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A digital work in bright colors. A large figure, surrounded by and made up of many-colored rays, flings up his hands in frustration, and the words "What do you want?" stand out around him. He is staring at a smaller figure, silhouetted in duller colors, who stands calmly in front of him.

Bargaining in the House of the Sun

Joan Holder

Digital Painting

Undergraduate

In Victoria Goddard's fantasy novel, At the Feet of the Sun, a character must face figures from legend armed with his mundane bureaucratic experiences. This illustration shows the Sun in confusion, frustrated and outwitted by a mortal.

The radiance of the Sun is represented using painterly techniques and the vibrancy of digital markmaking to create high tension color combinations. By using only opaque, clean-edged strokes, I represent the intensity of the scene.