Carta Galaxia – Art Spotlight #5 – “Sheriff”

Carta Galaxia – Art Spotlight #5 – “Sheriff”

Yet another awesome Claudia Cangini piece, and another movie poster reference. This one is also a callback to the dinosaur-riding, poncho-wearing robot from the cover of Far Beyond Humanity. As usual, the Art Brief is below.

5 – Sheriff

A riff on the old spaghetti-western style of movie poster, specifically the Sergio Leone poster for “A Few More Dollars”. The piece will be separated into 4 “value layers”: foreground, midground, background, sky.

In the foreground (darkest), left of center, we have the main figure: A robot in a poncho. His torso is covered by the poncho, his legs, right arm, neck and head are visible. His limbs are thin and have obvious wiring, hydraulics, pistons, etc. His head is vaguely oval, and slightly blocky, with an antenna extending from the ear piece. He’s holding an advanced looking plasma pistol by his side, white smoke coming out of the barrel. His pose should be very similar to the “A Few More Dollars” poster, but taking up the left side of the image rather than centered.

The midground (dark grey) is the silhouette of rocks, spiky plants, and a half-buried car tire.

The background (grey) is the silhouette of a space colony. Square, blocky buildings with a massive satellite dish array.

The sky (light-grey/white) just has a large circle sun hanging over the town, and a few wispy clouds.