“Soar.” Digital Illustration. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
I present to you my latest piece that I have named Soar. This fantasy illustration depicts the successful flight of a man soaring through the sky in a wooden DaVinci-esque flying machine. A bit of a departure from my previous creatures and aliens. After my last work, I decided to scour through webpages, books and other publications to inspire me for my next illustration when I came upon DaVinci’s flying machine blueprint.
My intent here was to depict the flying machine, somewhat modernized for the Victoria Era, hence the clothing I drew onto the pilot. I know this is not an original idea, but this is my take on the whole “early” flight idea.
This flying machine and character in this illustration was sculpted in ZBrush and final production was completed in Photoshop.
This illustration, a well as my other illustrations, can be viewed in my Illustration Portfolio.