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Corruption of the Innocent

system404 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:38:55 GMT

Corruption of the Innocent

Did this piece after watching “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Which by the way is an awesome movie)and the use of fairy tales in the movie. The fact that people in the past used fairy tales to help explain the world around them and how in the movie it helps in illustrate the journey and challenges a girl must make in order to grow up. My favorite part had to been the Pale Man, and what he represented. I think in real life we get to face many just like him that serve to take away pieces of our childhood until were no longer innocent and/or imaginative.

Initially this piece was going to be a lot darker, but the more I thought about it the more I wanted it to have a sorta childlike/bright look to it. In the end I ended up desaturating it and making it a little darker to further enhanced the theme of the piece.

Yaya

system404 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:36:28 GMT

Yaya

This piece proved to be a challenge, because their isn't a lot of Taino reference. Growing up in Puerto Rico I was always fascinated with the indigenous Tainos, the scarcity of information on them gave them more mystery. I tried to represent this creation myth based on Taino and of the numerous surrounding tribes.

The myth is about the creation of the ocean. It’s a story about a man named Yaya who kept his son’s remains in a giant gourd. One day he decided to open it because he longed to see his son, upon opening it water started coming out, and from the bones of his son fish began to come alive.

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system404 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:19:16 GMT

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system404 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:18:24 GMT

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system404 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:17:18 GMT

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