This piece was my introduction to Substance Painter, which was also when I first fell in love with texturing. Based on this illustration by Viktor Crookdlg, my interpretation evokes a relic from an advanced ancient civilization, a precious moment of solitude and reflection encapsulated in time.
I used a combination of texture and compositing to give more weight to the render. I paid particular attention to the balance of lights and shadows. The texture design drew inspiration from the amazing work of Tomàs Barceló.
These hands also marked my budding artistic interest in the juxtaposition of past and future, the coexistence of beauty and decay, and the expression of palpable emotion and sentimentality in non-human subjects. These are some motifs which come up time and time again in my thought processes, and seem to manifest themselves frequently in my work so far. I'm excited to explore these ideas more.
