Desert Rose

Original size 8.5x11 © 2018 Alex Ledante

For some reason, I keep doing post-apocalyptic art lately. But how dark can a dystopian future really be if there are still hot girls? Seriously...

Everything I know about wasteland wardrobes I learned from watching 80's films. They're seeming more and more legit every day. Less like entertainment and more like a stern warning of things to come

Composition is a big concern of mine, which I take very seriously but that doesn't mean I can't have fun with it; here I'm drawing a parallel between the arc of the rings and the arch of her back. Playing with the balance of the foreground and background elements in a Taoist fashion is something I've been encorporating into my work ever since I started playing weiqi...