Slothicorn Crypto Chart Art Contest Entry: Ethereum Chart

I'm writing this post hours before the start of my internship program. I'm just glad I finished this piece before the deadline. Taken from an Eth Chart screen shot from coinmarketcap and transformed using my imagination. Behold, the chart.

All Rights Reserved to @adamada

You can find details of the contest here. Please support Slothicorn's Crypto-literacy for Artists around the world.

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Summary of the Post:

Concept Draft
Tools
Creation Process
Footer

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Concept:

Ethereum was my coin of choice for a while now. There's a lot of possibilities you can do with the technology. When I thought about making an art out of the chart, the word chart was repeated several times.

Chart, art, chart, risk, chart, rewards, art the chart, and chart the art.

I usually start my art with a play of words. Most of the time I let the nonsense settle to make sense later. Investing in crypto involves high risks and the charts don't lie about that. Pirates always look at the chart. Pirate life is a risky life. Hmmm... right, let's go with this angle and see what I can make up along the way.

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Tools

Paint Tool SAI
Photoshop
Pen and Paper

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Take the screenshot and open it with Photoshop. I wanted to take out the important lines form the chart so I enhanced the level. I converted it to black and white and extract the prominent colors that will later serve as the base.

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Placed in more base colors and lines just to get a feel for where this is going. I thought about added some creatures and structures. Some images that resemble old ancient maps that spell out adventure.

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I created the images to add to the map when I didn't have access to my laptop. I took a picture of and had it redone in SAI. You can find the snap shot here

This is a small collection of the minor details I placed in the chart. Only when I uploaded the image did I see some parts needed editing.

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I didn't want to take out too many details from the base screen shot (referring to the lines). It wouldn't hint the viewer I got it from a charting platform if I over did it. Most of the painting was done in Photoshop and the sketches were done on SAI.

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I added the creatures and structures on the map. No battle plan. Just randomly placing stuff here and there.

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Just adding some minor tweaks like adjusting colors, fixing image placements, and wondering what else I could roll with.

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It wouldn't be complete without Slothicorn making an appearance for the final touches.

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I had fun creating this piece. I wanted to know what it's like being a cartographer and this brings back some memories when I was story writing. I created maps to help me visualize the world I was creating for my characters. But that's another skill for another blog post, maybe. I wanted to make an art post for @slothicorn after creating a previous introduction post as soon as possible.

I hope I could squeeze in some more art post while I'm on my medical internship training. It's a stress buster. I have less than 3 hours (during the time of this writing) before the internship program officially starts and I'm already treating this piece like good byes. :P

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art and flair courtesy of @PegasusPhysics