The Look of Royalty

Here’s a painting of the combined dollar sign/heart symbol which I appropriately titled Emblem because It has that dynasty /royal family look to it. 

I want to cultivate an empire-like look in my work that doesn’t necessarily have to be “in your face” all the time, but that makes you feel like you’re part of a great civilization…that also has the supernatural overtones (which to me is a necessity in fantasy art). That goes in line with the concept of being so elevated you’re amongst gods.

It won’t be overnight, but I have faith in my abilities…

I’ll have some more new work to post in the future when I am finished developing my ideas. 

Stay elevated for now. Until next time ☁👑

Consumed by Passion; Seduced by Wealth – New Symbol and Versace Parody

 

In the continuation of working on this series dealing with the goddess personification of the concepts of wealth and love, I would like to highlight a new painting, and also an update of the series symbol. So far I like the way the series is playing out, however it is far from done for me.

Updated series symbol: the Intertwined Dollar Sign Heart symbol

Before:

Intertwined Dollar Sign Heart symbol: before

After:

Intertwined Dollar Sign Heart Symbol: After

The difference in the flow of the design to me is definitely better. As with the concept to elevate that is evident in my logo, I feel like this is an improvement overall because the nature of the 2 symbols overall are curvy and they play better together- that’s why I ditched the boxy dollar sign rendering.

 

 

Zivasace (a parody of Versace’s logo)

Just to recap, in my series, Ziva is the goddess of wealth. Sometimes I do these pieces that have a pun-like wittiness to it. I think I was thinking about Ziva wearing Versace  and somehow I combined the words Ziva and Versace and got Zivasace. I mean it seems obvious that a wealth goddess should be paired with a high end fashion brand!

 

The original Versace logo has Medusa ( I believe it was the pre-cursed Medusa at that) with a circle around it with the Greek design pattern in the middle:

 

So I just took out the Medusa’s face and replaced with Ziva’s face:

Add paint:

 

Honestly I had a lot of fun painting this. I couldn’t help but pose with it:

 

That’s all for now. I am in the process of penning a new painting involving Tamani, the goddess of love. I am still working out the composition and shading and all that so I won’t say too much more about it.. but it looks like it’s back in the studio for me.

Until next time!

-R.Mac

 

Using Symbolism

R.Mac- raw truth, idealism, & the speculative

One of the elements of my brand of art is using symbolism to reinforce ideas and concepts that i want to develop, say from a previous art piece that I’ve worked on to strengthen its credibility… for the sake of this blog, I’m only going to talk about 3 symbols, (1 of which is my logo) since they are the foundation of the brand.

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Intensity fist (raw truth)

this is the side of my work that has the intense,  aggressive and blunt quality to it. that “whoa” factor.Truth hurts… like when you tell that obnoxious relative exactly what you think of them…hence why I Used a fiery fist. Truth be told, it’s not necessarily fire, it could be an energy blast also.  but it’s considered raw truth in the sense of what I’m feeling – sort of like how you may secretly want to put your backstabbing co-worker through a wall – I make that happen on paper, lol …here are a couple of examples:

Looks can Kill

Warning Shot       Passion Set Ablaze**

**The blazing middle finger I would credit as part of the inspiration for the intensity fist symbol.

Elevated Cloud (Idealism) – Official R.mac Logo

In the logo sense, it’s the free creative reign that I have while creating this world from my thoughts .. but also, There’s always some type of desired result/lifestyle or outcome that we all shoot for… dream job, better status and likeability or higher spiritual state, even utopia. but nothing’s perfect, but shooting higher is always something that’s been admired. Think about how you desire to get that house with the white picket fence and the cute little dog. That would also be a form of idealism. Here are some examples…

Immortality Skull (being remembered for greatness after you die)

Mental Breakthrough

Panther in High Places

It’s a reminder to always want to come on top…

Reverie Bird (the speculative)

Speculative as in fantasy art/sci fi / otherworldly appeal. There’s no question that I’m heavily influenced by the comicbook/ fantasy /scifi art. Whether goddesses, hipster lions, or some strange environment, adding that element to my art just makes things much more interesting…I view my imagination traveling like a bird flying high above with an unlimited view of where i desire to go…Think about when you have to solve a complicated problem at work and sometimes you have to think outside the box and speculate on different possibilities.  I basically do that with my art.  here’s a little blurb on that ..

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I feel at ease when im able to let my mind “fly” into unfamiliar places, and that’s why there’s blue in the symbol.

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here are some examples:

Hipster Lion Trinity

Tamani and Ziva , the personifications of passion and wealth in the form of goddesses (probably can be considered idealism too)

Trek into The Unknown

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So there you have it,  a symbolism lesson for the main elements that make up R.Mac. Congratulations you made it through!

This post was pretty long, but I felt it was important to make the meanings of  everything clear (Aside from displaying the coolness of the art )

here’s a link to my official website if you’d like to check it out!

http://www.rmac-art.com

Peace for now.

-R.Mac