This was just some dabbling in bits and pieces and ideas I had. None of which I thought were very good but I thought it was better to just get them out onto paper than leave them in my brain to die.
I was thinking about what I could do to make modern representations of the Gods. I started with Athena because she is a God of War and wears a helmet, I thought it would be cool to make a Tank Girl style character out of her wearing a customised helmet. The helmet has some imagery linking to Athena, such as the Owl (wisdom) and the gorgon head crest that it worn around her neck. Initially I thought this would be a cool idea but after those two I was lost on ideas of what else to put on the helmet. I also wasn't sure on the context of this image, where it would fit into a real world setting.
Another similar idea would be each of the Gods with tattoos linking to their symbolism and stories - for example Zeus with a swan tattoo (Leda and the Swan) I think this could have been nice if I had executed it in the same technique as the T-Shirts - placing the tattoos over imagery of a greek statue but I tried some other stuff with colour and paper-cut, it just wasn't giving the effect I wanted mainly due to the shoddy crafting of it.
I feel like these ideas were wildly cliched, getting them out of my system early by drawing it all out made me realise that it probably wouldn't be the best idea to pursue these as I wouldn't end up with anything I was happy with - It might just come across as like when people add tattoos and piercings to Disney characters to make them look alternative and edgy, which I personally find cringeworthy and not something I want to be a part of.
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