War and Peace
This drawing seemed like an interesting concept from the beginning. I've always enjoyed steampunk-like artwork, and given the macabre factor that much of my work has, I knew that I would lean toward the "war" side of this project to begin with. The dark subject matter, however, was basically the only thing I was entirely comfortable with. I'd never created any kind of blueprint, manual, mechanical design or even anything similar. I did make myself familiar with more of my peers' concepts before getting started than I usually do, and I saw the benefits of that within my own thinking. Being an avid lover of anatomy of any kind, I considered incorporating the body into my work multiple times, and my peers who used a more human approach to the assignment pulled it off beautifully, but I was fearful that I may have come across too cliche or cheesy if I'd attempted the same, so I took that as a sign that it was time to leave my comfort zone behind and pursue somet