Julien Reverchon Giant - Tumblr Posts
"The Flower Giant"
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Digital collage made in GIMP with a picture from the Rolling Giant Archive page and various free flower stock images from pexels.com and unsplash. The Rolling Giant aka Julien Reverchon statue was made by Kevin Obregon.
(Also, yes, the background is made of forget-me-nots. They not only fit the sky color but tie in nicely with 'The Oldest View' and its themes.)
Further thoughts below the cut:
So considering the Giant has flower hands and is based on a botanist (Julien Reverchon), it makes sense I eventually got the idea to recreate the Giant in a flower collage style. While this piece is not quite the end result I was going for, it is a great first step/attempt in my opinion. Maybe one day I will try again.
I actually kept the base of the Giant and overlaid it with different flowers, sometimes recolored them, and then also kept the original image and added some shadows/highlights to keep the contours of the Giant.
Also, on a personal note, I think the statue looks even more uncanny now than it originally did. Which to me is a feature, not a bug, hehe.
"The Flower Giant"
[sources: x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x ]
Digital collage made in GIMP with a picture from the Rolling Giant Archive page and various free flower stock images from pexels.com and unsplash. The Rolling Giant aka Julien Reverchon statue was made by Kevin Obregon.
(Also, yes, the background is made of forget-me-nots. They not only fit the sky color but tie in nicely with 'The Oldest View' and its themes.)
Further thoughts below the cut:
So considering the Giant has flower hands and is based on a botanist (Julien Reverchon), it makes sense I eventually got the idea to recreate the Giant in a flower collage style. While this piece is not quite the end result I was going for, it is a great first step/attempt in my opinion. Maybe one day I will try again.
I actually kept the base of the Giant and overlaid it with different flowers, sometimes recolored them, and then also kept the original image and added some shadows/highlights to keep the contours of the Giant.
Also, on a personal note, I think the statue looks even more uncanny now than it originally did. Which to me is a feature, not a bug, hehe.
"The Flower Giant"
[sources: x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x ]
Digital collage made in GIMP with a picture from the Rolling Giant Archive page and various free flower stock images from pexels.com and unsplash. The Rolling Giant aka Julien Reverchon statue was made by Kevin Obregon.
(Also, yes, the background is made of forget-me-nots. They not only fit the sky color but tie in nicely with 'The Oldest View' and its themes.)
Further thoughts below the cut:
So considering the Giant has flower hands and is based on a botanist (Julien Reverchon), it makes sense I eventually got the idea to recreate the Giant in a flower collage style. While this piece is not quite the end result I was going for, it is a great first step/attempt in my opinion. Maybe one day I will try again.
I actually kept the base of the Giant and overlaid it with different flowers, sometimes recolored them, and then also kept the original image and added some shadows/highlights to keep the contours of the Giant.
Also, on a personal note, I think the statue looks even more uncanny now than it originally did. Which to me is a feature, not a bug, hehe.
"The Flower Giant"
[sources: x / x / x / x / x / x / x / x ]
Digital collage made in GIMP with a picture from the Rolling Giant Archive page and various free flower stock images from pexels.com and unsplash. The Rolling Giant aka Julien Reverchon statue was made by Kevin Obregon.
(Also, yes, the background is made of forget-me-nots. They not only fit the sky color but tie in nicely with 'The Oldest View' and its themes.)
Further thoughts below the cut:
So considering the Giant has flower hands and is based on a botanist (Julien Reverchon), it makes sense I eventually got the idea to recreate the Giant in a flower collage style. While this piece is not quite the end result I was going for, it is a great first step/attempt in my opinion. Maybe one day I will try again.
I actually kept the base of the Giant and overlaid it with different flowers, sometimes recolored them, and then also kept the original image and added some shadows/highlights to keep the contours of the Giant.
Also, on a personal note, I think the statue looks even more uncanny now than it originally did. Which to me is a feature, not a bug, hehe.
"The Pixel Giant" (pixel art)
My first pixel art! Pixel art/sprite of 'The Rolling Giant' from Kane Pixels' The Oldest View series. The original Julien Reverchon Giant was made by Kevin Obregon. I made this in Aseprite and upscaled it for better visibility.
So I really wanted to make pixel art *and* I wanted to make more fanstuff for The Oldest View, since there doesn't seem to be a lot of fanart etc. online. From this I got the - frankly - bonkers idea to make a pixel sprite of The Rolling Giant from TOV.
I didn't think my attempt would amount to much tbh, considering this is not exactly what I would call a 'beginner friendly' entity to recreate. But somehow, it turned out very well imo. I guess because there are some creative liberties that can be taken, but also because I might actually be able to do stuff I didn't even think was possible.
Of course, I could still improve bits and pieces, but for a first try I think this is...actually great. I am quite proud of myself, not just for making this, but for even trying in the first place.
(Making this has also reminded me that making art is great for the self-confidence it can bring, the joy of creating things, but also for the inherent feeling of community and 'silent communication' - so many things intersected that lead me to make this, and I am grateful for all the people and the art that has touched my life as I look at this little sprite. Even if some of them may never know I exist.)
(Also, this is likely only funny to me, but the creator of TOV goes by Kane Pixels and people make pixel art of TOV)
"The Pixel Giant" (pixel art)
My first pixel art! Pixel art/sprite of 'The Rolling Giant' from Kane Pixels' The Oldest View series. The original Julien Reverchon Giant was made by Kevin Obregon. I made this in Aseprite and upscaled it for better visibility.
So I really wanted to make pixel art *and* I wanted to make more fanstuff for The Oldest View, since there doesn't seem to be a lot of fanart etc. online. From this I got the - frankly - bonkers idea to make a pixel sprite of The Rolling Giant from TOV.
I didn't think my attempt would amount to much tbh, considering this is not exactly what I would call a 'beginner friendly' entity to recreate. But somehow, it turned out very well imo. I guess because there are some creative liberties that can be taken, but also because I might actually be able to do stuff I didn't even think was possible.
Of course, I could still improve bits and pieces, but for a first try I think this is...actually great. I am quite proud of myself, not just for making this, but for even trying in the first place.
(Making this has also reminded me that making art is great for the self-confidence it can bring, the joy of creating things, but also for the inherent feeling of community and 'silent communication' - so many things intersected that lead me to make this, and I am grateful for all the people and the art that has touched my life as I look at this little sprite. Even if some of them may never know I exist.)
(Also, this is likely only funny to me, but the creator of TOV goes by Kane Pixels and people make pixel art of TOV)