EDIT: I have added a pledge option for those who are interested solely in this piece. Though it's still a better deal to get it as part of a whole package
This silkscreen is one of the exclusive rewards I offer to backers of my
Kickstarter campaign to finance the printing of Malaak part 4. Please check it out and consider giving me a hand – if not by pledging, at least by talking about it
About the design: I created it specifically for this campaign, and I wanted to create a beautiful art print. It had to be related to the comic, but I wanted it to appeal to more than comic lovers. I had an illumination, literally, and came up with this representation of the four High Ones, who have been evoked a few times in the story, but were never seen clearly or all together. They are represented in a style consistent with the ancient Levantine setting: this is a representation you might find in the temple at Sr. The fourth one is also revealed here for the first time.
This design will be silkscreened on Tiziano paper, 160g, in a limited edition special to my Kickstarter backers, numbered and signed. Check out the project here:
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In the Book of Revelations, I remember the four corner seraphim beasts, or whatever is considered the proper term for them were the eagle to the west, the bull to the north, the human to the east, and the lion to the south. These were actually based off the four fixed zodiac signs in western astrology, which are considered to be the four pillars of creation in western theologian astrology. Also, each writer of the four gospels was supposed to be attributed to one of these beasts. Matthew the human, Mark the Lion, John the Eagle, and Luke the Bull.
In the feng shui circle scheme, a black turtle sits on the north and is associated with water- the green dragon to the east, representing wood- the crimson phoenix to the south, representing fire-and the white tiger to the west, representative of metal or heaven. At the center of the scheme is the element of Earth (colour yellow, also associated with a dragon), thought to the source of all life. At least, this is based off of the later pakua trigram arrangement going back to the Zhou dynasty.
Prior to this, heaven was placed on the south, water to the west, earth at the north, fire to the east, and wood in the center. Perhaps there could said to be parallels with western religion and mythology in this older design. Think Yggdrasil, the great tree at the center of the the universe in Norse mythology.. and even the Bible through the Tree of Life...
These notions connect with the theory of a universal subconscious flow through the collective mind of humanity as a whole. Different people may be isolated to different parts of the world, and in turn adapt contrasting habitual cultural views and ways of living as a result. Still, ultimately they will come upon the same or analogous designs and schemes in their abstract or creative thought.