This is an illustration I created for Darren Di Lieto's Mail Me Art: Open All Hours show + book.
Last year I was honoured to taken part in Mail Me Art: Short & Sweet and I was quite excited to get to work on my piece for the 4th installment of this mail art exhibition project. I chose to go with a sun and moon motif, inspired by a personal project I'm working on, to connect to the concept of continuity I inferred from the show's theme.
And here's what I ended up creating.
And here are some process images of how this piece came together:
And here are some photos to demonstrate how the gold paint catches the light and the gouache paint changes colour depending on the light.
Below is a digital (vector based) variation I created for my personal enjoyment.
Thank you for looking!
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