Title: Spirit Animal

Artist: Coscomomo

Medium: Digital Art
Artist Of The Week: (Mar. 5-11, 2017)

It seems like spring is finally starting to come a round, although, winter still sort of seems to come and go every now and again. Seeing as how winter is still on the mind for some people, this pice still seem pretty relatable to many people still experiencing winter.

I first encountered this pice on deviant art one day while I was browsing through some of the new art that was coming into DeviantArt and this captivating digital art pice stood out to me. I felt that this pice was different somehow and I was sure that there was meaning here so, after speaking with the artist about the artwork, I found that I was even more fascinated with the story behind this pice just as much as the pice its-self.

"From the above you can see where some of the inspiration comes from, the other big part of this particular piece comes from a moment when I was outside playing in the snow with my son (he was dressed very similar to the way I painted the character in the artwork btw) the snow was falling all around us and right in the middle of that playtime he looked up, he was watching how the snowflakes where drifting down so calmly, he looked so marveled, then the slightest breeze made me look up as well and then I imagined a white and almost invisible to the eye creature making that soft and barely noticeable breeze happen, what if it was a whale spirit??? Hehe. I remember once I saw some concept art for a videogame that fit what I had on my mind and it was so natural that the artwork practically made itself." -Coscomomo

- Links To Artist -

Artwork: http://coscomomo.deviantart.com/art/Spirit-Animal-664096724

Deviant Art: http://coscomomo.deviantart.com/

Title: Jan. 11, 2017

Artist: A-Meridiem

Medium: Digital Art
Artist Of The Week: Feb. 19-25,  2017

This week for the Spirit Star City Artist Of The Week we have a fine digital art pice done by the artist know as A-Meridiem from DeviantArt. Something that stands out to me about this artist and their artwork is their unique style. They post a lot of digital art drawing/painting of different types of characters, like the one seen here, on their DeviantArt page using different styles of soft/smooth colors, backgrounds, and environments. Typically they usually tend to leave the faces of these characters fairly blank and open and which is something I find quite intriguing as I feel that it sort of leaves it up to the beholder to interpret what these characters are thinking and feeling. Although, here, in this pice we are give a little more detail and suggestion as to what this character is thinking and feeling. I think this is actually a fitting pick for this weeks Artist Of The Week since spring is finally coming around but it still gets a little chilly every now and again. I feel that this pice seems fairly cozy especially with the warm pink background.

- Links To Artist -

Artwork: http://a-meridiem.deviantart.com/art/Jan-11-2017-656900097

Deviant Art: http://a-meridiem.deviantart.com/