MRS SIGNALIS.
2024.
The first work of a trilogy I would do for the Sternzeit Tänze Signalis fan zine.
This piece rocks.
I feel this piece marked a major step of evolution within my artwork, I remember specifically taking influence from the 1995 Ghost in the Shell film and page spreads from Firepunch.
When I created the work Signalis From Memory, I was charmed by the more generally gross and exposed environment I had managed to create.
I wanted to visit what I had created with a bit more intent this time and so aimed to give Elster a tad bit of an uncannily driven, though beautiful redesign.
So I focused on blurring the lines between what is her armor and what is her body more than the game does.
She has exposed seams in her plating, under that plating are these sort of gear infested metallic patterns that suggest what could be seen as robotic parts and or a some type of high tech skin suit.
Her eyes glow with a bit more of an intensity than seen in the game, her suit seems to illuminate slightly with a red glow that pokes out of the seams in her body and while hard to see, her hand has what looks like claw-like fingers with what seem to be ball joints.
The background with the repeating Elsters and death error codes taken right from the game are a nod to it’s theme of cycles.
A fun detail is my signature within the error codes.
Both in initials but also binary.
This zine had a lot of skilled artists on it so please do check it out!!!