I was sifting through some of the old notes from undergraduate and found this little doodle of a candycane/frankenstein character. The doodle probably also appeared in some of the earlier doodle paintings (Lab book 1-3) but I haven't taken the time to look for it. In this new take on the design, I placed the character in a dimly lit room, and gave it a red-green colour scheme. The name came from some of the words on the note, the subjetc was chemical equations and the term irreverable modification can describe a particular chemical state. In this case the title suggests a transformation that can not be undone (did frankenstein ever get plastic surgery?).I usually load up the backgroud with lots of detail and colour, but this time I wanted them character to stand out, and so left the background relatively simple. There is a suggestion of a window and a wall, all done with very light watercolour washes. The idea to keep the background simple comes from traditional chinese painting, they often left the backgrounds all white, accentuating the foreground instead. If composed properly the blank space of the background can be very energetic, even in this small work the shape of the background elements is very interesting to look at with the curves and lines formed by the object itself.
5x7" cold press paper, 2009
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