R.G Smithson Stuff: Well it certainly has been a long time since I posted...

... but I've had one hell of a summer (which ended in september)

Anyway let's start of with some drawings that I've done, for second year we are focusing more on character based stuff. So one of our challenges was to come up with 5 pairs of characters that would be opposites.

I do not know why but the first thought that popped into my mind is the Roman Gods. I guess cos they kinda work, they all are opposites in some way or form.

Instead of just drawing the gods, I thought I'd update them, and this what I came up with...

Mars- God of war

Thought it would it would be cool to do Mars as a punk, since anarchy and war go quite well together! The mohican was established from the helmets the romans wore in battle, the big red brush on top, and his attitude towards everything is to cause chaos.

Venus- Goddess of love

To Partner with I thought that love would probably be the answer. Well the romans did pair the two, so I had an opposite straight away. I depicted her as a school girl with quite a sweet temperament. I also decided to give her ginger hair similar to the famous painting.

Apollo- God of the Sun

The first thought that popped into my mind was MOVIE STAR! Just the idea this guy radiated, 'scuse the pun thats about the sun, charisma was something that made him Apollo. That and the idea that fans were like sun worshippers, it all clicked together

Diana- Goddess of the night

Diana is the sister of apollo in roman mythology and is known as the hunter. I thought that the best opposite for a movie star was someone who was a method actress, somebody that rarely interviews but stays in character when playing the role. I also thought she should be strong willed and be able to be quite empowering for people. In this sense she also has some style to her character.

Jupiter - King of the Gods

Now I was skeptical to do jupiter in the modern day. I felt that it seemed to obvious to put his role on earth as a leader. So I went with the idea that he is a mental illness patient, needn't worry I'll explain. He was found wandering the streets crying out to Saturn, The father of Jupiter in roman mythology, that he would kill him. He was then found and taken in where he seems to gain quite a reputation, but still believes he is the fallen king Jupiter.

Juno - Queen of the gods

With Juno being she should be able to have the authority over him. I thought a relationship where the girl would hold the struggle would be an interesting one. I also thought what if the doctor had grown to like his weird quirks too...

Neptune - God of the Sea

I suppose I chose an obvious occupation, naval captain, but i thought the opposite pairing between him and Minerva would be great. He is a retired naval captain, but his life at the high seas had given the best adventures and stories. So now he tries to find the excitement of life back on land in the park or say in the supermarket, which is totally what minerva is not interested in.

Minerva - Goddess of Wisdom

Being a schoolteacher would be too easy of a character, so instead I made her as dull as a post but incredibly intelligent. She is also the type of person that calculates every action before doing so, she never really tries. Both Minerva and Neptune work as she calms him down, and he jumps in to save the day!

Vulcan - The Blacksmith God

Probably my favourite out of the characters have created, he is a mechanic that can fix anything. The only thing he knows is how to fix something. The only fear is when he doesn't, but that has never happened.

Pluto - God of Death

Pluto was meant to be the grim reaper, instead of thinking the character should be pessimistic, I came up with him being destructive. He destroys things for fun, he is similar to Sid from Toy Story blowing things up in the park or burning ants with a magnifying glass. I paired Vulcan and Pluto as anything Pluto touches, Vulcan can repair it in no time.

Those are all of the characters I made for the summer brief, not all the drawings are there as some are not finished which I will put in another post of random drawings. But I do have some doodles to put up...