by horror (in particular gore and skulls) and decided to look into this further. Some of the things that have inspired me to look further into this subject include things that I have grown up with, such as movies, games and television shows. The films that have inspired me to look more into this topic include Predator, Terminator, Alien and The Thing.

As I was growing up my parents played a lot of music that has influenced my current music taste and lifestyle, including bands like Guns n Roses, AC/DC and Metallica. This has prompted me to listen to music such as Suicide Silence, The Black Dahlia Murder and The Faceless. For this project I have taken the things that have inspired me through the years and focused them into the subject of 'the end of the world'.

For this project I will create a set of images on the subject of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and bring them into the twenty-first century. I will do this by looking at the illustrators and music that has influenced me throughout my life; I will use this knowledge and inspiration to discover, develop and utilise a unique style to create and showcase my final images.