Saturday, May 21, 2016

Dragon Spiral


This youth is a god; that's why he can fly. The flying serpent is a wingless dragon.

This image comprises a 360 view of the horizon. The right and left edges of the drawing meet at the same cardinal point, such that you could wrap the picture into a cylinder, with the spectator at its axial center. This is the true surface of projection; hence the picture is mathematically akin to a Mercator map. The spiral towers lean inward and outward simultaneously because the cylinder of projection is inclined with respect to the horizon, creating upward and downward convergence. The horizon, though not visible in this case, can be assumed to undulate in the form of a sine wave. The angle of incline is 12 degrees.

The drawing is in prismacolor pencil on heavy Strathmore drawing vellum. The dimensions are about 14 by 20 inches (roughly 35 by 50 centimeters).

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