Digital Chimeras

examples of digital chimera art -

a 'Geep'

A geep or sheep-goat chimera, first bred in Australia in 1978. It was produced by combining the embryos of a sheep and a goat so the animal has both cells. It's not the same as a sheep-goat hybrid where a goat mates with a sheep.

Chimera definition

Definitions of chimera include -

1. a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.

2. any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, esp. as depicted in decorative art.

 

 

3. a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy.

4. Genetics - an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species.

Chimera objects

 

Photos of the objects I am using to make my first chimera

Digital Montage - Chimera

List of objects found in our bags and on our person to be used to make a 'chimera' -

Me                             Mick                              Kate

pencil case                 playing cards                  box of tissues
xmas stocking            blades                            plastic bottle
mp3 player                SD card                          sketch book
earphones                 scissors                           smokes
phone                       lollypop sticks                  purse
nurofen                     pencils                            keys
lip balm                     money                            pastels
hairbrush                   wallet                             perfume
passport                    plastic cutlery
mascara     
notebook
lipgloss

We have to take some of these objects and make a digital montage, steering clear of the typical chimera idea of a mythical animal.

Digital Media in Art and Design - Digital Illustration

                                          line drawing     

                                          colour drawing



In this assignment we were asked to use Adobe Illustrator to create a digital illustration for a magazine article. I chose the Harpers magazine text about bulldozing Palestinian houses in Isreal.

I spent far too much time time doing a detailed line drawing, and then rushed the colour part, but I'm happy with how it turned out and that I achieved a sense of depth in the image.