Man's Greatest Fear
Giant crabs flying across the sky? Are you serious?
Giant crabs flying across the sky? Are you serious?
This portfolio represents the sum of several years of nightmares and daydreams worth of work and is currently ongoing.
Please enjoy this very strange collection, they still make me smile.
Please enjoy this very strange collection, they still make me smile.
It all started here. Back in 2009, it's weird looking back and seeing what's become of the longest running project of it's kind, ever.
I particularly like the character of the main crab
I particularly like the character of the main crab
This one could be late 2009, I forget now when it was made exactly, either way the mood of the piece starkly contrasts with the previous one; here the crabs are being approached by curious humans, probably tourists, and are slightly speculative.
This is my first piece to tackle the subject of "Flying Crabs in Foreign Countries", created in 2010, here we see how the background has been coloured to match the natural hues of the crab, lending a shell like feel to the familiar scene.
This piece was created in early 2012, using unnatural hues of purple, juxtaposed with the bright yellow of the swallowtail butterfly's wings to create a striking, almost cartoonish effect. This was the first crab picture to feature a single giant crab, rather than multiple smaller ones.
This piece, from mid 2012, explores the theme of "natural disasters involving giant crabs", and attempts to capture the suddenness and explosive danger of natural disasters in combination with the awesome size and power of the giant crab.
This one has been through a few iterations but I'm finally ok with how it turned out. Experimenting with more digital themes. Late 2012.
Late 2012, this was developed in parallel with the above piece and was originally taken by some amateur photographers en route to a conference about the spaces between your toes. Notice the shading here, bringing out a certain luminescence in the crab... Very professional.
Late 2012, the final piece in a slight resurgence of work from the period. It explores the relationship between street art and flying crabs. Despite being a very large part of the picture, the crab depicted here is actually very small. That's social commentary for you.
May 2013. This piece symbolises the hope of the return of summer; its lighter hues and more energetic scene paint a more jovial picture of the fearsome giant crab. Also it's in Madrid.
