Can you illustrate Czechia
if it were a person?
Main inspiration and stylistic reference for this work became Alfons Mucha,
iconic person in Czechia's culture. By looking at the drawing closer,
one may notice details which may seem odd for Mucha's art; exactly through these
symbolic details I had built a bridge between older Czechia and nowadays one.
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Face of the girl in the drawing has been created by merging 21 Czech women's faces
in an attempt to result in a "typical" Czech female face
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Beer glass as a symbol of very strong beer culture in Czechia
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Messy pigeons in the lady’s hair symbolise simple lifestyle and mindset with no pretension
d e t a i l 4
Tattoos and piercings are a symbol of the XXI century
d e t a i l 5
Collarbone tattoo refers to the date of Mucha’s death
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Shoulder floral tattoo performs as a new contemporary interpretation of flower motif,
what used to be used as real
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Floral head piece in Mucha’s art, here is translated into a tattoo form
Generating the face 21 in 1
Final result
Details
Thank you for taking a minute of your time to look at my work
