Assignment 2

Rules:

• a Monopolyesque game piece
• 1.5″x1.5″x2

Inspiration:

Monopoly pieces are the vaguest concept of a thing. Beginning with the original zinc alloy set, Monopoly pieces have ranged from howitzers to houses, from terriers to tanks. The only common denominator has been their size at about 2’x2’x1.5′.

I wanted something I could use. There were few things that are usable that are that size except for trinkets that I could put on my key ring. I had watched a disturbing music video involving black and white footage from the Telly Tubbies and one of them – Po – had a ring on his head that I could use for the key ring. I was also  against direct plagiarism so I looked in the artist Ron English who makes dark recreations of pop culture icons. I also looked at some of the pieces Kid Robot had done involving perversion of the same.

I settled on Po’s head on a chopping block in a World of Warcraft/League of Legends  style of exaggeration.

Clockwise from left: Ron English’s ‘Telegrinne’; overposted image, author unknown; Po from the original British series; Black & White Image from ‘Christopher G. Brown’s Teletubbies Joy Division Edit’

Model:

The model was fairly simple I started with a sculpt and then retopologized it so it looked better. I tried to create the crossed out eyes I had in my sketches but my model’s eye sockets were too deep and the crosses didn’t look right. Instead, I opted the cross of St.Peter, often mistaken for the Satanic Cross, on his forehead a la Deicide. I thought about changing the headpiece to a proper satanic cross but there is no loop to attach it with.