FP: DEGREE WORK "The Final Rise" (2014)

Here it is, my degree work. It seems I have kept postponing the release of it, so here it is, Finally.

Fabric painting, silk painting, application and embroidery. Sore shoulders, fingers and arse.

WIP: Final rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

Some late update from Tuesday and Wednesday, when I had time to continue the silk painting.

Painted the wings and the first parts of the tail, looks pretty glowy. One wing took quite a while, but I managed to do it two days, whereas the second took only one day.

Here's the current, I need to use one whole day for the body, though I'm able to do it in two parts. Dunno when I'm gonna go and spend that day, maybe Saturday.
I also might use glue to make some chunks of ice stand out and become more 3D. I also got to use gold gutta for the legs and beak, I guess.

WIP: The Final Rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

I got to continue the silk painting, since I didn't want to start up the next part of the upholstery sewing, which takes time. I have a nasty machine in use, no matter how gently and gradually I step on the pedal, it looks like it's gonna go nice and easy... until one millimeter and it goes Fast and Furious on me. Anyways, back to the phoenix.

It looks rather horrible on that, it really does, made some mistakes. Also, should have used wet on wet, but I didn't want that uncontrolled mixing up. Another mistake. Next error was to add the reddish orange to the tail, I would have gotten so much better quality if I had only used the Inktense pencils for it.

Wait for itt...







TADAA

That is the lower wing from the angle the big one is right now. Pretty nice, despite the gutta bleeds a little, but hey, it's a layer work anyway.

WIP Final rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

So, yesterday and also tiny bits of today were spent working on the couch trio (named after Finland's famous singer brothers) and of course, my phoenix. I outlined it on the silk and with my typical luck, I forgot to make sure the fabric DOES NOT MOVE! The silk moved around and the result was a disaster. I had to redo several parts, not just with the Inktense pencils, but also with gutta, I managed to make a well all-around screw ups.

Sorry it's sideways.







Corrections, corrections. I'm also suspecting the silk version is larger, sort of... wider, but then again, it's in the frame now and it stretches it...

WIP: Final Rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

Wednesday was supposed to be a couch day, but we ended up doing our own stuff, meaning, I got FINALLY to do the fabric painting part. At first I carefully outlined the phoenix on the actual base fabric, then I outlined it with gutta, more or less successfully. Then, I used light yellow to paint the phoenix and I got some interesting and accidental effects on it, when the wings and the torso ended up having slight feather-like print in it. Of course I only had my cell phone, so the pictures are crappy.
The background took some more works and it's actually still unfinished. I didn't think it through and I should have put plastic underneath it, so now the cover fabric has my phoenix design on it as well, since the colors bled through. Well, at least it gave me interesting effects and I have a lot more work to do maybe today (Friday). The blues are stronger and darker than in the model image, but I'll work over them with some white wash, so I'm not that screwed yet. I'll work it out.

 The image colors lie a little, my camera is not doing well and besides, the paint was wet.

WIP: Final Rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

I've done paint tests on two occasions, first was to white cotton, ice blue and white, which turned out pretty neat. Neat enough to be very hard to distinguish the right and the wrong side. Oopsie on that. I think I got how I'm gonna do the blocks of ice, now I just need to figure out how I get some life to the background.

Also tested out the Derwent Inktense pencils that arrived in the mail. I bought them last year, but never used them, so gramps now sent them to me and I tested them out with and without a liquid silk paint. Works like a dream, I can't wait to actually do it now... And tomorrow I start shortening my work for the summer and work on a yet another couch. Yippee...

WIP Final Rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

Welp, got more ideas from the teacher today and I actually liked them. The main material I'd use is cotton, simple white cotton, but the embroidery isn't quite enough for it, so she suggested I put some filing beneath the phoenix to make it rise up and become 3D. I like the idea. Also she said I should try how silk looks on top of cotton. Tested and it would make it look more fiery with the sheen. Basically, I would applicate the phoenix over the icy background. I REALLY am starting to like the idea and tomorrow will be used on testing it out, I have an unused (barely) piece of silk I was gonna paint, but since it turned out shit, I can use the piece elsewhere. I also need to get a slightly smaller copy.

Photo taken with school's camera (which hates my guts) and edited a bit to get the colors correct.

WIP: Final rise of Phoenixe Imperiale (2014)

Still working on it and it's on a slight standstill, but I got a watercolor paper for the proper background now. Painting is always therapeutic, so after a good long nap, I'll probs paint. It's A2 size, so it will have extra at the edges, but I don't mind, I haven't checked the proper measurements yet.

On the sidenote, I hate official writing.


My previous versions and what inspired me to do it. My band is dead forever, but the phoenix still lives on. I'm the Phoenixe Imperiale. I know, I'm a selfish bitch but I don't actually give a shit.

Phoenix Rises by Tom Wood and Cain's Offering CD cover by Alex Yarborough.

 

Nemesis by Gyula Havanscak. I want to get the same fiery effect to the phoenix as on this.

These were the inspirations to the phoenix and by heavens I love fire. I love also ice.

Below are the inspiring pictures and the blowing ice down there is the major influence on the background.

I'm not gonna deny, also Pokémon is a good influence on Phoenixe's look and making an ice version is also rather tempting, but maybe later I'll make a reversed version. Ice phoenix in front of a burning background.

And this is how the current model fares. I've sharpened the colors and gonna color it whole tonight, it's gonna be a therapy of sorts.

WIP Phoenixe Imperiale vol 5? (2014)

Now this. I need to make a final work for this school and I'm going to make this with fabric painting. I just need to work out the background somehow. No idea what I'm gonna do. I wanna make it look like a real band thing and a real CD cover.