The Surreal Project was very fun to make. I had free reign over what I created which allowed me to do basically anything. It was nice not to have to adhere to a set prompt or follow strict guidelines. Originally, I had a whole different idea that I had almost completed before I scrapped it in favor of something more simple and easier to look at.
There really isn’t any strong message that I was trying to send. I basically added anything that popped into my head. I tried to make the landscape look very bizarre by adding an action figure’s head and a few gourds. I tried to make the characters look very relaxed to contrast with this strange environment. I really wanted to add a few drawn objects to the photo, so I decided to connect it with some of my other pieces by drawing some cats. I had planned to make both of the characters very realistic but I decided that it would make the piece more interesting to make the characters very cartoony. I’m very happy with how both of them turned out.
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