Maddy Strickland: 2012 vs 2017

Haven't made a post in quite a while (as usual), so I figured that this time I would do a throwback to 2012 (five years ago) compared to now, 2017. In terms of how my work has changed and what I might go back to.

Music Suggestion: Since we are heading about five years back, lets put on this song by Three Days Grace called Time of Dying. (because it was my favorite at the time).

While that is playing in the background, let me continue to those days. At the time my artwork was more vivid in color and I was looking to experiment in more controversial types of art and work that involved drawing monsters or anything related to the Angel comics.

If you don't know what Angel is: It was an old TV show that aired in the late 90's and was a spin-off on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. After the show was cancelled these comics were released, and ever since I discovered Angel Omnibus Volume 1, I was hooked on not only the show (which is on Netflix) but the comics as well.

Here are a few sample pieces to show:

Right: The one to the right was called Forbidden Planet after the movie made in the 50's under the same name. It was an assignment in Art class (High School), which was to re-create a poster for an old movie and I chose this. At the time, I didn't have access to Photoshop, so I ended up using GIMP (which I still use today aside from Photoshop).

What it says: Do you dare enter the Forbidden planet? Many have tried, few have survived. Starring: Lady Gaga (because people joked about her being an alien for some reason), George Cloony, Mac the Computer, Will Ferral (as a the silly drunk), Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint, Anderson Cooper and many more...
(I was just making up stuff but it's still interesting).

Left: Entitled Gary the Sea monster, this was originally a sketch that I made at the time when I was texting some friend of mine, and for some reason ended up making this monster that looks kind of adorable. The clay model of him ended up being a lot more interesting. Which I will show at the end of this post. I can't remember exactly what I drew this with, all I remember using was green marker and some sharpies. Along with some white colored pencil.

The Next One:
This by far is my favorite from 2012, and even though I have never played the game, I watched the walkthrough (I was interested), and just loved the game and still want to see a sequel to the game.

This is a cover I designed for Bulletstorm (another assignment) and I basically just threw together a bunch of scenes from the game and added my own touch to it. "Kill off Mutant Enemies" and "Fight with W.P Tally Licker".

As you can see here my work was a bit controversial but not as much so in a sense compared to what I do now. Though aside from these pieces, I have

done some form of photography styles that can

still be seen on this blog. A few I will post as well towards the end.

Now lets fast forward to today and compare.

RIGHT: This piece pretty much has no real title other then that it was an inspirational piece of something I saw on Deviant Art. This kind of looks a bit more tribal and combines my love of castles, the moon and night time in general. It is a mix of my past and present in that in my past I used to doodle a lot of images of a small castle next to a field with the moon up above in the sky. I'm not sure why I did, probably because I loved fantasy stories.

LEFT: Adding to my long list of Fan Art, comes this Eyepot from the game Alice: Madness Returns. A game that when I first saw it, I immediately became inspired. To me, the game was like a goth version of Alice in Wonderland, yet still containing it's childlike appearance. (sort of).

It is a very odd game but for some reason I am drawn to it. The story line is very strange too, since it appears that Wonderland is all in her (Alice) head. I would give an example, but I don't want to spoil anything.

This here is one of the creatures that you fight in the game, called the Eyepot. (Kind of sounds like an apple invention gone wrong). They are very annoying but for some reason I want a replica to put on my desk because at the same time, they are incredibly awesome to look at.

Quick Comparison:

I would say that my work now is more planned then it used to be. Before, I would just grab a piece of paper and draw out whatever came to mind whether it was good or awful. It sounds like a decent method, but as someone who plans on majoring in Art (digital), I had to start planning my work in order to make it a bit more precise (unlike my posts that I make on my blog which is full of typos, ha ha).

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