Cats in Myth
Expressing Emotion with Color Theory
This project I wanted to tie cat's with a certain emotion of how they were portrayed in that time period.
This was for a Skillshare class for expressing emotion with color theory.
Here were parts of my process
What I choose was:
• 14th-18th Century Europe Witch Hunts - Resentment
• Norse Goddess Freya's Cats - Fortitude
• Japan's Maneki-Neko - Adoration
• Greek Mythology Galanthis - Shame
What I choose was:
• 14th-18th Century Europe Witch Hunts - Resentment
• Norse Goddess Freya's Cats - Fortitude
• Japan's Maneki-Neko - Adoration
• Greek Mythology Galanthis - Shame
At the start I wanted to create speech bubble emoticons.
However, during sketching I did both speech bubbles and cat faces!
However, during sketching I did both speech bubbles and cat faces!
Choose to go with 6 colors for each of my illustrations!
I still created the cat heads first, but afterwards used the silhouettes later on to make images inside them.
Here are the icons/portraits for my cats!
Six colors I realized was a lot to work with, but I like how these turned out.
Six colors I realized was a lot to work with, but I like how these turned out.
Here are all 4 of my designs editing in Photoshop.
I used a lot of heavy strokes, but feel they worked in my favor at the time.
Hope you all like!
I used a lot of heavy strokes, but feel they worked in my favor at the time.
Hope you all like!
