Transcendence of Man

This scene I worked on for about 8 hours. It is drawn with Derwent sketch pencils. When I begun I had this idea that the sun ray will filter through the fingers and light up the face. First I drew the line work without shading. Then I scanned it and printed a clean line version. After that I shaded with pencils. The benefit is that I could experiment with the shading without disrupting the line work.

==The Transcendence of Man(?)==
Excerpts from Dr. John´s Journal
We found in the jungle this magnificent beast of brass and steel covered by the vegetation. My conservative estimate is that it has slumbered here for at least two thousand years maybe a few more. The builders of the brass titan is an unknown civilization. After about a week of studying the behemoth my conclusions are that it is their final monument to the perfection that is man and reach for god hood. The sheer size indicate that is was built to reach for the sky, and as it is a humanoid it is a monumental tribute to humans. The reliefs on the belt is the most enigmatic and interesting part. The reliefs depicts people of all parts of society, soldiers, mothers,  workers with hammer's and sickles etc. walking towards a flame inside a very stylized sun. I believe this flame symbolizes enlightenment. The straight ray like reliefs shooting upwards from the flame could symbolize the transcendence process.

If they was able to build this monster they may have had within their grasp the power to achieve immortality.  What ultimately happened to the builders I cannot say. Maybe they reached their fulfillment or then maybe their arrogance led to their demise. To uncover the mystery I intend to set up a permanent base here in the jungle to explore what more secrets lie under the almost impenetrable cover of vegetation.

This morning I had a foreboding feeling when I looked at the sunrise. The scene looks like the titan weeps for its futile attempt to catch the sun rays in its hand that reaches toward the rising sun.

Until next time.

Transcendence of Man

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