Riso picture - In the sky

Enter a piece of work for the UNSEEN 4 risk book - ‘In the Sky’.
a4 portrait, 2 colours are pink and yellow.





I have chosen to do something along the lines of the stars and the pictures they create - Gemini, aries etc. These cats swim around in the galaxies and have their tummies itched by passing comets.

The constellations , each with a name.

 The 12 zodiac signs are well known by those in the Northern hemisphere -
Aquarius, the water bearer
Aries, the ram
Cancer, the crab
Capricorn, the goat
Gemini, the twins
Leo, the lion
Libra, the scales
Pisces, the fish
Sagittarius, the archer
Scorpius, the scorpion
Taurus, the bull
Virgo, the virgin

the shape of the Great bear around the star pattern.

Many horoscopes can be found in the back of magazines, accompanied by beautiful illustrations. There is such leeway with the subject and breadth,

http://sergemaksimov.com (1)

Bold colours and patterns by 

Serge Makisimov.

His pieces are all connected by the pastel patterned background and old circus style text. The characters are bold and flowing, the image is covered in textures. With Capricorn figures, the twirling tail is often shown, curling back on itself. As with mythical creatures, it is easy to exaggerate forms and colours.

The two fish leaping contrast brilliantly against the swirling blue sea, their large gills giving them the old style map effect. (as below)

‘A faint star pattern now no longer recognised is Felis, the Cat, which was the creation of an 18th century Frenchman, Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande (1732-1807).’ - (2)

‘In the early 20th Century, French astronomer Nicolas Camille Flammariondeemed Felis the Cat to be expendable, and along with a number of other significant constellations, Felis was omitted from the list of 88 constellations approved by the IAU in 1922.

Other notable constellations omitted by the IAU:

• Rangifer the Reindeer
• Bufo the Toad
• Hippocampus the Sea Horse
• Limax the Slug
• Manis the Pangolin’(3)

"Forty-eight of the constellations are known as ancient or original, meaning they were talked about by the Greeks and probably by the Babylonians and still earlier peoples. After the 15th century, with the age of the great discoveries and worldwide navigation, the southernmost parts of the sky became known to man and had to be charted.” (4)

I will look at further colour combinations, and a use of white.
the colours we have are fluorescent pink and yellow.

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(2) http://www.space.com
(3)http://obeythekitty.com
(4)http://www.space.com/15486-night-sky-constellations-names.html