I wanted to come up with something that referenced both the band name, and also the "Heliocentric" concepts surrounding The Ocean's new album. The band had already developed a strong, literal visual identity for this with celestial maps and appropriated alchemical art. I felt it was important to directly reference these themes, but was keen to avoid merely re-working what I had seen of the album art.
A depiction of a lunar, water goddess is the main thought here - early Celtic belief often regarded bodies of water as thresholds to the underworld, or land of the dead (referenced this here by a subtle skull shape in the upper half of the face). The scallop shell is another pre-Christian symbol incorporated into a lot of Renaisssance era art, often used to depict the setting sun. The transparent sphere and cube are variations on Alpha/Omega symbology. I used a nice metallic base with a hint of blue for the base of this...one of those prints that changes colour subtly depending on lighting and angle.
A depiction of a lunar, water goddess is the main thought here - early Celtic belief often regarded bodies of water as thresholds to the underworld, or land of the dead (referenced this here by a subtle skull shape in the upper half of the face). The scallop shell is another pre-Christian symbol incorporated into a lot of Renaisssance era art, often used to depict the setting sun. The transparent sphere and cube are variations on Alpha/Omega symbology. I used a nice metallic base with a hint of blue for the base of this...one of those prints that changes colour subtly depending on lighting and angle.
4 colour print.
Edition of 75. (Signed & numbered).
19x25". 270gsm "Pistachio" paper.
Available now from my store : scrawled.bigcartel.com
This is incredible.
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