Illustration Friday: Phoenix -

"Phoenix"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Just at that point in time where my conceptualizations of new works include maps, data and diagrams, here comes a terrific opportunity to jump head first in that direction. Illustration Friday has chosen phoenix as its theme this week and the possibilities are endless. I got so caught up in the research that, finally, I had to knuckle down with a handful of elements and just get started! In the end I was torn between what you see here and another where the colors are inverted. I prefer the other, but it didn't quite seem to fit with the deep space theme. Here's the result, perhaps I'll post the alternate one of these days when time is short.