Amira
Amira
germany
Amira
Aye! So here is my entry for this month’s challenge :) (Content warning: a lot of mentions of death) As you can tell I took quite the different approach to this one, that has a few reasons which ill explain in a second. First of all, I don’t really see myself as the main character, that’s just not my role. For me its much rather about the themes, thoughts and views I can show to others, nearly completely separated from me as a person. Further more I wanted to create not only a good poster, but also a good potential movie that I would buy tickets for and be exited to watch! Thusfore I also planned out a rough story Idea:   The plot is about an ancient deity of death named Atlas and an old blood hound that goes by Foster. Atlas himself is not the cause of death, but rather the one that guides the dying and the dead into the afterlife. However, he has lived for countless of decades and has seen how gruesome humanity can be. He has grown quite the dislike for people and therefore tends to stick with animals. One day he meets Foster though, he lived on the streets for quite some time now and looked accordingly, however Atlas decides to grant him a second chance and they both stray though cities, villages and nature. What surprises him is that this dog, that by the looks of it, humanity has never treated with respect or love, has so much kindness left for even those people. And over time he has to question his views on humanity.   This might be a bit disconnected from the prompt when you hear it at first, but let me explain. Both Atlas and Foster represent parts of my personality and viewpoints. Death has always played a huge role in my life but over time I began to see a strange beauty in it. I’m pretty young still (im 17) but I had my fair share of losses, each one making me appreciate life more and more. Nowadays I am a hobby taxidermist, so now its literally part of my life to make death appear beautiful. I find joy in giving these passed animals a second eternal life. In a sense they become immortal. And that’s exactly the background to Atlas. Death deities in this world are creatures that showed compassion and acted on altruism, but dies way before their time and were given a second life to guide those dying. Forster on the other hand is just as big of a part of me. I love this world. Every last bit of it, the good and the bad. Hearing people stories, sharing a part of their lives is what makes me happy. People are amazing and I think that’s not appreciated nearly enough!   Thanks for reading all of this and I hope I could share a part of my life this time around :D
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Amira
Aye! So I've been thinking about this challenge for the past couple hours now and I think I know what I want to go for, however I don't know whether or not I'm straying a bit to far away from the prompt. The two characters on the poster are Atlas, a deity of death, and Foster, an old blood hound. The basic idea for the message would be: the beauty in both life and death from the perspective of an apathic eternal being and a old pupper with all the unconditional love in the world. For background, I'm a hobby taxidermist, so making dead things pretty again and giving them a new purpose is quite literally my life. The Idea this movie and in extend the poster should convey is what I want to tell the world with not only my Taxidermy or this project, but also my art overall. But I myself am neither included in the poster, nor "movie", so does it technically still count for the prompt?
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