For some reason, I’ve had this name in my head for a while, but never had anything that fit. I really like the squid-like tentacle shape (which I originally created in “squid gain“), so I recycled those here.
I still can’t decide which version I like the most, but the darker blues and purples seem to work best.
I also have a slightly simpler version:
And then there’s the purple version:
I thought it’d be fun to look back at some of my earliest attempts at this digital art thing, so I decided to recycle some of my original “grey and green” images and create a combination of them. I like this “quadrant” approach, and it’s especially fun to see where I started and compare it to my more recent attempts.
This one all started with me messing around with various trees and root images. I’ve had this hot air balloon image in one or two other pieces, but otherwise have not used it much. But I wanted something interesting sprouting out of the roots with some vertical motion. Using a normal balloon image wasn’t quite right, but this hot air balloon really hit the mark for me. I still don’t love the name, so I’ll change it if I come up with something better.
Overall, I prefer the green, grey and black color treatment, but I did end up with some other color variations I liked as well (all included below).
