Blogpost 2/11/2021

Sometimes I think people assume all myth and magic is completely absent from the United States. I don’t blame them either because when enormous buildings are surrounded by other massive metal structures, you assume if something can be made, it’s engineered by geniuses and put on display. So, when I make art, I feel that myth is looked into a lot—classical myth—like Leda and the Swan, or Perseus and Medusa, because there’s nothing around us now days that are fantastical. Right?

We have buildings that touch the sky.

I was originally going to draw a young girl with a dragon because I wanted to make something out of this world. But then I really thought about it and began looking at textures of alligators to reference reptile skin. I couldn’t believe how big these animals are. Like, they’re freaking huge, so huge I can’t believe they’re still walking around. It’s almost like they’re meant to be in some long-ago prehistoric Triassic period. It’s so odd, they seem so out of place, but it could also be because I live in California city-valley where the weather is the same and all the animals are cute.

It’s just, what I want to say is that I thought all the mystery was gone around me, but as I saw the alligator, I realized there’s still magnificent things around me. Because of this, I ended up making a girl with the alligator, because maybe one day alligators will be long gone and merge in the chapter of myth.

Procreate is a pretty amazing program and I’m glad I can use it to draw digital art.

– Priscilla